Concept: Skills in Succession Planning

Skills in succession planning enable you to leverage objective data when identifying potential successors. Using skills match analysis provides a high-level overview of how well a candidate’s skills overlap with the requirements of a specific position.

Skills Match Analysis

To calculate the skills match value, Workday divides the number of skills on the worker profile by the number of skills associated with the succession plan position. For more information about how to include skills in succession planning, see Steps: Set Up Succession.

Workday displays the following match labels in the

Skills Match

column of supported succession planning tasks and the

Compare Candidates

report:

Fair Match

Good Match

Strong Match

These labels provide a standardized way to evaluate candidates against the skills configured on the associated job profile, position restrictions, or both.

When you configure skills on the job profile, position restrictions, or both, Workday populates these match analysis columns in the succession plan candidate grid and the

Compare Candidates

report:

Skills Match

Matching Skills

Skill Gaps

If skills aren’t associated with the succession plan position, the

Compare Candidates

report displays the

Worker Skills

column, and lists skills from the candidate's worker profile.

For organizations with Skills Cloud enabled, this analysis includes both explicit and inferred skills for the candidate and the position. See Workday AI Fact Sheet: Skills in Succession Plans.

Compare Candidates

Use the

Compare Candidates

button to succession planning tasks to access the

Compare Candidates

report. This report allows for the side-by-side evaluation of candidates in the succession plan. You can use the

Candidates for Comparison

prompt to add internal or external candidates who are not currently part of the succession plan to the report.

The

Compare Candidates

report groups information into these non-configurable categories:

Succession

: Details the role and readiness of the candidates on the succession plan.

Qualifications

: Summarizes formal qualifications and credentials.

Talent

: Provides insight into performance and potential.

Tenure

: Focuses on employment history and duration within the organization.

Skills

: Utilizes the skills match analysis feature to compare candidate skills against the requirements of the succession plan position.

Tasks

Succession planning tasks that support skills match analysis:

Add Employee to Succession Plan

Copy Candidates from Succession Plan

Copy Succession Plan Candidates

Manage Succession Plan

Move Succession Plan

Move Succession Plan from Position

Review Succession Plan

Revise Succession Plan