A skill matrix, or competency matrix, is a toll to map skills for a team and the whole company. It’s a grid that visualizes skills and competencies in a team. This makes it an essential tool for any data-driven HR professional. With a skills matrix you can easily see which skills are present and the ones that are missing in a team. Missing skills can be found when hiring people with the relevant skills. On a larger scale, the company gets an overview of available competencies and areas of improvement.

Building a skill matrix

To create a skill matrix for a team or for the company, make sure you set up skills and rate staff’s skills. Basically, that’s all you need to do to get your skill matrix. To view the skills matrix follow the steps below.

View skill matrix

To view the skill matrix for a team either go to the team’s page (contacts/teams)…

… or to the skill settings (settings/skills/skill matrix)

The skill matrix is always grouped by team.