Expertise Codes

Expertise codes define an employee's expertise level for a particular skill item. For example, an employee might have an Expert level expertise in networking products but only a Novice level expertise in printer products. You apply expertise codes to skills to eliminate underqualified candidates. Assignment Manager uses expertise codes to match an assignment object to people.

After you select an expertise code for a skill, Assignment Manager matches assignment rules based on the assignment criteria comparison method. The following table shows the different results based on those methods.

If the Criteria Comparison Method Is …	Then the Assignment Rule Passes if the …
Compare to Object	Skill's expertise code is equal to, or higher than, the object's expertise code.
Compare Object to Person	Candidate's expertise code is equal to, or higher than, the object's expertise code.
Compare Object to Organization	Organization's expertise code is equal to, or higher than, the object's expertise code.
Compare to Person	Candidate's expertise code is equal to, or higher than, the skill's expertise code.
Compare to Organization	Organization's expertise code is equal to, or higher than, the skill's expertise code.

For more information about assignment criteria comparison methods, see Assignment Criteria Comparison Methods.