About our Products for Organizations
Give employees a skill roadmap for career planning, job advancement and professional development
The Assessments
SkillScan assessments are available in two online formats. They are designed to offer a self-directed skills assessment for employees at various career stages:
- Entry level employees planning an initial career path,
- Tenured employees seeking growth and progression, and
- Pre-retirees evaluating options in retirement.
A fast, engaging and comprehensive transferable skills assessment.
Within 20 minutes, employees receive a detailed and expansive report of their transferable skills to evaluate and explore roles that optimize their strengths, target professional development activities, and communicate their strengths in performance conversations.
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Each employee's personalized report includes:
- Personal Skill Chart – a hierarchical and detailed view of employee strengths and preferences
- Skill Set Portfolio – a portrait of specific strengths within 4 broad areas of strength
- Career Guides – a sampling of an employee’s 4 top strengths used to perform
specific work tasks and functions - Skill Development – a profile of high potential skills the employee enjoys using and might wish to develop
- Strategic Skill Profile – an at-a-glance view of dominant, support and high-potential skills to focus employee attention on key strengths
- Next Steps – personalized career development strategies for Launchers – entry level employees planning their next steps, Transitioners - exploring lateral moves, Advancers - seeking to progress in their careers, and Retirees - planning post-company options
Reading Level: 9th grade reading level
Time to Complete: Allow 15 - 20 minutes
Technical Requirements: Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Microsoft Edge Browser
Purchasing Options: Organizations can purchase a yearly site license or access keys
A streamlined online transferable skills assessment that provides employees with a detailed understanding of their skills and preferences.
Within 15 minutes, employees receive a condensed report of their greatest strengths for exploring rewarding tasks, roles and positions, plan professional development strategies and communicate their strengths in career development discussions.
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Each full-color report is designed to work on mobile devices and includes:
- Your Skill Summary – overview of 4 skill categories, individual skills and skill sets
- Your Skill Set Profile – a summary of 6 skill sets – specialized strengths to enhance personal clarity
- Your High Potential Skills – moderate proficiency and high enjoyment skills to consider for development
- Your Top Career Matches – career and educational options that capitalize on employee greatest strengths
- Your Next Steps and Resources – a roadmap of exercises and resources for supporting all stages of the career development process.
SkillScan Express Sample Report
Reading Level: 9th grade reading level
Time to Complete Assessment: Allow 10 - 15 minutes - Express was designed to work on mobile devices
Technical Requirements: Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Microsoft Edge Browser
Purchasing Options: Organizations can purchase a yearly site license or access keys
Benefits for Employees
Upon completion of the Drive and Express assessments, employees:
- Acquire a framework for evaluating positions and applying skills to new tasks, job functions and roles
- Receive a personalized skill roadmap of their strengths for planning job advancement and professional development activities
- Incorporate skill language to communicate their strengths in coaching conversations, performance plans and interviews
Benefits for Organizations
- A cost effective and time efficient skills assessment (15 – 20 minutes)
- A self-directed tool to enhance employee self-awareness and ability to apply results to career objectives
- Provides a skill taxonomy that aligns with most competency models
- Works across a wide spectrum of employee classification levels
- Accessible 24/7 from any location
- Hosted by SkillScan, eliminating the need for organizational technical support
Validity and Reliability: SkillScan is an intuitive-based, holistic assessment process in which the user makes decisions about his or her skills based on unique life and work experiences, feedback and preferences. The resulting report has high face validity because the results reflect the user's selections.