HR Glossary

What is Skills Taxonomy?

A structured, hierarchical classification system that organizes all skills relevant to an organization into categories, subcategories, and individual skill definitions with proficiency levels, enabling consistent skills identification, assessment, and management across HR processes.

Why it matters in hiring

Skills Taxonomy comes up whenever teams compare candidates, set policy or report on people data. Getting the definition right keeps decisions consistent, which is the same reason springhire scores every applicant against the same criteria rather than on impression.

Related terms starting with S

• Signing Bonus
• Simulation Training
• Single Touch Payroll (STP) (Australia)
• Situational Interview
• Skills-Based Hiring
• Skills Development Levy (SDL) (Singapore)
• Skills Gap Analysis
• Skills Passport

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