When managers navigate to the Talent Profile page, the page displays their own talent information. The Talent Profile page of a worker provides managers with information required for succession planning. To view talent profiles of workers in their hierarchy, managers can select a worker either from the hierarchy list or quick search region.
Note: Currently, Talent Profile supports only supervisor hierarchy.
As a manager, when you navigate to the Talent Profile page of a worker, you can:
View worker details
View talent information presented in different regions
Print talent profiles
Perform self-service actions
Note: Managers who are contingent workers can access Talent Profiles of employees and contingent workers reporting to them using the Manager Self-Service responsibility provided the profile option HR: Expand Role of Contingent Worker is set to Yes. For contingent workers, certain regions such as Salary, Benefits, Monetary Compensation, and Compensation Statement may not be available to view.
You can view employment details such as the organization, job, position, supervisor, and the hire date. The contact details include address, phone numbers, and e-mail address. You can also view a photograph of the worker, if available. If the worker has added tags to the profile, then you can view the tags.
Managers can view details and perform manager actions for multiple assignments of an employee or worker in their hierarchy, if the subordinate has more than one assignment. In the Assignment field, select the assignment of a worker to view details and perform the appropriate manager actions. Employment details and the talent profile information presented in the talent regions vary depending on the assignment that you select. Managers can perform these actions for multiple assignments only if the Multiple Assignments feature is enabled and the appropriate security access is setup.
This section lists the talent regions that managers can view for their workers.
Note: Your enterprise may display all the regions or hide some of the regions according to the business needs and processes.
Competencies
Appraisals
Performance Objectives
Qualifications
Learning Certifications
Training
Other Professional Qualifications
Job History
Career Path
Benefits
Work Preferences
Previous Employment
Monetary Compensation
Succession Plan
Other Information
Salary
Compensation Statement
Performance Ratings
The Competencies region displays the current competencies of the selected worker. You can view the level and status of the competencies.
Click the More link to navigate to the Competency Profile page of the worker to view or update the existing competency profile. When you update or add competencies for a worker, the updated information is visible on the Talent Profile page.
For information on competencies, see: Competency Profile
The Appraisals region displays the appraisal information using a bar graph. The bar graph is a column chart where the x-axis shows the appraisal period end date and the y-axis shows the appraisal rating of the worker and the total rating value. You can easily distinguish the rating of the worker and the total rating value as the bar graph uses different color codes. Talent Profile displays information only from appraisals that are given an overall rating, regardless of whether the appraisals are created using the Appraisals function or appraisals are created as part of performance management plans. The bar graph displays information for five appraisals.
Note: Talent Profile does not display information from self appraisals.
Click the More link to navigate to the View Appraisals page for more information on the worker's appraisals. On the View Appraisals page, you can view completed and in progress appraisals.
For more information on appraisals, see: The Appraisal Process
You can view worker objectives for a specific performance management plan. By default, the Plan Name field displays the latest published performance management plan. The Performance Objectives region displays the plan name, plan period, objectives, and objective start and end date. The Complete % field helps you to track the progress of the worker's objectives.
Click the More link to navigate to the Performance Management page of the worker. For each performance management plan, you can view a list of tasks. The application enables these tasks at appropriate times during the performance-management period.
View Performance Objectives of an Indirect Report
When you view the Talent Profile page of an indirect report (a worker reporting to your direct report), and click the More link, the application enables you to view and carry out the performance management tasks as the indirect report's manager. For example, Dan Bird is Sales Manager, Vision Corporation and Alice Taylor, the manager of Store A reports to Dan. When Dan views the Talent Profile of Alex Smith who reports to Alice, Dan can perform Alice's performance-management tasks.
For more information on manager performance management tasks, see: Manager Performance-Management Tasks
The Qualifications region displays the education qualifications information such as qualification type, title, and status.
Click the More link to navigate to the Education and Qualifications page of the worker to create or update qualifications. The Talent Profile page displays the updated qualifications information.
For more information, see: Education and Qualifications
You can view the learning certification details such as the certification name, status, progress, and renew date.
Click the More link to navigate to the Learner Home page of the worker. On the Learner Home page of the worker, you can view details such as additional certification details, classes that the worker has currently enrolled in, and learning paths that the worker has subscribed to.
For more information, see: The Learner Home
This region displays the training information of the selected worker. Details include the course name, course delivery method, enrollment status, and enrollment dates. You can use the filter values to view all, completed, or upcoming training.
Click the More link to navigate to the Learner Home page of the worker to view additional training details. You can also enroll the worker in required training. The Talent Profile displays the updated enrollment information.
For more information, see: The Learner Home
You can view other professional qualifications of the worker such as an award. This region does not display academic qualifications, which are displayed in the Qualifications region.
Click the More link to navigate to the Other Professional Qualifications page to add new professional qualifications or update existing professional qualifications. The Talent Profile displays the updated professional qualifications information.
For more information, see: Other Professional Qualifications
The Job History region displays the details of previous jobs of the selected worker in the same enterprise. You can use this information to analyze what the worker has gained from each role in terms of experience, skills, and professional development. When creating succession plans you can use the job history details to evaluate the work experience summary of the worker.
This is a view only region and you cannot perform any transaction as the More link is not available.
You can view the proposed career path of the selected worker from the current job level. Managers can learn where the worker is in their career. They can analyze the worker's career path and plan for suitable training to meet the future role requirements.
This is a view only region and you cannot perform any transaction as the More link is not available.
You can view the benefits enrollments of the worker such as programs, plans, and options. You can also view with the benefits' coverage start date and coverage amounts.
Click the More link to launch the Self-Service Benefits Enrollments function. The subsequent benefits enrollments pages that you view depend on the configuration choices that your enterprise makes.
For more information, see:Self-Service Benefits Enrollments
You can view the work preferences specified by the worker in two regions: Domestic Options and International Relocation Options. You can gather information such as whether the worker is willing to accept international travel or relocate domestically. You can also view preferred work hours and work schedule.
Click the More link to navigate to the Work Preferences page of the worker to add or update information. The Talent Profile page displays the updated work preferences details.
For information see: Work Preferences
This region displays the work history in previous organizations. You can view previous employment details such as the previous employer, previous employment period, and employer location. The previous employment details provide valuable inputs such as the employers that the worker has worked with. You also get an idea of the worker's experience in each industry if the worker was employed in various industries. You can evaluate how the previous roles are useful for career management and succession plans for the worker.
This is a view only region and you cannot perform any transaction as the More link is not available.
You can view a graphical representation of the monetary compensation details of the worker. Monetary compensation can include components such as allowances, bonus, and salary. You can view a list of all compensation related sections (defined with a chart or graph) from the latest Total Compensation Statement (TCS). You can select any one of the values to view a graphical representation of the selected monetary compensation section.
Talent Profiles uses the Total Compensation Statement information to display the monetary compensation graph. If there is no Total Compensation statement available for the worker and a graph for cash compensation has not been included in the statement, then the application does not display any information in the Monetary Compensation region.
This is a view only region and you cannot perform any transaction as the More link is not available.
The succession plan information that you view for a worker depends on the release level of Oracle Succession Planning that your enterprise uses:
If your enterprise uses R12.2 Oracle Succession Planning, then you can view the following information:
Successors Identified for
This table lists the potential successors of the worker. You can view information such as workers' performance level, succession and retention potential, and readiness percent.
Succession Plans
This table lists the succession plans identified for the worker. Information that you can view includes whether the succession plan is for a worker or role, plan status, and the workers' performance level, succession and retention potential, and readiness percent.
Note: If your enterprise uses pre R12.2 Oracle Succession Planning then you can view the following information:
Successor For:
This table lists the workers for whom the selected worker is identified as a successor. Information includes readiness level and the earliest succession date.
As Successor:
This table lists the workers identified as the successors of the selected worker. Information includes readiness level and the earliest succession date.
This is a view only region and you cannot perform any transactions as the More link is not available.
For your workers, you can make notes about their achievements and contributions. Click the More link to navigate to the Attachments page where you can add attachments. You can create attachments in different ways. You can attach a file, provide the location of the directory in which you saved the document, or provide a text description.
You can add tags for your workers. The tags that you add for a worker appear on that worker's Talent Profile page. Tags help group and categorize talent.
You can view details of the current salary. Details include salary rate and annualized salary.
This is a view only region and you cannot perform any transactions as the More link is not available.
This region displays the worker's total compensation information including compensation awards and benefits. Compensation information can include monetary awards such as salary and bonus awards as well as non-monetary awards such as stock options. Benefits information can include medical and dental benefits (optionally showing the cost to your organization).
Talent Profile uses Total Compensation Statement to display information in this region. If there is no Total Compensation statement available for the worker, then the application does not display any information in this region.
This is a view only region and you cannot perform any transactions as the More link is not available.
The application hides this region by default. Your enterprise can display this region, if you use Oracle HRMS to rate performance. HR Managers can enter performance of their workers using the Performance window in Oracle HRMS. The Performance Ratings region displays the information that HR managers enter in Oracle HRMS. You can view details such as the main appraiser and rating.
Note: If your enterprise uses Oracle Performance Management to evaluate workforce performance, then your enterprise can hide the Performance Ratings region . In this case, use Appraisals region to view performance ratings.
On the Talent Profile page of the selected worker, you can view the performance profile using Performance Matrix (9 - Box).
You can compare a worker's:
Potential vs. Performance: This matrix provides information on performance and leadership potential.
Retention vs. Performance: This matrix provides information on performance and risk of loss.
Note: Oracle Applications Development Framework (ADF)-based default templates are used to display nine box matrixes. Implementation steps must be completed to view the nine box matrixes.
Talent Profile uses information from the following products to plot the rating scales on the Performance Matrix ( 9 - Box).
Performance: If your enterprises uses Oracle Performance Management, then the application derives the Performance value from the Overall Rating field on the Give Final Ratings: Main Appraiser page of the Appraisals function. Otherwise, the Performance value is derived from the Performance window in Oracle HRMS.
Potential: If your enterprise uses Oracle Performance Management, then the application derives the Potential value from the Readiness Level field in the Advancement Potential region on the Give Final Ratings: Main Appraiser page of the Appraisals function. Otherwise, the Potential value is derived from the Succession Potential field of the SSHR succession planning feature.
Retention: If your enterprise uses Oracle Performance Management, then the application derives the Retention value from the Retention Level field in the Advancement Potential region on the Give Final Ratings: Main Appraiser page of the Appraisals function. Otherwise, the Retention value is derived from the Risk of Loss field of the SSHR succession planning feature.
Important: The values that you view on the Performance Matrix are the values that your enterprise defines for performance, potential, and retention rating scales.
Managers can print the worker's talent profile. Select Printable Profile in the Select an Action list and click Go. Then, click Generate Report to generate the talent report. The printable profile is a PDF document. You can view the profile of the selected worker for multiple criteria such as competency profile, appraisal ratings, and compensation. The profile report displays the workers's performance and potential matrix that helps evaluate talent. The performance and retention matrix helps to understand correlation between performance and possibility of the worker's separation from the enterprise. Managers have the flexibility to print required talent profile regions.
See: Generating Talent Profiles
The Select an Action list displays the list of actions that you can perform as a manager for the selected worker. For example, you can perform self-service actions such as transfers, change manager, or change worker status
When you select an action and click Go, the action is launched in a page with a side navigation container in the Manager Actions tab. All the manager action links appear in the side navigation container on the left side of the page. You can select any one of the action links from the side navigation container, complete a transaction, and move on to other transactions without leaving the page. You can process multiple manager actions for a worker from this page.
Note: Your enterprise configures the self-service actions that a manager can perform.