Develop skills
In Dynamics 365 Human Resources, you can keep track of your employees' skills, and you can define the skills that are required for an employment position.
Examples of skills that you can track include:
Supervisory - Ability to supervise the work of others.
Leadership - Ability to lead employees and business domains.
Planning - Ability to look ahead, form vision statements, and see them through.
HTML - Ability to write HTML code.
The following people can enter skills for a worker:
Workers can enter skills for themselves in Employee self-service. These skills require manager approval.
Managers can enter skills for their workers. You can create a workflow that automatically approves these skills.
Create a skill type
A skill type is defined as a category that individual skills can fall under, such as administration or sales, and they are like the concepts of task groups and tasks that were previously discussed.
To create a new skill type, follow these steps.
Go to Human resources > Competencies > Setup > Skill types.
Select New.
Complete the following fields:
Skill type - Enter a name for the skill type.
Description - Enter the skill type description.
Select Save.
Create a rating model
You can use rating models to assess a person's current level of skill, the level of skill that they should strive for, or the degree of skill that is required for a specific job. A factor is assigned to each level in a rating model.
Go to Human resources > Competencies > Setup > Rating models.
Select New.
Complete the following fields:
Rating - Enter a name for the rating model, such as Skills.
Description - Enter a description for the rating model, such as Skill ratings.
In the Levels section, select New. For each level that you want to add, complete the following fields:
Level - Enter a name for the level.
Description - Enter a description for the level.
Factor - Enter a factor value from 0-9. Factors help normalize the scores of skills that use different rating models. Each level must have a unique value. Levels with higher factor values carry more weight in a rating model.
Continue adding levels, as necessary. You can enter up to 10 levels for each rating model.
Select Save.
Create a skill
Before you can assign a skill or construct a skill-mapping search or a skill profile, you must first complete the Skills page by entering information about the skills. You have the option of selecting a skill type and a rating model for each skill.
Go to Human resources > Workspaces > Employee development, and select Links.
Under Competency setup, select Skills.
Select New.
Complete the following fields:
Skill - Enter a name for the skill.
Description - Enter a description for the skill.
Rating - Select the rating model that you want to use for this skill.
Skill type - Select from the list of skill types.
Select Save.
