Best-Fit Analysis
The best-fit analysis includes the review of all profiles of the match type required and calculation of the overall score compared to the source profile. The overall score appears in the Overall Fit column in the results section on the Find Best Fit page.
Employees, managers, and HR specialists can use the Best-Fit feature to match and compare profiles with the selected match criteria. The Best-Fit feature finds profiles that closely match the source profile (person or job). You can associate job name to job profile type, position name to position profile type, and organization name to organization profile type.
Best-Fit Analyses Types
The application supports the following four types of best-fit analyses:
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Person to Job: Using a person profile as the source profile, you can find the job that best fits a worker.
Example: As a manager, use this tool to help a worker to identify job profiles for which the worker is best suited and decide the next career move.
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Person to Person: Using a person profile as the source profile, you can find the worker with skills that match that of a particular worker.
Example: Your company is planning to launch new technology. As an HR specialist, you know a worker who has the required skill to use the new technology. To assess the scope of workers who need development in this particular skill, you can select the worker's profile. You can then use the Best-Fit feature to view a list of other workers who may come close to the skill requirements.
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Job to Job: Using a job profile as the source profile, you can find the job profile that closely matches a job profile.
Example: As an HR specialist, you can use this tool to help locate jobs to identify areas for outplacement, training requirements, or areas of organizational strength.
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Job to Person: Using a job profile as the source profile, you can find the best-fit worker for a job.
Example: As an HR specialist, you can use this tool to help locate the most qualified workers for a job opening within your company.
The Best-Fit Feature Accessibility
The roles, privileges, and application settings determine the ability for a user to perform a type of best-fit analysis. The following table shows the Best-Fit feature accessibility for the most commonly used profile types.
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Role |
Can Perform Person to Job Analysis? |
Can Perform Person to Person Analysis? |
Can Perform Job to Job Analysis? |
Can Perform Job to Person Analysis? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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HR specialist |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Manager |
Yes (Limited to direct and dotted-line reports) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Worker |
Yes |
Yes (Limited to worker's own profile) |
No |
No |
Filtering Best-Fit Results
By default, the best-fit analysis results show all profiles that have 90% match or greater than the selected source profile. You can further filter the results to show by overall fit or by number of profiles. The results section of the best-fit analysis also has the Show Fit by Criteria option. Use this option to view which content types displayed in results meet or exceed the specified criteria percentage.