Skills allows you to add, edit, or remove information about the company's/assignment's/position's skill needs.

In the case of Vendor, it indicates the Skills that the vendor provides.

Skills

The Grid

The Skills grid contains the following information:

• Name: Name of the skill.

• Level: The level of expertise in this skill desired by the company/assignment/position or provided by the vendor.

• Importance: The level of importance that the company/assignment/position places on the employee having this skill. For vendor, it indicates whether the vendor prefers to provide employees who have experience in this skill.

• Updated Date: The date that the information about this skill was last updated.

• Updated By: The staffing service rep who last updated the information

The Options

The following options are available from the grid:

• Main: Designates the selected skill as the main skill. This is the skill that the company/assignment/position would most prefer an employee have. For vendor, it is the main skill they provide.

• New: Allows you to add a new skill to the grid.

• Edit: Allows you to edit information about the selected skill.

• Remove: Allows you to delete the selected skill from the grid.

Adding/Editing Skills

Upon selecting New or Edit, the New Skill or Edit Skill window displays.

1. If you are adding a skill, select the skill from the Skill List by clicking on its checkbox. If you are editing a skill, this field is inactive.

2. Select the level of expertise desired by the company/assignment/position or provided by the vendor by clicking on it in the Level field. If you have selected multiple skills, this setting applies to all skills selected.

3. Select the importance the company/assignment/position places on the employee having this skill (or, for vendor, whether they prefer to provide employees who have experience in this skill), by clicking on it in the Importance field. If you have selected multiple skills, this setting applies to all skills selected.

NOTE: Skills are user-defined and can be changed by using StaffSuite's Edit List functionality.