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Other Competency Definitions Specifications
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HR-XML Competencies (Measurable Characteristics)
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HR-XML Competencies is a world-wide standard for the formalization and ranking of competencies and learning outcomes, supported by HR-XML Consortium. The competencies schema allows the capture of information about evidence used to substantiate a competency and ratings and weights that can be used to rank, compare, and otherwise evaluate of the sufficiency or desirability of a competency.
This schema is intended as a fragment or module that would be incorporated within broader process-specific schema. The competencies schema is particularly relevant to processes involving the rating, measuring, comparing, or matching an asserted competency (for example, a skill claimed in a resume) against one that is demanded (for example, a skill required in a job description or requisition).
Particularly, HR-XML Competencies schema is designed to fulfill the following requirements:- The competency schema is simple and sufficiently flexible and generalized so that it is useful within a variety of business contexts.
- The schema provides structure to enable competencies to be easily compared, ranked, and evaluated.
- The schema is capable of referencing competency taxonomies from which competency descriptions were taken or used.
- The competency schema is relatively simple and compact so that it does not add to the complexity of the process-specific schemas within which it is used. For instance, the competencies schema would likely be used as an alternative or replacement for the “Skill” element within the HR-XML Consortium’s Staffing Exchange Protocol. Thus, the Competency element is as compact and as simple as possible, while still meeting the other design goals listed above.
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Main data elements of the HR-XML Competencies schema:- CompetencyId: An identification code assigned to identify or classify the Competency. A taxonomy might include an identification code for each Competency or identification codes might be agreed upon by trading partners.
- TaxonomyId: A code that identifies the taxonomy.
- CompetencyEvidence: CompetencyEvidence is used to capture information to substantiate the existance, sufficiency, or level of a Competency. CompetencyEvidence might include test results, reports, performance appraisals, evaluations, certificates, licenses, or a record of direct observation, such as a report given by a former supervisor or other employment reference.
- CompetencyWeight: CompetencyWeight allows the capture of information on the relative importance of the Competency or the sufficiency required or other type of dimension. An extensible “type” attribute is available so that custom weights or dimensions may be specified. Multiple CompetencyWeights are permitted since more than one type might apply to the competency.
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