{"id":562,"date":"2020-10-26T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T10:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sage-people-scraping.local\/?post_type=sage_glossary&#038;p=562"},"modified":"2021-05-18T11:13:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T10:13:11","slug":"what-is-a-competency-assessment","status":"publish","type":"sage_glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/glossary\/what-is-a-competency-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a competency assessment?"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/glossary\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">Glossary definition<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat is a competency assessment?\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"What is a competency assessment?\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/glossary\/what-is-a-competency-assessment\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"sage-block-classic-wrapper\">\n\nA competency assessment is an evaluation of a person\u2019s skills and abilities.\r\n\r\nEmployers use competency assessments to map an employee\u2019s existing capabilities against the capabilities the employee needs to carry out their role.\r\n\r\nCompetency assessments are also used in recruitment, to determine whether a candidate has the right skills for a job.\r\n\r\nThey can be part of an interview or review process, where a manager questions the employee about their experience to find out whether and where they have applied a particular set of competencies.\r\n\r\nThe first step in a competency assessment is to break down all of the skills needed to do the job well, and to decide how expert the employee or candidate needs to be in each skill.\r\n\r\nIn a role, employees may self-assess against this list and provide examples to support their rating, showing where they have successfully used each competency.\r\n\r\nA completed competency assessment will reveal areas of strength and weakness and target areas for development. Once this is agreed, the manager and employee may work on an action plan to address any skills gaps.\r\n\r\nThis might include training, shadowing or setting a series of goals to move the employee up to the required level.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A competency assessment is an evaluation of a person\u2019s skills and abilities. Employers use competency assessments to map an employee\u2019s existing capabilities against the capabilities the employee needs to carry out their role. Competency assessments are also used in recruitment, to determine whether a candidate has the right skills for a job. 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