The skillset of an employee is not static. Over time, a person will work on many
projects and topics, follow courses, and change positions. Past experiences
become irrelevant compared to newer ones. That is why we made time an
indispensable part of the Skill Engine through the concept of Skill
Events.Skill Events encapsulate a single skill source and pin it down on the timeline.
The timeline allows point-in-time recovery. You can compare how your
workforce grew since last year, evaluate a single employee, or learn how fast
your company can progress in its respective field.
Skill Events increase the quality of the skill profiles. Aside from resumes and
working- and education histories, any information you can procure where an
employee shows skills can serve as a source. Whenever a person’s skillset grows,
the Skill Engine can link a new Skill Event and update their profile.
We currently support eight different types of Skill Events:
Working History Event: Whenever an employee changes position or job,
they acquire new skills in that domain. The Employee is assumed to have
obtained the skills at the start date of the function unless stated otherwise.
Education History Event: Employees acquire a minimal skillset during
their education. The Employee is assumed to have obtained the skills at the
start date of the education unless stated otherwise.
Resume Document Event: Every once in a while, an employee’s resume is
updated. With this new resume come new skills. The Employee is assumed to have
obtained the skills when the new resume enters the Skill Engine.
Learning Event: This event encapsulates any learning the Employee has
achieved, such as courses and projects. The Skill Engine assumes the Employee
acquired the skills at the timestamp assigned to the event.
Feedback Event: Feedback and performance assessments can be a great
source of skills. Setting the feedback text in the description field of the
content assures that skills mentioned in a positive context are extracted.
Goal Event: Employees can set personal development goals, performance
goals, or other goals. Every completed goal can add skills to an employee’s
skillset.
Project Event: Working on a project requires skills and knowledge.
These skills can be added to the employee’s skill profile upon completing the
project.
Certificate Event: Certificates can be a clear indicator that an
employee is a skilled practitioner of a tool or technology.
Skill notes Event: This event allows free text input of one or
multiple skills. The skills will be mapped to the TechWolf vocabulary
automatically. It can be used to add skill badges, software knowledge,
tools,… The Skill Engine assumes the Employee acquired the skills at the
timestamp assigned to the event.