Use these steps to add or edit the competencies, skills, and key behaviors assigned to a specific role within an existing career path. Changes take effect immediately after saving.
Before You Begin
- The role must already exist in a career path. To create a career path or add roles, see Create a career path.
- Any competency you want to assign must already be uploaded to 15Five. To upload competencies, see Upload competencies.
- Navigate to Settings → Features → Competencies and Paths → Career paths & roles before starting.
Steps
- On the Career paths & roles page, click the name of the career path that contains the role.
- Click the role name to expand it and review its current competencies.
- Click ... to the right of the role you want to edit.
- Select Edit from the dropdown menu.
- On the edit screen, click into any existing competency, skill, or key behavior field.
- Type your changes directly into the field.
- To add a new item, click + Add key behavior at the bottom of the edit screen.
- In the new field that appears, select or enter the competency, skill name, or key behavior.
- Repeat steps 7–8 for each additional item you want to add.
- Click Save to apply all changes.
If Something Goes Wrong
| Issue | Check | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| A competency does not appear in the dropdown | Competency has not been uploaded to 15Five | Upload the competency first, then return to this edit screen |
| Changes are not visible after saving | Page has not refreshed | Reload the Career paths & roles page |
| + Add key behavior button is missing | Edit screen did not fully load | Close the edit panel, then reopen it via ... → Edit |
| Role is not listed in the career path | Role was not added when the path was created | Edit the career path to add the role, then return to this workflow |
Not Covered Here
This article does not cover uploading new competencies to 15Five or creating career paths and roles.