Competence Requirements

Question: Is it possible to define “Competence Requirements” based on a Job-Org combination? What is the hierarchy of precedence if a competence gets defined at an org, and then again at a job, but at different competence requirement levels?

Response: It is NOT possible to define competency requirements for a combination. Having said this, a position inherits competence requirements from the Organization as well as Job that it is attached to. It is not possible to delete such inherited competencies from the position. Since position inherits from both levels, there is a possibility that the same competence will repeat with different proficiency levels and different “essential/ desirable” flag.

In the Competence Requirements screen, competencies can be defined at 4 levels:

Ø  Business Group: Competencies defined at this level are called "Core Competencies".

Ø  Organization

Ø  Job: Job Competencies can be added by clicking the "Add Job Competencies" button during appraisal process.

Ø  Position

You can identify the competencies that workers in an organization or holders of jobs or positions must possess. When you use the Suitability Matching function or advertise a vacancy, the application can compare worker competencies with the competency requirements for an organization, job, or position to find suitable candidates.

Follow on Question: Let’s say that a particular competency "Problem Solving Skills" is listed as a competency requirement at all three levels - Organization "O", Job "J" as well as Position "P", but at different proficiency levels. Now, when running (say) the report "Find Suitable Work Opportunities: Work Opportunities" from Suitability matching, if you add these three O, J and P and click find, against what levels will the application compare the worker competencies to determine whether or not there is a match?

Response: This is determined by rules of precedence. So “P” has highest precedence, followed by J, and finally O. This means, if you have entered all three on the search page, the application will only return matches with P, even if there are no competence requirements defined at P (however, note that a Position will inherit competence from Job as well as Organization). If you have entered J and O, then application will return matches with J. If you have entered only O, then obviously, application will return matches with O.