Employee Onboarding Guide

Training Template Recommendation for General Staff/End Users

1. Introduce Skills Base and the benefits that will be realized from its implementation.

   1. Self- Assessments

      1. how the employee benefits from self-assessments and showcasing their skills and knowledge.

      2. how it allows employees to directly engage with management’s personnel processes.

      3. how it allows management to understand the training needs of the organization.

2. Introduce the Person Dashboard and its components.

   1. information about the employee:

   2. their documented skills.

   3. assessment details and skills feedback.

   4. competency feedback to aid in analytics.

   5. qualifications.

3. Introduce the Ratings Scale and how employees should use it for assessing themselves.

4. Introduce the process to initiate the self-assessment and the subsequent review of their responses and input.

5. Introduce any reports that users will be authorized to leverage.

Skills Base User Training Guide

Completing an Assessment and Using the Dashboard

Welcome to the Skills Base User Training Guide! In this guide, we will walk you through the process of completing an assessment on the Skills Base platform. Assessments are an essential part of evaluating and measuring skills proficiency. This is very important for the organization as it can help to identify areas in which team members need additional training, areas in which team members are especially well skilled, and allow alignment of work with interest and skill areas.

Your skills assessment will be used to benefit you. We will align training and other initiatives in areas we see that people need it. Work will also be aligned to match with employee interests wherever possible.

Because of this it’s important that you are as accurate as possible when completing your assessment.

Now, let’s get started! It’s easy.

Step 1. Accessing your self-assessment

You should have received an email similar to the one below. You will just need to click on the link besides the red arrow. If you have not received an invitation email then please contact your system administrator at: admin@something.com

Step 2. Logging in (Optional – remove if using Single Sign On)

The system may ask you to create your login details (this is optional and will not appear if you are using Single Sign On). Complete the fields and click “Create Account”.

Step 3. Complete your self-assessment

Click on “Start your self-assessment” which appears on the dashboard. Once you have completed your assessment, your dashboard will update to provide skill insights relevant to your role.

Step 4. Rating your skills

Skills Base provides a rating scheme with instructions on what each level means in terms of ability. When the user mouses over the rating number explanation is displayed. Make sure to be as accurate as possible as you complete your assessment and use the details of the rating scheme to help you.

As you click on a skill level (and interest level if implemented) the next skill is presented for rating.

You can also record comments at the end of the assessment – these may be seen by your supervisor if they are peer reviewing your assessment.

As you progress through your overall progress is shown at the top of the page on the right (as shown below).

Step 5. What next?

When you have completed all the assessment you can add some overarching comments at the very end. When you click on the “Submit” button the assessment is completed.

You can now use the dashboard to review skill insights and to also access training (if your organization has offered this). Your dashboard will appear similar to the one below and includes sections on your Qualifications, Competency level relative to targets for your role (if setup), Trends, and more.

You can use the skill insights in the dashboard to access career insights (if your organization has offered this).

Finally, your skill assessment will be peer reviewed by a supervisor (if your organization has enabled this) and your final skill rating will be calculated by averaging out your self-assessment with the ratings provided by your supervisor.

If there are any comments or feedback from supervisors or administrators, you will be notified within the platform.

Review the feedback and take any necessary actions based on the provided information.

Thank you for completing the assessment! This information is critical in helping to align work with skills and interests, provide focused and targeted training that will add value and help you with your career planning.