V Skill HF-D7.1-005 transversal 6 skills
Searching and evaluating digital information
Searches digital information with suitable search strategies, judges source and currency and records where information was found traceably.
How hrmforce measures this
- Assessment method
- Work sample test · rho 0.33 (SD 0.09)
- hrmforce instrument
- Ability Scan, Work sample test
- Competency (50-framework)
- Judgment
- 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 | Searches with given search terms in the designated sources and reports what was and was not found. works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task |
| N3 Proficient | Combines search terms and filters across several sources, weighs source reliability and justifies the selection made. sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process |
| N5 Leading | Develops search and evaluation standards for the profession and trains others in weighing digital sources. 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 | Searching with boolean operators Boolean search | Builds queries with and, or, not and quotation marks to reduce noise and obtain targeted results. | rising |
| V | Judging the reliability of a source Source evaluation | Assesses author, origin, interest and date of a source and weighs whether the information is usable. | rising |
| V | Fact checking claims Fact checking | Traces a claim back to its original source, compares independent sources and states what remains unconfirmed. | rising |
| V | Finding open data sources Open data | Finds and uses public registers and statistical sources such as CBS and open data portals for a concrete question. | rising |
| V | Monitoring news and signals Media monitoring | Sets up saved searches, alerts and news overviews to follow developments in a field structurally. | stable |
| V | Recording sources traceably Source citation | Records location, date and quotation of used sources so that another person can retrieve the information. | stable |