Competencies are the necessary behaviours, skills, values, or knowledge that are expected of an employee in a given role and level. They can define expectations, set performance standards, and guide professional development.
This article explains how to add competencies and link them to career paths in Engage. For a step-by-step guide on how to add competencies and link them to a Career path in Engage, please see our tutorial.
Before you begin
- Must be an Engage admin
- Must have Engage enabled on the organization
- Must have Career turned on under Engage
- Must have built a career path
After building a career path, the next step is to create competencies and link them.
Step 1. How to create competencies
To create competencies:
1. Go to Engage > Career and click Competencies.
2. On the competencies page, click Create competency.
3. In the Create competency modal, customize your details.
The name and the description of a competency help build expectations of what exactly it means within an organization. Each competency can be assigned to one or more categories, such as Product, Design, R&D, etc.
Skill level details can also be added to further explain what exactly is expected for each job level within a path and a framework. It is expected that fewer requirements are defined for a junior position compared to more senior position,s where additional skill sets will be needed.
4. Use Create to complete this process.
Step 2. How to link competencies
To link competencies:
1. Select a path and click Add competency.
2. In the Add competency modal, select competencies and click Add.
After adding a competency, you may add an expectation.
To add expectation:
1. Click Add expectation to add an expectation.
Choose for each level a predefined explanation of the expectation (that was set up during competencies creation), or they can add it manually.
2. Click Save to complete the process.
Frequently Asked Questions
[ACCORDION] Is there a limit to how many competencies can be created?
No, there's no limit to how many competencies can be created.
[ACCORDION] Is there a limit to how many competencies can be assigned to a career path?
No, there's no limit to how many competencies can be assigned to a career path.
[ACCORDION] Where can competency levels be edited?
In the levelling framework or career path, go to the level to be edited, click on the three dots to edit the level, and save changes.
The editing of the competency level, always happens in the main overview of the Career Tab and not when the career path is open.