Features
The Complete Career Development Workflow for HR Teams
From framework definition to skill gap reports to development planning — one focused tool, no per-user pricing, no enterprise overhead.
01 · Career Framework Builder
Define Career Levels That Actually Mean Something
Import an O*NET job-family template for Software Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Operations, or 17 other job families — and customize it to match your organization's language. Up to 6 career levels per framework. IC and Manager dual tracks within a single framework. Behavioral competency statements you can score against.
HR teams that previously built their career ladder in a spreadsheet report completing their first structured framework in under 30 minutes using our O*NET templates.
02 · O*NET-Seeded Competency Templates
20+ Job Families. Zero Blank Canvases.
The U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET database contains occupational skills, knowledge, abilities, and work activities for hundreds of occupations. We've mapped that content into 20+ job-family competency templates covering Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Customer Success, HR, Product, Design, Legal, Data, DevOps, and more. Import one, customize the language, publish. Your first evaluation cycle can start today.
Competency templates sourced from O*NET 30.3, used under CC BY 4.0. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.
03 · Structured Employee Evaluations
Evaluations That Are Defensible, Not Just Done
1–5 integer scoring per behavioral competency. A mandatory evidence note field on every competency — at minimum required on the lowest-scored item. Submitted evaluations enter an Admin approval queue. An Admin can approve or reject with a written reason. No evaluation becomes official without a deliberate, documented sign-off.
When a promotion decision is challenged — and eventually one will be — you have a timestamped, evidence-backed evaluation record with Admin approval on file.
04 · Automatic Skill Gap Reports
The Gap Report Generates Itself
The moment an Admin approves an evaluation, Career Ladder Builder calculates the delta between each employee's current-level scores and next-level competency requirements. It ranks the top 3 development gaps by magnitude and generates a readable report. No manual calculation. No copy-paste from a spreadsheet into a slide deck.
05 · Review Cycle Scheduler (Professional+)
Stop Coordinating Review Cycles Over Email
Name your cycle, set start and end dates, assign employees from your directory, and launch. Every assigned manager receives an email listing their direct reports in the cycle. Monitor submission rates in real time. Send reminders to lagging managers from the cycle dashboard. Available on Professional and above.
06 · Development Action Tracker
Gap Report → Action Item → Done
Link development action items directly to gap report findings. Specify the goal, assign an owner (employee or manager), set a due date, and track Not Started / In Progress / Complete. After an evaluation is approved, Career Ladder Builder prompts you to create at least one action item from the top gap finding — closing the loop between observation and development.
07 · Shareable Viewer Links + PDF Export
Share Gap Reports Without Sharing Access
Generate a read-only viewer link for any employee's gap report — shareable with the employee or an executive without requiring a platform login. Export individual evaluation summaries as PDF (branded on Professional+, watermarked on Essentials). Export bulk employee data as CSV for HRIS reconciliation (Professional+).
Before and After Career Ladder Builder
| Before | After | |
|---|---|---|
| Career framework | Spreadsheet that managers ignore | Published, versioned, O*NET-seeded, used in actual evaluations |
| Evaluation process | Email threads, memory, ad-hoc notes | Structured 1–5 scoring with evidence notes + Admin approval |
| Gap identification | "I think you need to work on communication" | Ranked top 3 gaps with delta magnitude from an approved evaluation |
| Development planning | Verbal commitments in 1:1s | Action items linked to gap findings, owners assigned, due dates tracked |
| Promotion documentation | Slack thread + manager's personal notes | Timestamped evaluation record with evidence notes and Admin sign-off |
| Review cycle coordination | Email threads to 6+ managers | Named cycle, launched in one click, tracked in real time |