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Skills

An overview of Skills and how to use, add, and manage them.

Skills are proficiencies that are learned or developed through training or experience. Skills differ from competencies in that skills do not include behaviors or innate abilities. They help match the appropriate candidate to positions within the organization, provide a basis for appraisal ratings, and can be earned through classes or project teams, or added manually on the Skills Profile screen, from Total Talent Profile, Career Center, or, for Managers, from My Employees. Skills are used in Gap Analysis, to compare an employee's skills to those tied to jobs in Career Paths and Succession Planning.

For Administrators

Administrators configure Skills categories (Administration icon >> Global Settings >> Your Organization >> Skills) that employees and managers will chose from when selecting skills. Administrators can edit skill categories, and edit, activate/deactivate, or delete skills. They can also add new skills within categories (On the Manage Skills screen, select the Skill Category, enter the name in the New Skill field and click Save.).

For Employees and Managers

Skills can either be self-nominated by an employee on the Total Talent Profile or Career Center, or earned through classes or project teams. Managers can assign skills for direct reports on the Skills Profile screen, via the Total Talent Profile or My Employees. Managers can also endorse or reject skills there. If an employee has a new skill they'd like to add to the list of skills available for selection, they can click the Suggest Skill Categories and Skills button on the Skills Profile screen. Administrators and Managers with proper permissions can review the suggestions and add them to the list.

About Self-nominated Skills

You self-nominate a skill by adding it to your list of skills from the Skills Profile screen. This can be accessed from the Total Talent Profile Development Tab, or the Career Center. After self-nominating, the skills display on the Total Talent Profile or in My Employees with an Is Endorsed of No. Your manager must endorse each skill from My Employees.

About Earned Skills

Skills associated with an employee come from several sources, such as skills entered during the application process, skills entered by a manager manually or during the appraisal process, or skills added by a project team. For example, on the Project Team screen for a particular project team (Employees > My Employees > Project Teams > Select Edit from the Actions menu for a particular project team), a manager can select Skills Categories and skills to the Skills Gained area for the Project Team members.