Maintain the skill catalog

When you do this: the skill catalog grows naturally as consultants add skills to their profiles. Without curation, it drifts: duplicates, typos, near-synonyms, skills that should be merged. Catalog maintenance is an ongoing administrative task.

Outcome: a clean skill catalog with well-defined core skills, consistent naming, and no duplicates clogging up search and the skill matrix.

Steps

  1. Read the concept first if you're new to the difference between core skills and specific skills. → Skills Concept, Glossary
  2. Review and curate the core skill list: these are the skills that drive role skill profiles, the matrix, and matching. → Skill Overview, Company Profile: Core Skills
  3. Run AI cleanup to surface duplicates, near-duplicates, miscategorised skills, and inconsistencies in specific skills. → AI Cleanup Suggestions
  4. Check the skill matrix across the team or company to see where coverage is thin or unbalanced. → Skill Matrix
  5. Update role skill profiles so role-to-skill mapping reflects what the company actually staffs. → Company Profile: Roles & Job Families, Company Profile: Role Skill Profiles