LS Intranet Internal Corporate Portal has initially served as a central hub for internal communications and document management. We are now expanding the portal's functionality to create a strategic knowledge and talent management system.

We have thoroughly worked on Employee profiles. Now, these are not ordinary cards, but dynamic digital portraits of the professional path. The key additions are two new sections: Competencies and Projects. In the first, the User can describe in detail their professional skills, from programming languages to project management methodologies. The level of mastery of each skill must be indicated. The second section allows you to record your experience of participating in internal projects of the Company. It indicates which competencies and tools were used to achieve the result.

Such structured information forms a multidimensional picture of expertise within the Organization.

The practical value of such detailed profiles is revealed in specific business cases. For example, the Team Lead of the Development Dept needs to quickly form a Team for a new project. The experience with the specific framework is required, which only a few Specialists in the Company deal with. Instead of sending requests to all Managers or analyzing many resumes, they can use the new Skills Locator tool. It allows us to find not only a Specialist with the necessary skill in the profile. But also, to filter out those who have already applied this competency in real projects specified in the Projects section. This is direct proof of practical experience.

Another case is about strategic planning for Personnel development. An HR Specialist can conduct an audit of existing competencies in the department, identify gaps or, on the contrary, islands of expertise. In this way, data is accumulated for the formation of individual training plans or building career paths based on the real skills of Employees, and not on their job descriptions.

From a technical point of view, Skills Locator works as a high-speed search engine that indexes all data entered in the Competencies and Projects fields. The algorithm works not only with the keywords, but also with the context of its use. For example, the level of proficiency and connection with specific internal initiatives of the Company. This provides more relevant results compared to an ordinary keyword search.

The tool is integrated directly into the LS Intranet interface – that is, it is a part of the daily workflow, and not a separate app that needs to be additionally mastered.

In short, Skill Locator in LS Intranet Internal Corporate Portal turns the formal talent search procedure into an accurate strategic management tool. With the help of this tool, the implicit knowledge and experience of Employees acquire a clear structure and the necessary detail. Therefore, Team Leads and HR Specialists solve the tasks of Team formation or development planning and resource allocation much faster and more effectively. And this directly affects the Company's operational efficiency.