kperson.net

KPerson is both a CV database and a competence development system (CDS) which has been in production use since 2008. This is the fourth incarnation, where the earliest versions dates back to 1998. KPerson is used by more than 150 people throughout Jayway.

The key to understand KPerson is competence (K as in the Swedish word Kompetens). Some systems aim for "knowledge management" - we believe this is the wrong way to maintain a competence oriented organization.

Just having a record of your current knowledge cobbled together with some run-of-the-mill courses will not drive your people!
A system, coupled with an understanding on how competence needs to thrive, will help your organization to constantly evolve. Make sure your people have the best support for this. The actual knowledge will come as natural result.

Read on to see features, screenshots and a live demo.

If you want to know more about KPerson, or the services we provide, please visit www.jayway.com, or send us an email at

info@jayway.com or call us at +46 40-602 31 00.

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. Enter a name ("kperson") and as password the username twice ("kpersonkperson").

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 set.
...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. It's also handy as a photo catalogue trying to figure out who's that face.

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
...and several other sections.

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.