WOW! - week 4

Our word of the week is:
COMPETENCIES

Competence is a noun meaning the quality of being competent; adequacy; possession of required skill, knowledge, qualification, or capacity: He hired her because of her competence as an accountant.

A competency is the knowledge, skill, and ability required to be successful at a job.

I read that "competency based human resource management" is very fashionable right now.

Competencies are related to the job, not the person. They are the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the successful performance of a job.

So when a company is looking for a new employee, they have a list of competencies. It is important, therefore, that in your job application, you refer to as many of these as possible.
You can read more about this in some articles by Suzanne Simpson on the website:

www.hrsg.ca