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Overview

Upskilling is a skill development feature in SkillsDB that surfaces skills alongside their associated learning resources. Rather than showing every skill a user holds, the Upskilling view shows only skills that have learning resources attached — creating a focused, action-oriented workspace for professional development. The feature exists to answer a fundamental question employees and managers face: “I know I have a skill gap — now what?” Instead of leaving users to search the Learning Library independently, Upskilling presents development opportunities in context, directly against the skills they are already being measured on. As an administrator, you enable Upskilling by populating the Learning Library and linking resources to skills. Once resources are attached to a skill, that skill automatically appears in the Upskilling view for any user who holds it. No additional configuration is required. Upskilling is used by all three role levels. Employees use it to find and add development resources to their learning plan. Managers use it to assign resources to their direct reports. Global admins use it to edit library resources directly. Understanding this flow helps you design your Learning Library to maximize adoption of your upskilling program.

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How Upskilling Works

The Upskilling view is driven entirely by the Learning Library. The connection works as follows:

1. An admin adds a learning resource to the Learning Library under Library > Training.
2. That resource is linked to one or more skills in the library.
3. Any user who has that skill in their skills profile sees the skill appear in their Upskilling view.
4. The user can then add the resource to their learning plan or, if a manager, assign it to a team member.

The Upskilling view is not a separate module — it is a filtered perspective on a user’s existing skills, contextualized with available learning resources. This means the quality of your upskilling program is directly tied to the completeness of your Learning Library.

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Setting Up Upskilling for Your Organization

Administrators control what appears in the Upskilling view by managing the Learning Library. To ensure skills appear in the Upskilling view:

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Step 1: Add resources to the Learning Library

1. Navigate to Library > Training.
2. Select + New to create a new learning resource.
3. Enter the resource details, including the Title, Type, Provider, and URL if applicable.
4. Select Save.

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Step 2: Link resources to skills

After creating a resource, link it to one or more skills so the resource appears in the Upskilling view for users who hold those skills.

1. Navigate to Library > Skills.
2. Select the skill you want to link the resource to.
3. In the skill detail view, locate the Learning Resources section.
4. Add the relevant resource from the library.

When a resource is successfully linked to a skill, that skill will appear in the Upskilling view for any user whose skills profile includes that skill.

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Accessing the Upskilling View

The Upskilling view is accessed from the Skills page, which is available to all users.

1. Select Skills from the left sidebar.
2. In the breadcrumb navigation at the top of the page, select Upskilling.

The page switches from the All Skills view to the Upskilling view, which shows only skills that have associated learning resources.

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Understanding the Upskilling Table

The Upskilling table lists skills as collapsible rows. Each skill row shows the skill name, any labels applied to that skill, and a Not Started progress badge indicating no resources in that skill have been added to the user’s learning plan yet. Selecting a skill row expands it to reveal the individual learning resources attached to that skill. Each resource row displays the following columns: Selecting a skill row again collapses it and hides the resource rows.

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Filtering the Upskilling view

A filter dropdown at the top left of the Upskilling view controls which skills are displayed: To apply a filter, select the filter dropdown button and choose the desired option.

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Sorting the Upskilling view

The table columns are sortable. Select any column header to sort skills by that field. Select the same header again to reverse the sort order. Available sort fields are Name, Labels, Resources, and Skills.

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Taking Action on Resources

Users interact with resources by selecting the checkbox next to one or more resource rows. When at least one resource is selected, a floating action bar appears at the bottom of the screen. The actions available in the floating action bar depend on the user’s role:

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Adding resources to your learning plan

Employees can add resources from the Upskilling view directly to their own learning plan.

1. Select the checkbox next to one or more resources.
2. In the floating action bar, select Add.

The selected resources are added to the user’s learning plan with a status of To Do. Users can track progress in their learning plan under My Profile > Learning Plan.

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Assigning resources to team members

Managers and administrators can assign resources from the Upskilling view to one or more team members.

1. Select the checkbox next to a resource.
2. In the floating action bar, select Assign.
3. In the Assign window, select the team member(s) to assign the resource to.
4. Confirm the assignment.

When a resource is assigned to a team member, it is added to that person’s learning plan.

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Editing a learning resource

Global admins can edit a resource’s details directly from the Upskilling view without navigating to the Learning Library.

1. Select the checkbox next to exactly one resource.
2. In the floating action bar, select Edit.
3. In the Edit Resource dialog, update the resource fields as needed.
4. Select Save.

The resource is updated immediately across all Upskilling views and learning plans where it appears.

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Upskilling in Assessment Scorecards

The Upskilling view is not limited to the Skills page. When users complete a self-assessment or receive a manager assessment, the resulting scorecard includes an Upskilling tab alongside the standard grades view. The Upskilling tab in a scorecard shows only the skills from that specific assessment that have learning resources attached. This allows users and managers to immediately act on skill gaps identified during an assessment — browsing resources and adding them to a learning plan without leaving the scorecard context. Managers viewing a direct report’s scorecard see the same Upskilling tab and can use the Assign button to push development resources to that team member directly from the assessment results.

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Role and Permission Reference

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Common Questions

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