{"id":2357,"date":"2024-11-11T10:29:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T09:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrintelligence.it\/?p=2357"},"modified":"2025-06-05T16:29:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T14:29:57","slug":"professional-skills-management-what-it-is-and-how-to-use-it-in-managing-critical-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrintelligence.it\/en\/professional-skills-management-what-it-is-and-how-to-use-it-in-managing-critical-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Skills Management: what it is and how to use it in managing critical skills"},"content":{"rendered":"

Professional Skills <\/span><\/strong>management reveals its full potential when it becomes key to planning decisions, training and development, and compensation elements.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this light, it can be an essential competitive advantage in an era of remarkable evolution of the critical skills needed within organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is professional competency management<\/h2>\n

Professional competency management is a <\/span>methodology for collecting and analyzing data on the <\/span>company’s<\/span> technical and professional competencies <\/span><\/strong>to promote the effective planning of certain key actions related to people management, particularly onboarding, training, scheduling, and professional development. It also guides business decisions, optimizing company results and individual satisfaction.<\/span><\/p>\n

Optimizing business through Professional Skills management: a case study of success<\/h2>\n

We had the opportunity to assist in the development of a <\/span>Professional Skills Analytics<\/span><\/strong> process for an automotive company. The organization required highly crafted skills, with personnel highly specialized in individual materials and vehicle parts.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first need was <\/span>technical skills mapping:<\/span><\/strong> how to assess actual skills? So, the first step was to rationalize these skills, totalling about 250, which we aggregated according to logical groups.<\/span><\/p>\n

Next, we identified the skills required for each role (for example, the person in charge of seat-making had to have skills related to knowledge of materials, seat structure, and<\/span> stitching<\/span>…<\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

At that point, it was possible to structure a<\/span> system for assessing and managing professional skills, which is<\/span><\/strong> critical at the corporate level on several fronts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Managing Professional Skills: planning the transmission of skills in the company<\/h2>\n

In this process, distinguishing between common skills and<\/span> \u201c<\/span>rare<\/span>\u201d <\/span>skills, that is, skills possessed by only a few people within the workforce, proved crucial.<\/span> \u201c<\/span>Rare<\/span>\u201d <\/span>skills become<\/span> \u2018<\/span>critical<\/span>\u2019 <\/span>when they are scarcely available even in the market and take a long time to train.<\/span><\/p>\n

This rationalization has made important arguments about knowledge <\/span>management<\/span><\/strong> or critical knowledge management within the organization possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, it was possible to initiate strategic planning reasoning to avoid the risk that critical skills would also be lost, for example, through the retirement or exit of some individuals from the organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks to the management of Professional Skills, it is also possible to identify skills for which to organize training initiatives, ensuring that even sporadic absences do not affect productivity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Professional Skills management: other benefits<\/h2>\n

Increased awareness about the professional-technical skills present in the company also offers additional benefits. In the case of the company described in this article, it has been useful in identifying a methodology for mapping according to objective criteria factors such as polyvalence and multifunctionality, which are <\/strong>also recognized by supplementary agreements at the economic level.<\/p>\n

Other benefits of this approach are:<\/p>\n