From the time of its evolution, competency mapping has become the need of the hour. This is because of the several benefits it offers, such as
- increase employee’s self-awareness and aid in career management
- identify new leaders and support organizations in succession planning
- helps in making promotion and internal mobility decisions more accurate
- helps in performance management of employees, individual departments and overall organization
- provides scope for designing goal-directed training interventions
- assist in job evaluation
- develop a competent workforce by making recruitment and selection structured and objective
- provide gap analysis reports which helps in all the above listed HR processes
These are just some of the benefits of competency mapping. Competency-based HR systems have transformed the way organizations work today and have shown promising results in various HR interventions and practices.
