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The Skills Context


                                                               • IT professional capability comes from a combination of
                                                                    professional skills, behavioural skills and knowledge.
                                                                    Experience and qualifications validate that overall
                                                                    capability.
                                                               • Professional skills. Business process improvement
                                                                    and Database design are just two examples of almost
                                                                    100 fundamental professional IT skills defined by SFIA.
                                                               • Behavioural skills. Most organisations recognise a set
                                                                    of behavioural skills. These vary considerably from one
                                                                    organisation to another.
                                                               • Knowledge. Technologies, products, internal systems,
                                                                    services, processes, methods and even legislation are
                                                                    all examples of areas where IT professionals are
                                                                    required to have knowledge.
    IT recruitment broadly tends to focus on                   • Experience and qualifications. These validate the
  understanding candidates behavioural skills,                      individual’s capability. Qualifications certify elements of
   knowledge, experience and qualifications.                        skill or knowledge; experience gives practical
                                                                    demonstration of capability. The right sort of experience
  SFIA can be used to extend this to include an                     also acts as a powerful force for learning, thereby
   assessment of candidates professional IT                         enhancing capability.
  skills (sometimes referred to as professional
         competence or tacit knowledge).


                                                  Kevin Streater
                                                   Addelam Associates
                                                  Kevin.streater@bcs.org
                                                   +44 (0)7881 296286
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                           +44 (0)7881 296286

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SFIA Conference validateskills

  • 1. The Skills Context • IT professional capability comes from a combination of professional skills, behavioural skills and knowledge. Experience and qualifications validate that overall capability. • Professional skills. Business process improvement and Database design are just two examples of almost 100 fundamental professional IT skills defined by SFIA. • Behavioural skills. Most organisations recognise a set of behavioural skills. These vary considerably from one organisation to another. • Knowledge. Technologies, products, internal systems, services, processes, methods and even legislation are all examples of areas where IT professionals are required to have knowledge. IT recruitment broadly tends to focus on • Experience and qualifications. These validate the understanding candidates behavioural skills, individual’s capability. Qualifications certify elements of knowledge, experience and qualifications. skill or knowledge; experience gives practical demonstration of capability. The right sort of experience SFIA can be used to extend this to include an also acts as a powerful force for learning, thereby assessment of candidates professional IT enhancing capability. skills (sometimes referred to as professional competence or tacit knowledge). Kevin Streater Addelam Associates Kevin.streater@bcs.org +44 (0)7881 296286
  • 2. Hudson Assessment Today ??? TechCheck CV Evaluation Hudson 5+1 Model Kevin Streater Addelam Associates Kevin.streater@bcs.org +44 (0)7881 296286