Standard Skills are rated from Level 1 (Novice) to Level 5 (Expert). They help to define where team members can improve professionally or from a personal development perspective. To give breakdown of these...
Skill levels
Level | Name | In short |
1 | Novice | You understand what the Skill is and why it matters. |
2 | Advanced Beginner | You can do it with supervision, and expect to need help. |
3 | Competent | You can usually do it on your own, with occasional help from an expert. |
4 | Proficient | You do it without help, and others come to you with difficult questions. |
5 | Expert | You're known as the expert and can guide others. |
No Rating means nobody has reviewed the skill yet, including you.
Gap statuses
If Skills are assigned to a Job Role, or are set by an Admin or Manager, then they'll have the following target status labels...
Gap - the Skill level required for your Role, is below expectation.
Met - you posses the expected level for your Job Role.
Exceeded - you've proven to hold knowledge greater than what's required.
No Review means nobody has reviewed the Skill yet.
If more than one target applies, HowNow uses the first of these: your current job role's level, a target an Admin or Manager set, or your career target role.
Target role statuses
These apply to skills for a career target role you've chosen on Grow.
Status | Meaning |
Ready | You're at or above the level the target role needs. |
Developing | You're below it, but your level went up at your last review. |
Stretch | You're below it and your level hasn't gone up yet. |
When there's no status
A skill has no status until it has both a rating and a target level. A rated skill without a target shows No Target.
Skills left over from a previous job role or a previous target role have no target, so they show No Target.