Purpose

This article provides detailed instructions on how to import and export skills.

Audience

Talent admins, HRBPs, Talent leaders

Overview

The import and export functionalities allow users to manage skills and ensure that the skills taxonomy is updated. This article covers the steps to import skills, handle equivalent skills, and export the skills data.

Import skills

The import functionality allows users to add skills across different languages. The language must be specified in the import file or the row is skipped. Equivalent skills identified in the Eightfold skill taxonomy are auto-filled (Only when the Fill with AI option is selected). No recommendations are provided for customer-specific taxonomies.

• Eightfold AI does not apply syntactic and semantic logic automatically to imported skills that are not in Eightfold’s standard skill list.
• Import does not support splitting skills as it requires choosing specific equivalent skills to be split.

To import skills, follow these steps:

1. Click Import from the Skills Design page.
2. Click Download Import Template to use the import template. Fill in the relevant fields for the skills that you want to import.
3. Select these options if required:
   1. Fill Equivalent Skills with AI: provides equivalent skills for skills in the EF standard taxonomy.
   2. Replace all skills in existing taxonomy with a new taxonomy via your file: allows users to replace all skills in the existing taxonomy with a new taxonomy. If you choose to replace the taxonomy, New Skills are not auto-added and await approval in the New Skills and Industry Skills section.
4. Upload the import file and click Import.

Note:

• If the same skill is ingested with additional equivalent skills, they are all merged with the existing ones. This updates the skill presence across employees and candidates.
• If a skill with typos is ingested, it is considered a new skill and displayed in the UI accordingly. For example, 'Python' and 'pthon' are treated as separate skills.

Fail scenarios

• If equivalent skills are already present as standard skills in Skills Design, the import for that specific row fails.
• Equivalent skills must not be associated with more than one standard skill. For example, if 'Product management' is an equivalent skill for 'Product Analytics', it cannot be ingested for another standard skill.
• If the same skill is ingested with the exact same information, the import skips it without creating a new record. This includes skills with different upper/lower-case variations.

Export skills

Using export, users can access fields such as standard skill, equivalent skills, category, sub-category, presence (%), and profile count (number). Users can switch languages to download the skills taxonomy in different languages with the same fields.

Click Export from the Skills Design page to download the skills taxonomy curated by you, along with any skills that Eightfold may have inferred for your organization.

Note: Eightfold does not provide integration with third-party systems such as Workday Skills Cloud or Viva Skills. Users can export and import skills to keep the skills data up-to-date on both platforms.