“I’ve seen many overly complicated systems. This is a more simplified competency dictionary.”
Manufacturing
Supported with scaled levels to illustrate increasing levels of proficiency by job role level that provide individuals with detailed roadmaps for increasing their capabilities incrementally.
Create a framework of core competencies that align HR systems and processes to your organization’s strategy, goals, and culture.
Establish a common language that enables all employees to have a greater understanding of the requirements of their jobs, to identify and maximize their strengths, and to enhance their performance by identifying their development needs.
There’s no expensive software to buy or install. It’s all available in an easy-to-use, flexible Word, Excel, or web format. No hidden or annual fees. Easy to integrate into any HRIS. Included guide helps you modify each competency to fit your organization’s culture and job titles.
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$2.00 per employee, one-time fee
In Three Categories – People, Business, and Self-Management
Available in English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian

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The Workitect Competency Library – Dictionary can include licenses for the Competency Interview Guides and Competency Development Guide.
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Are you looking for a simple, flexible, easy-to-use, and less-costly alternative to HRSG, Korn Ferry, SuccessFactors, and Cornerstone? Check out our competency library and interview guides package. These organizations did, and choose Workitect:
| Air Canada | cbm Canada |
| AMICO-Gibraltar Industries | Centare |
| Aptar Group | Central Bank of Belize |
| Baker International | Central Pacific Bank |
| Bank Independent | Chicago Transit Authority |
| Bob Barker Company | CustomInk |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of AL | The Dairy Farm Company Ltd. (Hong Kong) |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA | Davenport University |
| Cadence Aerospace | Discovia |
| State of California | Enclos Corporation |
| Capital-Lumber | ENSTAR Natural Gas |
| First Commonwealth Financial | International Capital Trading LLC |
| Foresters | Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Fortune Pharmacal | KIK Custom Products |
| Fulton Hogan | City of Las Vegas |
| General Board of Pension and Health Benefits | Legal and General America |
| GTECH Corporation | Legumex Walker Canada |
| Gulf Investment Corporation (Kuwait) |
| Magellan Health | Diocese of Metuchen (NJ) |
| Mary Kay Inc. | Missouri Employees Mutual |
| Matthews International Capital Management, LLC | Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries |
| Maxion Wheels | Otter Tail Corporation |
| Meat & Livestock Australia Limited | Pension Benefit and Guarantee Corporation |
| Menasha Corporation | Phoenix Contact, Inc. |
| Red Hat | SynteractHC |
| St. Johns River Water Management District | Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago |
| S&C Electric Company | Volume 9, Inc. |
| S&D Coffee & Tea, Inc. | Western Health Advantage |
| Security Finance Corporation | City of West Palm Beach |
| Charles Schwab Corporation | Yoco Technologies (South Africa) |
In language that is easy for everyone to understand.
Here are a few examples of applications you can create with the Competency Library – Dictionary:
An intellectual property license gives you the freedom and flexibility to copy and modify the content for use within your organization. You’ll save, time and money and have the confidence that your work products are based on tested, research-based content.
This is not a packaged software program. It is intellectual property content that you can use in any way you choose, and integrate into your own HRIS or one you that purchase.
One-time fee, with no annual renewal fees. The fee is calculated based on the number of employees in an organization who will be covered by HR processes that contain Workitect competencies. This often excludes hourly-rated employees.
Companies creating their own competency dictionary can, knowingly or unknowingly, violate copyright laws by incorporating competencies and descriptions from copyrighted lists. A license prevents this from occurring.
Consulting services are available to help a Dictionary licensee effectively utilize and apply the dictionary. Examples of the services can be provided include:
It will be provided in a Word document, Excel spreadsheet, PDF, and online on a web page accessible with a password.
You can. But it will cost your organization a lot of time and money to replicate one like ours that is based on over 30 years of research and practical experience in building models. You can buy ours and customize it to reflect your organization’s culture, language, and performance expectations.
Each organization has its own culture and “way of doing business”. Even for jobs with identical titles, job success in one organization will require some competencies that are different in another organization. Even a small difference could be critical, which is why we only build custom models or teach internal consultants how to build their own models.
These competencies can be determined through interviews and expert panels that are conducted as part of the model building process. The identified competencies can then be listed under the Technical Expertise (#21) competency in our dictionary.
No. But, satisfactory completion of our Building Competency Models workshop is strongly recommended for anyone interested in acquiring an intellectual property license for our Competency Library. Completion of the workshop ensures that use of the Dictionary is built on a research foundation, applied practice, and the knowledge to effectively implement a competency-based human resource system in your organization.
Yes. You can customize our dictionary and create a “derivative” that combines our competencies with ones you have created and ones in other dictionaries.
Yes. You can have the competencies uploaded into any system, such as those offered by SAP or Halogen. Our competency library has been pre-loaded into Halogen’s system..
Updates will be made no more than once a year. The most recent update was made three years after the previous update. Each update will cost $500.
The content of the Workitect Dictionary can be customized and integrated into the talent management, human capital management, and human resources management software provided by Workday, ADP, SAP Success Factors, SABA Halogen, Cornerstone, and others.
“I’ve seen many overly complicated systems. This is a more simplified competency dictionary.”

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