Skill Sheets 2

[gbraden]

I am in need of an IT Skills sheet where user would indicate if they worked with an item, how long (experience) and last time used. I have one from 15 years ago, but it is, as you can imagine, way out of date.

If your company uses one, and if you don't mind me using the info on it to update or recreate my sheet, it would be very helpful. Our IT needs include hardware, software, network and modeling.

Thanks in advance.




Glen Braden

 

[DonQuichote]

So you are basically asking us what your company needs? I think your company should know best what it needs and what not. Otherwise your company is just one of the zillion laughable ones that asks for everything.

If you want to show some professionalism, ask what you really need.

+++ Despite being wrong in every important aspect, that is a very good analogy +++
Hex (in Darwin's Watch)

 

[gbraden]

What I REALLY need is what I asked for. A inventory of skills sheet that we can use with both job candidates and employees. I have one I been working on and it is almost done, but thanks for your contribution Don. I can always tell when I encounter a professional.


Glen Braden

 

[58sniper]

DonQuichote's point is valid, though. Someone outside your company/business certainly can't provide a list that's more complete than someone inside.

If someone has experience in application X, and your company needs experience in application Y, what's the point of documenting experience with an application that's not used in your environment.

Now - if you were looking for examples and ideas, then that should be expressly conveyed in your post.

Pat Richard MVP
Plan for performance, and capacity takes care of itself. Plan for capacity, and suffer poor performance.

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[KornGeek]

There's an old anecdote about people planning a grassy area and having difficulty deciding on where to put the concrete paths through the grass (I've heard several versions with varying details). In the end, they covered the entire area with grass and waited. As people walked across the area, the grass became flattened along the paths most commonly walked. The planners then came back and poured concrete where the people wanted to walk.

Similarly, in your situation, the best skill sheets in the beginning are quite likely blank sheets of paper. See what skills people have that are of interest to you, and then use this feedback to design a skill sheet to fit your needs.

 

[svanels]

Something similar should be:
Applicants name
excel --> yes duration --> 2 years

I don't see any rocket science in developing something like that, it can even be "designed" with pencil and paper.

Something else if you want it like an electronic survey, making graphs, pies etc..

Steven

 

[Welshbird]

I found myself in a similar situation and began by looking at the licences we held within the company, as frankly we needed skills in the software we actually had first.

After that we started looking at the strategic plan of where we might go and therefore what new technologies may be useful.

Hope this might help a little at least...

Fee

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