PEOPLE

Skills & Certifications

What people can do, and which certificates are about to lapse. Available as a ready-to-use Cordango capability.

Skills & CertificationsPeople
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What people can do, and which certificates are about to lapse

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What it builds on.

Most companies keep this in a spreadsheet, and the spreadsheet is wrong within a quarter because it is a copy of the staff list. Skills here are fields on the person, so somebody joining or leaving does not require a second update.

It matters most when staffing. Finding a person who holds a valid certificate, is not on holiday and is not already booked is one question against one set of records rather than three lookups against three tools.

  • USES People records, including contractors and partner staff
  • USES Field-level permissions, so rates and reviews stay separate
  • USES Date handling, so expiry is a real date and not a note
Available from the startSkills & Certifications
  • SKILL Skills with levels, on the person
  • CERT Certifications with issue and expiry dates
  • FIND Search by what someone can actually do
  • WARN Visibility of what is about to lapse
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How it actually runs.

1

A skill is recorded

On the person, with a level, by whoever is entitled to set it.

2

A certificate gets an expiry

A real date, so it can be reported on rather than remembered.

3

Staffing searches on it

Who holds this certification, is free next month and has done this kind of work before.

4

Expiry becomes visible

A lapsing certificate shows up before it lapses, on the person and to the people responsible for them.

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What you can change.

Use the standard version where it fits. Change only the parts where your company is genuinely different.

DATA

Your skill taxonomy

A framework of your own, or a flat list. Levels if you use them, none if you do not.

RULES

Who may assert what

Self-declared, manager-confirmed, or evidence-backed. Decide per skill type.

STATES

Certificate states

Valid, expiring, lapsed, renewed. Match what your auditors ask for.

VIEW

Per-role views

A delivery lead searches for availability. HR sees the development picture. The person sees their own.

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What it works with.

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One foundation.
Everything on top of it.

Skills does not maintain a separate roster of who works here. Skills, levels and expiry dates are fields on the People records that staffing and delivery already read.