List of the profile management questions that you can ask from the client during requirement gathering

• Would you like Employees to update their Talent Profile or Skills and Qualification page via Employee Self-Service?

• Does XYZ use competencies currently? Would you like behaviors to be Employee-to-person profiles?

• What content types does XYZ want to use? Eg, Education, Language, Experience.

• What rating models does XYZ want to use?

• What kind of access would the Employee, Manager, and HR have to each of the content types?

• How many model job/position profiles do you keep? E.g. One for each job?

• Are Talent Profiles maintained for contingent workers?

• Are you interested in the ability to import profile data from Linked-In?

• Who is responsible for updating catalog items (New Competencies, New Licenses, etc.)?

• Do you have any workflow or approvals? When Employees update and add new data in the content section?

• If you want to use the language section, what would be the rating i.e. Beginner, Fluent, Native?

• Which content sections would you like to include in the Job/Position Profile?

• Do you have a job description for every single job?

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