Skills Inventories
A skills inventory is a device for pinpointing information about individuals and their suitability for different jobs. Skills inventories include the name of the employee and a listing (or inventory) of job-related skills, training, and/or experience that could prove useful in a future assignment. The purpose of skills inventories is to provide the organization with quick, accurate information on all employees in order that the management can choose the best and the most qualified person for promotion or transfer. For example, a skills inventory may consist of the following information: age, address, health, education, willingness to travel, experience in past and present jobs, and foreign languages spoken. If an overseas assignment requiring the speaking of German should suddenly become vacant, the skills inventory could quickly identify those candidates who possess the needed qualifications.