Skills Management Software

Skills management software helps companies identify and track their employees’ skills. Also known as competency management software, skills management solutions map skills from a centralized library to job profiles and individual employees, helping leaders analyze the abilities of their teams, the desired skills for each role, and any skill gaps that exist. These insights can help inform various aspects of the organization’s talent management strategy, including succession planning, training and development programs, and recruiting campaigns. Data from skills management software can also help project managers filter an employee database by certain skills to assemble teams of employees who have expertise in specific areas. HR staff use skills management software to maintain compliance with regulations that require businesses to provide evidence of their employees’ capabilities or certifications.

Skills management solutions often integrate with core HR software to provide seamless sharing of employee data. They may also integrate with corporate learning management systems to facilitate access to learning content that could address employee skill gaps. Data from skills management software can be used alongside other solutions that facilitate employee development, such as performance management systems.

To qualify for inclusion in the Skills Management category, a product must:

• Maintain a centralized database of skills or competencies
• Enable users to map specific skills to job roles
• Track the skills of individual employees
• Identify employee skill gaps
• Allow users to search for employees with specific skills
• Generate reports or dashboards to analyze competencies and skill gaps across an organization