In position-specific recruitment announcements or postings, laying out the key competencies being sought in candidates is an important first step in the screening and selection process.

Some competencies, especially key knowledge, skill and abilities, lend themselves well to candidate questionnaires that may be used to screen in/out (similar to minimum qualifications today) and rank candidates (similar to an E&T rating today) and thereby will become an essential part of the candidate funneling process.

Other competencies will be best addressed by means such as performance exams, supplemental questionnaires, telephone screens, assessment centers, behavioral based interviews, reference checking, etc. and thereby will become an essential part of the candidate assessment and selection process.