Defining Skills

When setting up the Skills, you are essentially creating a list of all Skills required to perform all jobs within the company.
When you create a new job you can then define the required skills for this job from this list.

Creating Skills

Select Maintenance on the left hand side from the navigation area..
Select the Performance Skills Library Folder.
You should see a list of Skills, if this list is empty then no Skills have been added at this point in time.
Select the Create New button.
Select the skill type.
Enter the Skill Name, this is what will appear in the performance review and any drop downs.
Enter the Description of the Skill.
Enter the amount of points that skill is worth.
Select the Save button.

Note: Once a skill is attributed to an employee through the performance review, it will be automatically be entered into the employee's skill record.

Mandatory fields are marked with Red Asterisk, the record will not be saved unless mandatory fields are filled in first.

Assigning Skills to a Job

Select the Human Resources TAB.
Select the Jobs folder.
You should see a list of Jobs, click on a Job.
Select the Job Skills SubFolder.
Select the Add new record button.
Select if Current or not.
Enter the From Date.
Enter the Until Date.
Select from drop down the Skill required for this Job.
Select if this Skill is Mandatory for this Job.
Select from the drop down the Assessment Type.
Enter who the assessment is Performed By.
Enter any Notes regarding the Skill.
Select the [Save] button.

Mandatory fields are marked with Red Asterisk, the record will not be saved unless mandatory fields are filled in first.

Skill Fields Explained

Field Name	Description
Skill Name	Mandatory Field. Type the name of the skill here
Skill Assessment Procedure	Type text notes here about the assessment procedure
Job	You can link the skill to a Job so when you assess skills against the job, the related skills can be accessed in the Drop Down Field