Assessing Skills

Mapping the skills of your team against current and future requirements can identify skills gaps.

•        Use rating scale descriptions that are tailored to the skill.

•        Avoid rating scales based purely on months or years of experience.

•        Avoid rating scales that force applicants to compare themselves to others.

•        Get subject matter expert input.

The starting point is to know what skills and talents your team member has.

Put together a skills portfolio of all their skills that captures all their experience to date by thinking of their achievements

•        Match the skills against the skills required for the role.

•        What evidence can the team member give?

•        Choose the rating that best describes the ability of the team member against the skill – NOTE this needs to be absolute in relation to the skills being assessed and NOT in comparison to their peers or your current job grade.