Competency management qualification types

After you set up qualifications, you can use them to track your resources' competencies, skills, education, credentials, and accomplishments. You can attach qualifications to jobs or positions. You can match resource or candidate qualifications against those requirements of the job and assess whether a candidate is qualified.

The components set up for competency management are used throughout the Infor HR Talent.

• HR administrators assign qualifications to jobs and positions.
• Managers track and maintain their resources as part of the resource's profile.
• Employees view and update their qualifications on their profile.
• Hiring managers specify qualifications for vacant jobs.
• Recruiters match a position's qualifications against a candidate's qualifications.

Qualifications are also used in Succession Management, and indirectly in Learning and Development, where trainers usually base their training courses on required skills and proficiencies.

This table describes the types of qualifications in competency management.

Competencies	Underlying personal performance characteristics that differentiate outstanding performance from average performance in a given job, organization, or culture
Skills	Developed aptitudes or abilities to use one's knowledge effectively and readily in execution or performance
Education	Formal study at educational institutions
Credentials	Qualifications, such as a license or certification, that is granted by an entity outside of your company, other than a school
Achievements	Specific accomplishments, such as publications or awards