SKILL INVENTORIES
A skill inventory is a device for pin-pointing information about individuals and their suitability for different jobs. Skills inventories include the name of the employee and a listing (or inventory) of job-related skills, training, and/or experience which could prove useful in a future assignment. The purpose of skill inventories is to provide the organization with quick, accurate information on all employees in order that management can choose the best-qualified person for promotion or transfer. For example, a skill inventory may consist of the following information: age, address, health, education, willingness to travel, experience in the past and present jobs, and foreign languages spoken. If an overseas assignment requires ...
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