Employer-Created Competencies
How employers create custom competencies and what the science team should know.
Two Creation Methods
Manual Creation
Employers go to Settings > Competencies and click "New Competency." They fill in name, category, description, and 5-level behavioral anchors.
AI Generation
Employers click "Generate Competencies with AI" on the posting form. The AI generates 5 competencies based on:
- The job description
- Optional recruiter/hiring manager context
- Optional uploaded documents (parsed client-side)
The AI uses configurable system and user prompts (editable via admin at /admin/ai-generation). It generates competencies with complete 5-level anchors.
Quality Considerations
Employer-created anchors may not be psychometrically rigorous. The platform gives employers freedom to define competencies for flexibility, but this means:
- Anchor levels may not be clearly distinguishable
- Level 3 may not represent a consistent "meets expectations" baseline
- Categories may be misassigned
The AI generation pipeline mitigates this by using I-O psychology prompts (configurable by the science team), but the outputs are not formally validated.
What You Can Do
- Review the AI generation prompts — Go to
/admin/ai-generationand review the system prompts and task instructions for competency generation. These prompts determine the quality of AI-generated anchors. - Create platform competencies — Add competencies to the platform library (via admin > competencies) for common use cases so employers don't have to create their own.
- Provide anchor writing guidance — Future: an in-app guide for employers writing custom anchors.