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:
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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
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Degrees:
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Bachelor of Engineering
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Master of Business Administration
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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)
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Work Requirements:
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Travel Domestically: No
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Travel Internationally: No
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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) |
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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:
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Competencies as shown in the following table.
Competencies (Content Item)
Proficiency
Numeric Value of Rating
Communication
Advanced
4
Problem Solving
Skilled
3
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Degrees:
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Bachelor of Engineering
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Diploma
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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)
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Work Requirements:
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Travel Domestically: No
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Travel Internationally: No
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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:
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Competencies: Communication
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Degrees: Bachelor of Engineering
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Languages: English
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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 |
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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 |
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Overall Score |
54 |
The overall score is calculated as follows:
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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).
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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
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The total score is the sum of all individual scores. Therefore, total score = 54.285698.
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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:
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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
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Degrees: Technical Diploma
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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)
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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.
The target job profile Accountant has the following content types with the importance already specified for each content item or content type:
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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)
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Degrees as shown in the following table.
Content Item
Importance (Numeric Value)
Technical Diploma
Medium (2)
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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)
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Memberships
Content Item
Importance (Numeric Value)
ICAS
Medium (2)
CIMA
Medium (2)
ACCA
Medium (2)
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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:
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Competencies: Action Oriented, Communication, Leading People, Working Globally
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Degrees: Technical Diploma
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Languages: English
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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 |
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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 |
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Overall Score |
43 |
The overall score is calculated as follows:
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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).
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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
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The total score is the sum of all individual scores. Therefore, total score = 43.3335.
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The application rounds off the total score to the nearest whole number. Therefore, the overall score of the target profile is displayed as 43.