Skills Inventory

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Overview

The IAI would like to create a skills inventory, something to help hiring managers and IAs set appropriate expectations.

Staff

Leader: Jay Morgan

Status

This is an initiative that Christian Crumlish championed at the board level in 2008. Jay did some initial research which is available in Basecamp, but the project got a bit mired in DTDT. Still this is perennially an issue that comes up any time we see a new salary survey release or any list discussion regarding job descriptions. It came up most recently in Leisa Reichelt's UK Freelancers rate survey (Dec 2010) and the 2010 Salary Survey.

Current Requirements

We would like one or two volunteers to help inventory the Job Board to identify the most common skills required for various levels.

We would like one or two additional volunteers to review the current and past Salary Survey and Competencies Survey to identify patterns and changes over time in job requirements.

To volunteer, please contact volunteer@iainstitute.org.

Basecamp Site

Skills Inventory: https://ia-institute.basecamphq.com/projects/1646609/log
About Basecamp

Proposal

Skills Initiative Proposal v.1

Deliverables

Suggested Skill Levels

Resources

We have a number of source materials, including a now somewhat ancient survey by jjg, the task details we ask people for in our salary survey, the services people request on our job board, and so on.

Job Board: http://iainstitute.org/jobboard/
Salary Survey: http://iainstitute.org/en/learn/research/salary_survey.php
Karen McGrane’s Matrix: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pEktQtBKHqYlGzu4XMzkGCw
2004 Compentency Survey: http://iainstitute.org/en/learn/research/competency_survey_2004.php
UK Freelancers Rate Review: http://www.disambiguity.com/2010ratereview-ukuxfreelancers/

Related Projects

Job Board
Salary Survey