Skills

Skills are the competencies your organization wants to track — for example, “Backend Engineering”, “Communication”, or “Technical Leadership”. Each skill has a set of proficiency levels that form a rubric.

Creating a skill

1. Open Career Path → Skills.
2. Click Add Skill.
3. Enter a Name and optional Description (markdown supported).
4. Add one or more Skill Levels — each represents a tier of proficiency.
5. Click Save.

Skill levels (rubric)

Each skill contains an ordered list of proficiency levels. These are automatically numbered (“Level 1”, “Level 2”, etc.) and renumber when reordered or deleted.

For each skill level, write a description of what that tier of proficiency looks like. For example:

• Level 1 — Can complete tasks with guidance. Follows established patterns.
• Level 2 — Works independently. Identifies improvements to existing systems.
• Level 3 — Designs new systems. Mentors others on best practices.

The number of levels can vary per skill — some skills may have 3 tiers, others 5.

Using skills in levels

After creating skills, you can link them to job levels in the Levels tab. Each level can specify a target proficiency for any number of skills. This mapping powers the alignment and comparison features.

Deleting a skill

Deleting a skill automatically removes it from all level expectations that reference it.