A job role is a description of what a person does. A job title is a convenient name for a role. Skills are assigned to Job Roles, not Job Titles.
Job Title - speaks to certain abilities and typical tasks based on training and experience, but also speaks to the level of the job within the organization (consider an Assistant Professor versus a Professor) and determines pay grade.
Job Titles - are created under:
- Click on Admin
- Click on People Setup
- Click on Lists
- Click on the Job Titles tab
- Click on New Job Title
- Enter the Job Title label/term
- Click on Update to Save Job Title
- Click on Edit/Delete to execute the Edit/Delete command
- Click Update to save changes or Cancel to disregard change(s)
Job Role - is used in the competency management module. This is where a person is set up with a set of skills at what level they are expected to possess for their job role. A person holding a job title can have different roles in different situations.
Job Roles - are created under:
- Click on Admin
- Click on Skills Setup
- Click on Build Job Roles
- Click on Select / Add Job Role Name(required)
- Click on Add New Job Role in the pop-up window
- Enter the Job Role label/term
- Click on Update to save Job Role
- Click on Edit/Delete to execute the Edit/Delete command
- Click Update to save changes or Cancel to disregard change(s)