Skills Proficiency and Mastery

Top Three Things to Know:

1. Reejig's 'Skills Mastery' levels are divided into four stages: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert.
2. A combination of factors such as experience, seniority, reusability of skill, and recency of use contributes to a person's Skills Mastery level.
3. Skill Mastery is represented visually through a "wifi signal strength" indicator. Each bar represents a different level of mastery, from beginner to expert.

Ever wondered how Reejig sorts its masters from its beginners? Get ready for a primer on Reejig's methodology for determining skill mastery. Whether you're an HR professional guiding a team, a hiring guru seeking the right talent, or a passionate learner climbing the skill ladder, understanding how Reejig evaluates Skills Mastery is your secret weapon to success.

And remember, in the world of Reejig, "Skills Proficiency" and "Skills Mastery" are twins! From now on I am going to use Skills Mastery. Buckle up!

Understanding the Importance of Skills Mastery

In Reejig's universe, Skills Mastery is crucial, playing a decisive role in job placement, training and education, performance management, recruitment and hiring, workforce planning, and employee engagement. If you're managing a workforce, knowing who's mastered what is a must!

Levels of Skills Mastery

Think of Skills Mastery in terms of a four-step ladder:

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert.

The rungs of this ladder are common across individuals, opportunities, and learning experiences. 

Factors Influencing Skills Mastery

Several aspects contribute to a person's climb up the mastery ladder. These include the number of years they've used the skill, their job level, the reusability of the skill, and how recently they've been flipping that skill pancake.

Where skills normalise to those skills we have seen in industry standard skills taxonomies such as ESCO, Reejig also leverages nominal skills mastery data from those sources.

Interesting fact: the model uses a logarithmic scale, so that a small difference in experience or task difficulty can have a big impact on the proficiency score. This is because a small amount of experience can make a big difference in the user's ability to use the skill effectively.

Visualising Skill Mastery in Reejig

Reejig uses a fun "wifi signal strength" icon to represent Skills Mastery levels. So, whether you're a beginner still struggling with the wifi password or an expert with full bars, we've got a visual indicator for you!

“One Bar” of wifi signal strength indicates Beginner level Skill Mastery

“Two Bars” of wifi signal strength indicates Intermediate level Skill Mastery

“Three Bars” of wifi signal strength indicates either Advanced and Expert level Skill Mastery

Associating Skills Mastery with Learning

Through assessing features like duration, course content and course level, Reejig determines how learning experiences contribute to Skills Mastery.

Duration: A course lasting only a few hours delivers awareness, and the opportunity to explore the skill in operation rather than the acquisition of a new skill

Level: Course titles and course material carry indications of the level of the course. Introductory and Fundamentals course deliver at most Beginner skills mastery. Advanced and Master courses deliver a deeper level of awareness, and are modeled to advance the skill mastery from Beginner to Intermediate.

Recency: Paticularly in technology courses, how long ago the course was taken is important to understanding the relevance of the learning.

But remember, true mastery isn't just about hitting the books! Advanced and Expert levels of skill mastery are earned through experience.

As the old saying goes, practice makes perfect (or at least, really proficient).