Calculating employees' percent fit for their current position

You can compare the employee's talent profile with the success profile that was defined for the position to which the employee is assigned. The profile includes skills, competencies, education, and credentials.

You have no control over what qualifications are used in calculating the percent fit for an employee's current position. The organization's percent-fit settings determine the types of qualifications to be included in the calculations. The settings also determine if the calculation includes only qualifications that are configured as Essential.

For example, let's assume that the Networking skill is configured as Desired (but not Essential) for the position. Let's also assume that the organization's Percent Fit settings exclude non-essential skills. In this case, Networking is not included in the comparison between the position's qualifications and the employee's qualifications.

  1. Sign in as Manager.
  2. Select My Staff, select the employee, and then click View Full Profile.

    or

    Select Develop Employees > Development Plans and open the development plan for the employee for whom to calculate a percent fit.

  3. Click the Fit Analysis tab.

    If a percent analysis was previously performed for the employee, the results are displayed.

  4. If no percent fit is displayed, or to refresh the percent fit calculation, click Calculate Fit.

    The results of the analysis are displayed.

    Note: A Current Gaps tab displays on the employee's development plan. This shows only the Below results.

    • At the top of the form, the position name displays with values for the Percent Fit and Percent Fit With Margin analyses.

      Note: Your organization settings determine whether you can view one or both types of calculations.

    • A spider graph compares the skills and competencies of the employee with those of the position. The graph can also be displayed as a bar graph or a list.

      Note: The graph is based on Percent Fit values only.

    • For each type of qualification included in the percent-fit calculation, a list of the qualifications included in the position displays with this information:

      Note: Only the qualification types for which your organization configured percent-fit calculations are displayed.

      • The Essential column indicates whether the qualification is configured as Essential for the position.

      • For skills and competencies, the Level columns indicate the position's required competency level for the qualification (if any) and the employee's competency level for the qualification.

      • For credentials, the list only displays the credential required by the position.

      • For education, the list displays the required education and the highest education level attained by the employee.

      • (Displays if your organization is configured to let you view percent fit results) The Gap column displays whether the employee matches (Match), does not match (Below), or exceeds (Exceed) the requirements for the qualification when match margins are not taken into account, that is when the calculation looks for an absolute match. if the resource has the credential, or

        For credentials, Gap will have a value of MatchBelow if the resource does not have the credential.

        To calculate the Percent Fit value, the system divides the total number of qualifications in the Gap column that are a Match by the total number of qualifications. Exceed values are not considered a match.

      • (Is displayed if your organization is configured to let you view Percent Fit With Margin results) The Gap With Margin column displays whether the employee matches (Match), does not match (Below), or exceeds (Exceed) the requirements for the qualification when match margins are taken into account.

        Match margins are a way for administrators to include matched results that do not exactly match the position requirements. For example, assume the organization is configured to accept a match margin of one level below and one level higher than the required position level for skills. If a position requires a rating of 3 for a skill and an employee's level for that skill is 2, the Gap result is Below and the Gap With Margin result is Match. If another employee has a level of 4, the Gap result is Exceed and the Gap With Margin result is Match.

        To calculate the Percent Fit with Margin value, the system divides the total number of qualifications in the Gap With Margin column that are a Match by the total number of qualifications. Exceed values are not considered a match. In the examples, the Percent With Margin score is higher than the Percent Fit score.

        Note: For credentials, both Gap and if the resource has theGap With Margin columns display the same value: Match if the employee has the credential, or Below if the employee does not have the credential.
      • For qualifications that have a Below result in the Gap column, a Suggested Activities link indicates that there is a catalog activity with an outcome that would help the employee meet the qualification requirement. You can click the Suggested Activities link to view and print the suggested activities.