Contents of the Skills Gap Section

Skills are proficiencies learned or developed through training or experience.

Skills differ from competencies in that skills do not include behaviors or innate abilities. Skills help match the appropriate candidate to positions within the organization; they provide a basis for appraisal ratings; and they can be earned through classes or project teams.

The Required, Attained, and Gap columns have numeric values that explain the information in the bar graph.

Skills listed below the blue divider bar are not required for the selected job, but they are listed because they have been attained by the employee. The Required vs. Attained column is a graphical representation of both the skills required by the job and the skills attained by the employee.

Color Codes

The graph is color coded as described in the following table.

Color Code	Meaning
Completely yellow block	This indicates that the employee exactly meets the requirement for the selected job.
Completely red block, with a minus sign	This indicates that the employee has a skill deficiency.
Completely green block	This indicates that the employee exceeds the requirement for the selected job.