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Skills trends

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Skills trends helps you understand the key elements of the skills framework, as a whole, and their evolution over time.

This page brings together a number of KPIs that enable us to identify the main skills, top skills and emerging skills of active employees, using several criteria: skill ownership, level of expertise, declaration of skills as appétences and skills search via the Find an expert page.


This page helps you to understand the key elements of the skills framework, both globally and over a defined period, to understand how skills evolve and what impact internal or external events have on the organization's skills offering.


The page also provides access to detailed statistics for a given skill, which can be found on the second page of the Skills Galaxy.

 

List of KPIs

Only the skills heads in the language (if available) having the attribute in the statistics are visible on this page and on its exports.

 

Your workforce tab

 

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Treemap on skill categories and tags

The treemap view allows you to visualize the importance of categories and tags relative to each other.

When the page loads, the category treemap is visible.

How the Category Treemap works:

The treemap displays categories in order of importance. The more declared skills a category contains, the larger its area on the treemap. Only categories containing declared skills are visible.

The 3 most declared categories are in a darker color variation.

By default, only 10 categories are visible at a time. Using the Display Categories button at the bottom right of the treemap, you can view 20, 50, or 100 categories.

You can click on a category that contains subcategories to see the subcategories attached to it.

It is possible to click on a category that does not have a subcategory, this category is then displayed in full screen on the treemap.

When navigating the treemap, the breadcrumbs and filters change to reflect progress in the skills framework tree.

You can click on the breadcrumbs to go back to the next level.

When hovering over a category, a tooltip displays the following information:

  1. Number of non-empty subcategories, attached to the category (not visible if no subcategory)
  2. Number of head skills integrated and declared at least once by an employee attached to this category (including in subcategories)
  3. Sum of unique declarations of skills attached to this category (including in subcategories)

Impact of filters:

  • If user filters are added, the data and category areas are updated to reflect the skills declared by users in the selected scope.
  • If category filters are selected, the corresponding categories are displayed in the treemap.

It is possible to save this search as search favorites.

Learn more about search favorites 

You can create up to 30 search favorites to easily find your favorite searches.

Once you have applied at least one filter, a new "Save the search" button appears to the right of the filter bar.

When you click on "Save the search", a modal appears and allows you to define the name of your search.

  • The defined name is limited to 70 characters

  • If you do not define a name, the favorite will take the default name (multiple favorites can have the same name).

  • Searches are ordered by descending creation date.

When you save a search and then modify the current filters, you remain on the saved search tab.

Likewise, if you select an old search and then modify the filters it contains on the current page, you remain on the same tab.

→ Saved favorites are not affected if you change a filter on the page.

Sharing a favorite

On each search, a “Share” action is available.

When clicked, it saves the page URL to the clipboard, and this URL contains all the search parameters - it can then be sent to another user - via email or an external messaging tool - so that they can access the same search.

Search sharing takes into account :

  • the recipient's visibility perimeters

  • the filters to which they have access.

If you share a search that includes mobility status X, and a visibility scope open to all, to someone who does not have access to the mobility status filter and who has a managed-only visibility scope, the latter will see the search applied without the mobility status filter and on their managed scope only.

→ In summary:

There is no risk of data leakage through sharing, but you must keep in mind that we are sharing search criteria and not results → they may vary from one user to another, even if they share the same search.

How the tag treemap works:

When the Tag filter is available on the page, it is possible to display the tags in the treemap by selecting the tags you are interested in via the filter.

The treemap then displays the selected tags in order of importance. The more declared skills a tag contains, the larger its area on the treemap.

The 3 most declared tags are in a darker color variation.

You can click on a tag, which will then display it in full screen on the treemap.

When hovering over a tag, a tooltip displays the following information:

  1. Number of integrated and declared head skills attached to this tag
  2. Sum of the declarations of the head skills attached to this tag

It is not possible to select simultaneously via the tag and category filters. When one of the two filters is active, the other is disabled.

 

Top 10 declared skills and export

Block title: Skill declarations
What are the main skills of your employees?

Calculation : Top 10 skills integrated and in statistics, declared by the greatest number of active employee (= signed charter), sorted in descending order of number of emplpoyees.

If an employee declares multiple versions of a skill, it only counts as one declaration.

 

Datatable columns

  1. Skill name (Head in the interface language - if not available, leave in the other language). If the "Skill stat" page is enabled for the rights profile, skills are clickable and open skill stat in a new tab, pre-filtered by the skill as well as all other employee filters applied.
  2. Number of employees in the filtered scope who have declared the skill and/or one of its versions
  3. % of employees in the filtered scope who have declared the skill and/or one of its versions. The % is rounded up to the nearest whole number; if between 0% and 1%, it is rounded up to the nearest tenth.
  4. Number of employees for each level of expertise + level not indicated. The size of the bubbles is proportional to the number of statements for each level. When hovering over each bubble, a tooltip indicates the number of employees who assessed themselves at that level.

Reading key : X collaborators or X% of them declared skill Y

If a level description is provided, it will be displayed by hovering the corresponding level in the data table.

 

Export

If the right is enabled, an export of all skills declared on the platform is available via the 3 dots at the top right of the widget.

The declared skills export contains in column headers:

  1. Reference skill with priority in the platform language (only those integrated into the framework with the attribute in the statistics, declared at least once)
  2. FR reference skill
  3. Reference competence EN
  4. (Other language if existing ES and DE)
  5. Category (1)
  6. Category (2)
  7. (other categories if existing)
  8. Tags (if filter is enabled in filter matrix)
  9. Number of declarations
  10. Ratio
  11. Number of unspecified levels
  12. Number of level X/X (as many as skill level)

 

Top 10 expertise and export

Block title : Skills at the highest level of expertise
What are your colleagues' areas of expertise?

Calculation : Skills with the highest number of collabs declared at expert level (= the highest level for each client), sorted in descending order of the number of collabs.

If an employee declares multiple versions of a skill at different expertise levels (including an expert level), it is counted once as an expert.

Datatable columns

  1. Skill name (Head in the interface language, integrated with the attribute in the statistics - if not available, leave in the other language). If the "Skill stat" page is enabled for the rights profile, the skills are clickable and open skill stat in a new tab, pre-filtered by the skill as well as all other collaborator filters applied.
  2. Number of active employees in the filtered scope who have declared the skill and/or one of its versions at an expert level
  3. Total number of active employees in the filtered scope who have declared the skill and/or one of its versions

Reading key : X employees declared skill Y with a level of Expert - Intermediate to Expert - etc.

Export

If the right is enabled, an export of all top skills declared on the platform is available via the 3 dots at the top right of the widget.\
It allows you to export the list of all "expert" users, i.e. those who have declared a maximum level of proficiency in a skill.

The export contains in column headers:

  • Reference competence in the user's language
  • Reference competence (languages)
  • Category (1)
  • Category (n)
  • Level
  • Level validated
  • Professional appetite
  • Wish for development
  • Registration number
  • Name
  • First name
  • E-mail address
  • Country
  • City

The presence of the columns depends on the filters accessible by the user

 

Top 10 professional interests + export

Title : Professional interests
What skills do your employees want to put into practice? 

Calculation : Top 10 skills integrated into the reference framework having the attribute in the statistics and declared as professional interests by the greatest number of active collaborators (= signed charter), sorted in descending order of number of collabs.

If a collaborator declares several versions of a skill as professional, this only counts as one declaration.

 

Datatable columns

  1. Skill name (Head in the interface language, integrated into the framework having the attribute in the statistics) - if not available, leave in the other language). If the "Skill stat" page is activated for the rights profile, the skills are clickable and open skill stat in a new tab, pre-filtered by the skill as well as all other collaborator filters applied.
  2. Number of active employees (= signed charter) in the filtered scope who have declared the skill in professional appetite and/or one of its versions
  3. Total number of active employees in the filtered scope who have declared the skill and/or one of its versions

Reading key : X collaborators highlighted skill Y

If the can_export_top_skills right is activated, an export of all the skills put into professional interest on the platform is available via the 3 points at the top right of the widget.

The export contains in column headers:

  1. Reference skill with priority in the platform language (only those integrated into the reference framework having the attribute in the statistics and declared as professionally inclined at least once)
  2. FR reference skill
  3. Reference competence EN
  4. (Other language if available)
  5. Category (1)
  6. Category (2)
  7. (other categories if existing)
  8. Tags (if filter is enabled in filter matrix)
  9. Number of professional interests
  10. Number of declarations

Top 10 development + export wishes

Title : Top Development Wishes
What skills do your employees want to learn?

Calculation : Top 10 skills integrated into the framework having the attribute in the statistics declared as development wishes by the greatest number of active collaborators (= signed charter), sorted in descending order of number of collabs.

If a collab declares that they want to develop multiple versions of a skill, that only counts as one declaration.

Datatable columns

  1. Skill name (Head in the language of the interface integrated into the framework having the attribute in the statistics - if not available, we leave it in the other language). If the "Skill stat" page is activated for the rights profile, the skills are clickable and open skill stat in a new tab, pre-filtered by the skill as well as all other collaborator filters applied.
  2. Number of active employees in the filtered scope who have requested development of the skill and/or one of its versions
  3. Total number of active employees in the filtered scope who have declared the skill and/or one of its versions

Reading key : X employees wish to develop skill Y

If the right is enabled, an export of all the skills set as development wishes on the platform is available via the 3 dots at the top right of the widget.

The export contains in column headers:

  1. Reference skill with priority in the platform language (only those integrated into the framework having the attribute in the statistics and put in development wish at least once)
  2. FR reference skill
  3. Reference competence EN
  4. (Other language if available)
  5. Category (1)
  6. Category (2)
  7. (other categories if existing)
  8. Tags (if filter is enabled in filter matrix)
  9. Number of development wishes
  10. Number of declarations

Top 10 searches

Title : Top searches
What are the most sought-after skills?

Calculation : Top 10 unique skills, integrated into the framework, with the attribute in the statistics searched via Find an Expert (search bar or skills filter), sorted in descending order of number of searches. Searches for a version of a skill are counted.

Columns

  1. Skill Name (Embedded header with attribute in stats in interface language - if not available, leave in other language). If "Skill stat" page is enabled for rights profile, skills are clickable and open skill stat in a new tab, pre-filtered by skill as well as all other collaborator filters applied.
  2. Number of searches for the skill (or one of its versions) carried out by all active employees in the filtered scope

The figures are updated in real time.

Reading key : Skill Y was searched for X times on the platform.

 

Growing skills tab

What are the emerging skills of the selected period?

 

Top 10 new skills declared

Title: Evolution of the 10 skills for which the number of declarations has increased the most\
Evolution of the 10 skills that increased the most over the selected period

Chart

A graph displays the changes over time for the 10 skills that have increased the most over the selected period. A tooltip on hovering over the curve provides information on the curve and the changes compared to the previous day.

Datatable

Calculation : Top 10 skills integrated into the framework having the attribute in the statistics and declared during the period, and percentage change compared to the period studied, sorted in descending order of number of collabs.

If a collab declares multiple versions of a skill, it only counts as one declaration.

Columns

  1. Skill name (Head integrated into the framework having the attribute in the statistics in the interface language - if not available, we leave it in the other language). If the "Skill stat" page is activated for the rights profile, the skills are clickable and open skill stat in a new tab, pre-filtered by the skill as well as all other collaborator filters applied.
  2. Increase in possession of the skill and/or one of its versions over the period studied (=number of declarations in the selected period - number of declarations today)
  3. Change in % of the number of active employees in the filtered scope who reported the skill or one of its versions over the period studied. The type of arrow depends on whether the change is positive or zero. The % is rounded up to the nearest whole number; if between 0% and 1%, it is rounded up to the nearest tenth.
  4. Total number of active employees in the filtered scope who have declared the skill or one of its versions (since the beginning)

Reading key : Skill Y was declared X times in the selected period.

 

Top 10 evolution of the number of experts

Title : Skills at the highest level of expertise
Which skills have seen the greatest increase in the number of employees at the highest level of expertise?

Calculation : Top 10 skills integrated into the framework having the attribute in the statistics with the highest number of collabs declared at expert level (= the highest level for each client) over the selected period, sorted in descending order of the number of collabs.

If a collab declares multiple versions of a skill at different expertise levels (including an expert level) in the selected period, they are counted once as an expert.

Columns

  1. Skill name (Head integrated into the framework having the attribute in the statistics in the interface language - if not available, we leave it in the other language). If the "Skill stat" page is activated for the rights profile, the skills are clickable and open skill stat in a new tab, pre-filtered by the skill as well as all other collaborator filters applied.
  2. Increase in possession of the skill and/or one of its versions over the selected period. The type of arrow depends on whether the change is positive or zero.

Reading key : X employees declared skill Y at level Z over the selected period.

 

Top 10 new professional interests

Title : Professional interests
What are the new skills that your employees want to put into practice?

Calculation : Top 10 skills integrated into the framework having the attribute in the statistics put into professional interest by the greatest number of collaborators over the selected period, and their evolution, sorted in descending order of number of collabs.

If an employee puts several versions of a skill into professional interest, it only counts as one declaration.

The KPI also shows the total number of statements to provide context.

Columns

  1. Skill name (Head integrated into the framework having the attribute in the statistics in the interface language - if not available, we leave it in the other language). If the "Skill stat" page is activated for the rights profile, the skills are clickable and open skill stat in a new tab, pre-filtered by the skill as well as all other collaborator filters applied.
  2. Increase in declaration as professional appetite for the skill and/or one of its versions over the selected period.
  3. Change in % of the number of active employees in the filtered scope who have declared the skill or one of its versions, between today and 30 days ago. The type of arrow depends on whether the change is positive or zero. The % is rounded up to the nearest whole number; if between 0% and 1%, it is rounded up to the nearest tenth.
  4. Total number of employees in the filtered scope who have developed a professional interest in the skill and/or one of its versions.

Reading key : X employees developed professional interests Y during period Z

 

Top 10 New Development Wishes

Title : Wishes for development
What are the new skills that your employees declared as a wish for development?

Calculation : Top 10 skills integrated into the framework having the attribute in the statistics put in development wishes by the greatest number of collaborators over the selected period, sorted in descending order of number of collabs.

If a collab develops multiple versions of a skill, that only counts as one declaration.

The KPI also shows the total number of statements to provide context.

Columns

  1. Skill name (Head integrated into the framework having the attribute in the statistics in the interface language - if not available, we leave it in the other language). If the "Skill stat" page is activated for the rights profile, the skills are clickable and open skill stat in a new tab, pre-filtered by the skill as well as all other collaborator filters applied.
  2. Increased declaration as a dev wish for the skill and/or one of its versions within the selected period.
  3. Change in % of the number of active employees in the filtered scope who have requested development of the skill or one of its versions, between today and 30 days ago. The type of arrow depends on whether the change is positive or zero. The % is rounded up to the nearest whole number; if between 0% and 1%, it is rounded up to the nearest tenth.
  4. Total number of active employees in the filtered scope who have requested development of the skill and/or one of its versions

Reading key : +X employees have declared skill Y as a development wish over the selected period.

 

Top 10 New Searches

Title : Recent Research
What are the most sought-after skills during this period?

Calculation : Top 10 skills integrated into the framework with the attribute in the statistics, searched via Find an Expert (search bar or skills filter) over the selected period, sorted in descending order of number of searches. Searches for a version of a skill are counted. The figures are updated in real time.

Columns

  1. Skill name (Head integrated into the framework having the attribute in the statistics in the interface language - if not available, we leave it in the other language). If the "Skill stat" page is activated for the rights profile, the skills are clickable and open skill stat in a new tab, pre-filtered by the skill as well as all other collaborator filters applied.
  2. Number of searches for the skill (or one of its versions) carried out by all active employees in the filtered scope over the selected period.
  3. Skill search evolution in % - We compare searches between two periods: the selected period with searches over the previous 30 days. The type of arrow depends on whether the change is positive, negative, or zero. The % is rounded up to the nearest whole number; if between 0% and 1%, it is rounded up to the nearest tenth.

Reading key : Skill Y was searched for X times during the period

 

Declining skills tab

 

Top 10 skills that have declined the most (graph and table)

Title: Evolution of the main 10 declining skills
Evolution of the 10 skills that decreased the most over the last 3 months

Chart

A graph displays the daily changes over time for the 10 skills that declined the most over the period. A tooltip on hovering over the graph provides information on the graph and the changes compared to the previous day.

 

Datatable

 

Calculation : Top 10 skills integrated into the framework with the attribute in the statistics and having decreased the most during the period, and percentage change compared to selected period, sorted in ascending order of number of declaration losses.

Columns

  1. Skill name (Head integrated into the framework having the attribute in the statistics in the interface language - if not available, we leave it in the other language). If the "Skill stat" page is activated for the rights profile, the skills are clickable and open skill stat in a new tab, pre-filtered by the skill as well as all other collaborator filters applied.
  2. Decrease in possession of the skill and/or one of its versions over the selected period (=number of declarations over the studied period - number of declarations today)
  3. Change in % of the number of active employees in the filtered scope who have declared the skill or one of its versions, over the studied period. The % is rounded up to the nearest whole number; if between 0% and 1%, it is rounded up to the nearest tenth.
  4. Total number of active employees in the filtered scope who have declared the skill or one of its versions (not for 30 days but since the beginning)
Learn more about data updates in analytics 

Two factors can create, in a minimal way, data gaps between the indicators of top skills, skill stats, skills gap and find an expert:

The indicators are not updated at the same time

On Top skills:

  • The skills, expertise and preferences data are updated every night

  • Search data is updated in real time

  • The number of employees in the scope is updated in real time

On Skill stats and on Skills gap

  • Data is updated in real time

  • The evolution of the level of expertise is updated every night

On Find expert

  • Data is updated in real time

Why not a real-time update everywhere?

Our goal across all app pages is to have sufficient performance to be able to use the page without irritation. On a page like Top Skills, it's impossible to continuously calculate all the skills/user data needed to populate the various indicators because it represents a very large volume of data, and it would make the page unusable.

The tool used on Skill stats may generate approximations

Skill stats data is managed by an independent 365Talents technology called Elasticsearch.

This technology retrieves user/skill data from several "machines" and compiles them to calculate a result which will be the skill to be displayed and its number of declarations/expertise etc.

In case of data inhomogeneity, Elasticsearch may generate a result that will be slightly out of sync with the result on Top skills.

This is something common, visible on other everyday tools: the Twitter like counter, the number of comments on a Facebook post, etc.

→ These shifts remain rare, and when they happen the shift is minimal, but you have to keep it in mind so as not to be surprised.