KPerson - a CV and competence development system
What is KPerson?
KPerson is both a CV database and a competence development system. It was developed by Jayway in Copenhagen during 2008, and is now used by more than 130 people in Waygroup in Scandinavia.
By using Ruby on Rails, we were able to build a high-quality system in only 1 1/2 months, including the time to put it into production.
Read on to see features, screenshots and a live demo.
If you want to know more about KPerson, or the services we provide, such as Java and Ruby on Rails consulting, please visit www.jayway.dk, send us an email at info@jayway.dk or call us at +45 51 94 24 12.
Live Demo
If you want to get a feeling for the system, try it out! We have a live demo-site running at demo.kperson.net for you to play around with.
Before you jump into the demo though, you might want to read on for some examples of what KPerson is meant to do, and highlights of the main features.
Features
- LinkedIn-style CV's with picture, employments, experiences, certifications and skills.
- Clean and simple user-interface
- One-click generation of good-looking CV's in PDF format (example here), and option for exporting to RTF.
- Easy lookup of people with a certain skill, by search or browsing skills.
- Basic iPhone interface for quick lookup on the road.
- A tool for competence development, through "desired future level"
- Company-wide breakdown of existing skills, and desired future skills (example here)
We use it as...
- ...a company address book, with contact information and images.
- ...a tool for quickly finding people with a certain skill.
- ...a way for employees to show what skills they have.
- ...a way to let employees show which skills they are interested in developing.
- ...a way to see the skill profile of the entire company.
- ...a tool for employer-to-employee development discussions.
Examples and Screenshots
Clean and simple
KPerson has a clean and simple user-interface.
The frontpage lets you stay up-to-date with the latest changes in the system.
Address book and search
It is easy to search for and list people, and KPerson can be used as a quick-lookup address book.
Create CV's with ease
KPerson makes it easy for people to manage their CV, and keep it up-to-date.
Apart from basic contact details and a resume, KPerson lets you input a number of things:
- Certifications
- Employments
- Educations
- Experience, such as projects you've worked on, or other relevant items
- Skills
PDF export
KPerson can export good-looking CVs in PDF format, including portrait, company logo, and logos of any certificates.
See an example of the PDF files that KPerson can generate here, or by clicking the image below:
Input skill level and desired future level
KPerson is built to let people input their level of any skill that they have. This makes it easy to find them later.
That's only half of it though - KPerson also lets them input their desired future level of any given skill. That way, they can let their employer know what they want to learn... or what they would rather not work with. This is the competence-development aspect of KPerson.
Find people with a skill
When people have input their skills, it's easy to see who the top people in the company are for any given skill.... and who wants to learn.
Company skill profile
KPerson can let you see information of peoples skills on a company level, to answer questions like these:
- What skills are represented in the company?
- How many has them, and at what level?
- and finally, do people want to know more or less about a certain skills?
See how in the image below. The numbered boxes indicate the number of people with the skill and their level, whereas the arrows indicate the trend: Whether people on average want to know more or less about the skill.
