V Skill HF-D1.2-002 transversal 10 skills
Information gathering and filtering
Searches purposefully for data in several sources, selects what is relevant to the question and leaves other information out.
How hrmforce measures this
- Assessment method
- Work sample test · rho 0.33 (SD 0.09)
- hrmforce instrument
- Competency Check, Work sample test
- Trainability
- high
- Demand outlook 2026 to 2030
- rising
The candidate performs a representative work sample under standardised conditions.
Behavioural anchors
| Level | Behaviour at this level |
|---|---|
| N1 Guided | Looks up the requested data in the designated sources and delivers them in full and with source references. works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task |
| N3 Proficient | Chooses sources independently for an open question, filters out duplicate and outdated data and justifies that choice. sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process |
| N5 Leading | Designs the information flows for the whole field, decides which sources are authoritative and cuts redundant reporting. sets the standard and the policy · strategic, under high uncertainty · organisation, value chain or profession |
N2 and N4 are deliberately not anchored. Raters place them between the anchors, following the O*NET convention.
Underlying skills
These skills inherit the assessment route and the behavioural anchors of this construct.
| T | Skill | Definition | Demand outlook 2026 to 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|
| V | Conducting desk research Desk research · Secondary research | Searches public and internal sources for existing data on a question and summarises the yield. | rising |
| V | Building search queries with operators Boolean search · Search operators | Builds search queries with and, or, not and quotation marks to narrow the hits on purpose. | stable |
| V | Searching databases and registers Database search · Register research | Searches professional databases, public registers and archives purposefully and records where data were found. | stable |
| V | Comparing sources Source comparison · Triangulation | Places several sources side by side, names where they differ and explains that difference. | rising |
| V | Maintaining a source overview Source log · Reference management | Records per source what was found, when and where, so that the research remains traceable. | stable |
| V | Appraising professional literature Literature appraisal · Literature search | Finds professional articles and guidelines for a question and judges whether they are current and applicable. | rising |
| V | Gathering information through interviews Fact finding interview · Expert interview | Questions those involved in a structured way about facts and context and records the yield verifiably. | stable |
| V | Applying a relevance filter Relevance filtering · Information triage | Judges search results for relevance to the question and deliberately leaves out what does not contribute. | rising |
| V | Spotting information gaps Gap analysis · Missing data | Notices which data are missing in a file or report and reports that before conclusions follow. | rising |
| T | Searching with AI assistants AI assisted search · Prompted research | Uses generative search assistants to find sources and verifies every reference against the original source. | rising |