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Examples of Best-Fit Analysis

Use the best-fit analysis to find the profiles that most closely match a selected profile. You select a person or job profile (job or position) as a source profile and use the Best-Fit feature to find profiles that best match the source profile.

The best-fit analysis results are based on how well the content items of a target profile match content items of the source profile.

Best-Fit Person Profile

As an HR specialist, you want to find the best-fit person profile for John.

John's person profile has the following content:

  • Competencies as shown in the following table.

    Competencies (Content Item)

    Proficiency

    Numeric Value of Rating

    Action Oriented

    Expert

    5

    Adapt Productively

    Advanced

    4

    Communication

    Expert

    5

  • Degrees:

    • Bachelor of Engineering

    • Master of Business Administration

  • Language with details as shown in the following table.

    Languages (Content Item)

    Reading (Rating Value)

    Writing (Rating Value)

    Speaking (Rating Value)

    English

    Moderate (2)

    Low (1)

    High (3)

  • Work Requirements:

    • Travel Domestically: No

    • Travel Internationally: No

You set the priority for the John's profile content on the best-fit person UI as illustrated in the following table and perform the Find Best Fit Person action on John's person profile.

Content

Priority (Numeric Value of the priority)

Competencies

Medium (2)

Honors and Awards

Medium (2)

Work Requirements

Medium (2)

Languages

Medium (2)

Degrees

Medium (2)

Licenses and Certifications

Medium (2)

In the results section, for an overall fit greater than 50%, the application displays the target person profile Alex.

Alex's person profile has the following content details:

  • Competencies as shown in the following table.

    Competencies (Content Item)

    Proficiency

    Numeric Value of Rating

    Communication

    Advanced

    4

    Problem Solving

    Skilled

    3

  • Degrees:

    • Bachelor of Engineering

    • Diploma

  • Languages as shown in the following table.

    Languages (Content Item)

    Reading (Rating Value)

    Writing (Rating Value)

    Speaking (Rating Value)

    English

    High (3)

    Moderate (2)

    Low (1)

    French

    Low (1)

    Low (1)

    Low (1)

  • Work Requirements:

    • Travel Domestically: No

    • Travel Internationally: No

For the best-fit calculation, the application considers the individual score of the following four content items of Alex's person profile that match with the content items of John's person profile:

  • Competencies: Communication

  • Degrees: Bachelor of Engineering

  • Languages: English

  • Work Requirements: Travel Domestically and Travel Internationally

The following table illustrates the overall score calculation of Alex's person profile.

Content

Source Priority

Source Rating

Target Rating

Relative Weight

Individual Score

Competencies (Communication)

2

5

4

0.1428571

11.428568

Degrees (Bachelor of Engineering)

2

Not applicable

Not applicable

0.1428571

14.28571

Languages (English)

2

2

3

0.1428571

14.28571

Work Requirements

2

Not applicable

Not applicable

0.1428571

14.28571

Total Score

54.285698

Overall Score

54

The overall score is calculated as follows:

  • The source profile John has in all seven content items with the priority for all content items set to Medium (2) at the content type level. Therefore, the relative weight for each content item = (2 / 14) = 0.1428571 (where, Relative Weight= Content item priority/Sum of all content item priorities).

  • The application calculates the individual score of the matching content using the appropriate equation as displayed in the following table.

    Content

    Criteria

    Relative Rating

    Individual Score Equation

    Individual Score

    Competencies (Communication)

    Target Rating < Source Rating

    Target Rating / Source Rating = 4 / 5

    Individual Score = Relative Rating * Relative Weight *100

    (4 / 5) * 0.1428571 * 100 = 11.428568

    Degrees (Bachelor of Engineering)

    Not applicable

    Not applicable

    Individual Score = Relative Weight * 100

    0.1428571 * 100 = 14.28571

    Languages (English)

    Target Rating > Source Rating

    Not applicable

    Individual Score = Relative Weight * 100

    0.1428571 * 100 = 14.28571

    Work Requirements

    Both travel requirements, Travel Domestically and Travel Internationally, of source and target profiles matches.

    Not applicable

    Individual Score = Relative Weight * 100

    0.1428571 * 100 = 14.28571

  • The total score is the sum of all individual scores. Therefore, total score = 54.285698.

  • The application rounds off the total score to the nearest whole number. Therefore, the overall score of the target profile is displayed as 54.

Best-Fit Job Profile

As an HR specialist, you want to find the best-fit job profile for the person profile for Beth.

Beth's person profile has the following content:

  • Competencies as shown in the following table.

    Competency (Content Item)

    Proficiency

    Numeric Value of Rating

    Action Oriented

    Intermediate

    2

    Communication

    Intermediate

    2

    Leading People

    Foundation

    1

    Working Globally

    Intermediate

    2

  • Degrees: Technical Diploma

  • Language as shown in the following table.

    Language (Content Item)

    Reading (Rating Value)

    Writing (Rating Value)

    Speaking (Rating Value)

    English

    Low (1)

    Moderate (2)

    Low (1)

  • Memberships: ICAS

You perform the Find Best Job action on Beth's person profile. In the results section, for an overall fit greater than 40%, the application displays the job profile Accountant.

Note: In the person to job best-fit analysis, you can't set the priority on the best-fit job UI. Instead, the application considers the importance of the content items of the target job profile for best-fit calculations.

The target job profile Accountant has the following content types with the importance already specified for each content item or content type:

  • Competencies as shown in the following table.

    Competency (Content Item)

    Proficiency (Numeric Value)

    Importance (Numeric Value)

    Action Oriented

    Intermediate (2)

    Medium (2)

    Communication

    Intermediate (2)

    Medium (2)

    Leading People

    Intermediate (2)

    Medium (2)

    Working Globally

    Intermediate (2)

    Medium (2)

    Analytical Skills

    Intermediate (2)

    Medium (2)

    Embrace Change

    Intermediate (2)

    Medium (2)

    Manage Risk

    Intermediate (2)

    Medium (2)

    Market and Industry Knowledge

    Intermediate (2)

    Medium (2)

    Resource Management

    Intermediate (2)

    Medium (2)

  • Degrees as shown in the following table.

    Content Item

    Importance (Numeric Value)

    Technical Diploma

    Medium (2)

  • Languages as shown in the following table.

    Language (Content Item)

    Reading (Rating Value)

    Writing (Rating Value)

    Speaking (Rating Value)

    Importance

    English

    Low (1)

    Low (1)

    Medium (2)

    Medium (2)

  • Memberships

    Content Item

    Importance (Numeric Value)

    ICAS

    Medium (2)

    CIMA

    Medium (2)

    ACCA

    Medium (2)

  • Work Requirements:

    Requirements

    Importance (Numeric Value)

    Travel Domestically: No

    Medium (2)

    Travel Internationally: No

    Medium (2)

For the best-fit calculation, the application considers the individual score of the following 7 content items of the job profile Accountant that match with the content items of Beth:

  • Competencies: Action Oriented, Communication, Leading People, Working Globally

  • Degrees: Technical Diploma

  • Languages: English

  • Memberships: ICAS

The following table illustrates the overall score calculation of the target job profile Accountant.

Content

Target Importance

Source Rating

Target Rating

Relative Weight

Individual Score

Competencies (Action Oriented)

2

2

2

0.066667

6.6667

Competencies (Communication)

2

2

2

0.066667

6.6667

Competencies (Leading People)

2

1

2

0.066667

3.33335

Competencies (Working Globally)

2

2

2

0.066667

6.6667

Degrees (Technical Diploma)

2

Not applicable

Not applicable

0.066667

6.6667

Languages (English)

2

1

2

0.066667

6.6667

Memberships (ICAS)

2

Not applicable

Not applicable

0.066667

6.6667

Total Score

43.3335

Overall Score

43

The overall score is calculated as follows:

  • The target job profile Accountant has in all 15 content items with the importance (or priority) for all content items at the content type level set to 2. Therefore, the relative weight for each content item = 2 / 30 = 0.066667 (where, Relative Weight = Content item importance / Sum of all content item importance).

  • The application calculates the individual score of the matching content using the appropriate equation as displayed in the following table.

    Content

    Criteria

    Relative Rating

    Individual Score Equation

    Individual Score

    Competencies (Action Oriented)

    Target Rating = Source Rating

    Source Rating / Target Rating = 2 / 2

    Individual Score = Relative Rating * Relative Weight * 100

    (2 / 2) * 0.066667 * 100 = 6.6667

    Competencies (Communication)

    Target Rating = Source Rating

    Source Rating / Target Rating = 2 / 2

    Individual Score = Relative Rating * Relative Weight * 100

    (2 / 2) * 0.066667 * 100 = 6.6667

    Competencies (Leading People)

    Target Rating > Source Rating

    Source Rating / Target Rating = 1/ 2

    Individual Score = Relative Rating * Relative Weight * 100

    (1 / 2) * 0.066667 * 100 = 3.33335

    Competencies (Working Globally)

    Target Rating = Source Rating

    Source Rating / Target Rating = 2 / 2

    Individual Score = Relative Rating * Relative Weight * 100

    (2 / 2) * 0.066667 * 100 = 6.6667

    Degrees (Technical Diploma)

    Not applicable

    Not applicable

    Individual Score = Relative Weight * 100

    0.066667 * 100 = 6.6667

    Languages (English)

    Not applicable

    Not applicable

    Individual Score = Relative Weight * 100

    0.066667 * 100 = 6.6667

    Memberships (ICAS)

    Not applicable

    Not applicable

    Individual Score = Relative Weight * 100

    0.066667 * 100 = 6.6667

  • The total score is the sum of all individual scores. Therefore, total score = 43.3335.

  • The application rounds off the total score to the nearest whole number. Therefore, the overall score of the target profile is displayed as 43.

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