The Competence feature in Simployer One empowers you to identify, assess, and develop the key skills your organization needs—today and in the future. Whether you’re an HR administrator, manager, or employee, this guide will help you make the most of the feature from day one.
Why We Built the Competence feature
Supporting employee growth and aligning skills with business needs is a core HR priority. With Competence, we aim to make it easy for you to track, assess, and develop the skills of your workforce—so you can build the right team for today and tomorrow.
🚀 Getting Started: Step-by-Step
👤 For Admins & Owners
Access the Competence Library
Go to: Simployer Competence Library
Create Skills
Click New competence to define a new skill.
Each skill should include a name and a description.
You can choose to:
Assign the skill as mandatory for everyone, or
Target it to specific teams, departments, office, etc, or
Add it without requiring it for anyone
View Company-Wide Competence Levels
Navigate to the Employee Competence tab
Filter by skill to see which employees possess it and at what proficiency level
✅ As an admin or owner, you also have access to all manager and employee-level features described below.
🧑💼 For Managers
Track Team Skills
On the Competence page, view skills and levels for your direct reports
Filter by skill to assess distribution across your team
Manage Individual Competencies
Go to an employee’s profile > Competence tab
Add or update skills and assign proficiency levels for each
🙋 For Employees
Navigate to your profile > Competence tab
View all your skills and current proficiency levels
🔒 Your skills and levels are only visible to you, your manager, and system admins/owners.
🔔 Notifications
🧑🏫 Manager Notifications
When a required skill is assigned to one of your employees, you’ll receive an email notification prompting you to assess and assign a level.
👩💻 Employee Notifications
When your manager updates your skill levels, you’ll receive an email about the changes.