Prerequisites: If you do not already have Skills Builder, there will be an additional cost to add it to your LXP. Please consult your Learning Pool contact.
The first thing you'll notice when Skills Builder is added to your LXP is the addition of new options in your navigation sidebar.
The options in the Skills Builder section will be available to everyone on your LXP. The options in Team Skills will only be available to managers.
What does Skills Builder do for your learners?
It defines and tracks the skills of your learners. This helps them to upskill and reskill through job-related experiences, interactions with others, and through learning experiences on your LXP.
What does Skills Builder do for your managers?
It displays the collective and individual skills of the learners throughout the organisation, in individual teams, and as individuals. Managers can identify skills gaps, help their teams develop skills, and match their people with internal jobs and projects based on their skills.
The key concepts of Skills Builder
Skills are individual talents and abilities that your learners may require and / or acquire. They are the building blocks of skills builder. They are used by learners to register, track, and improve their abilities. They are used by managers to monitor their employees' and team's variety and level of ability. Click here to read more about skills.
Capabilities are groups of related skills. There are three types of capabilities: projects, vacancies, and internal roles. For example, Scrum Master might be a capability, which is made up of skills like agile, project management, Certified ScrumMaster, conflict resolution, communication, estimation, organisation, etc. Click here to read more about capabilities.
Note: Additional types of capabilities can be added on request. Click here to read more.
How are skills organised?
Skills in Skills Builder are organised in an ontology. An ontology is a set of concepts laid out in a way that shows the relationship between them. It's a lot more flexible than a hierarchy or framework. Here is a very basic illustration of the concept:
Obviously it's an overcomplicated way of explaining cheese sandwiches, but it's useful for complex concepts like skills, which relate to, overlap, contain, and complement each other.
Our skills ontology ingests massive amounts of data and uses machine learning to identify the relationships between skills and skill groups. It's generated by machines but curated by humans. This is to ensure accuracy and to constantly refine the machine learning models about relevant and connected skills and job titles.
As well as using our ontology, you can add your own skills. Click here to read more.
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