FastCat Manual
Exhibit 1
Education:
Level 1: High School Degree or Equivalent GED, to have the qualifications to meet a level one status the employee must have a High School Degree or the equivalent measures.
Level 2: Associate’s Degree, to have level 2 status, all employees must have an associate’s degree to be qualified for the position.
Level 3: Bachelor’s Degree, For an employee to have a position that requires a level 3 status the employee must have the proper qualifications of an Bachelor’s Degree.
Level 4: Master’s/PHD, to acquire a position that demands level 4 qualifications all employees must have a Master’s or PHD.
Experience:
Level 1: A minimum of 1-2 years experience in a related field is required for a level one position.
Level 2: A minimum of 3 years experience in a related field is required for an employee to be considered for a level 2 position.
Level 3: For an employee to reach a level 3, they must first have a minimum of 4 years experience in the appropriate field.
Level 4: A minimum of 5 years experience in a related field is required for a level 4 position.
Level 5: For an employee to reach a Level 5 position they must first have a minimum of 6 years experience in the appropriate field.
Technical Error:
Level 1: No effect, the degree to which the decisions you make on the job affect the company’s performance. The decisions you make have none or little effect on the company’s performance.
Level 2: Minor effect, your job performance has a significant effect on the outcome of the company. The decisions you make are relevant to the companies overall performance and outcome.
Level 3: Major effect, the outcome of your job performance creates major decisions for the company. The company goes how you go. If you perform well the company does well, if you perform poorly the company does poorly.
Creative/Innovation:
Level 1: Your position in the company requires no creativeness on your part. You are given a job outline that you must perform and not vary from.
Level 2: Mid-Level Creativity, your position in the company requires building upon others creativity and feeding each other’s ideas. An employee is not required to come up with ideas of their own but to build upon co-workers suggestions.
Level 3: Requires an employee to be creative and innovative. To reach a level 3 ranking an employee must create new ideas for the company and stay in front of the competition. A level 3 employee is required to come up with ideas of their own.
Skill & Abilities:
Level 1: Basic Computer Skills, including MS Office, Windows OS familiarity, and employee must also have a good work ethic, the ability to work in a team, time management skills, and communication/presentation skills.
Level 2: Managerial Skills, and intermediate Level 1 Skills, including Access, Visual Basic (VB), HTML, familiarity with XML, ASP, or others for computer skills
Level 3: Advanced Levels 1 & 2 Skills, including Oracle, MySQL, or C++, Experience with Visual, or HTML, XML, Javascript, possibly some ERP familiarity, or Unix, Linux, and Solaris for computer skills.
Level 4: Expert Levels 1-3 Skills, including ERP Operation Experience (Oracle, SAP, Peoplesoft) for computer skills.
Exhibit 2
PErcentage / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5Education / 25% / 61 / 124 / 187 / 250
Experience / 20% / 40 / 80 / 120 / 160 / 200
Technical(error) / 20% / 66 / 133 / 200
Creative/Innovative / 20% / 66 / 133 / 200
Skills & Abilities / 15% / 36 / 74 / 112 / 150
This table shows the points allocated to each level within the factors, and the percentage of each factor based on a 1,000 point scale.
Exhibit 3
Example-Job Title Level 1 Education(61points) Level 1 Experience(40 points) Level 1Technical(66 points) Level 1 Creative(66 points) Level 1 Skills & Abilities(36 points) 1-1-1-1-1=269 points total
Technician 1-1-1-1-1 = 269
Data Processor 1-1-1-1-1= 269
Massage Therapist 1-1-1-1-1 = 269
Office Aide 1-1-1-1-1 = 269
Administrative Assistant 1-2-1-1-1= 309
Executive Staff Assistant 1-3-1-1-1 = 349
Technical Analyst A 2-1-1-1-2 = 370
Usability Engineer 3-1-1-1-1 = 395
Marketing Support 3-1-1-1-2 = 433
Technical Analyst B 2-1-1-2-2 = 437
Software Development Engineer 3-1-1-2-3 = 538
Business Solutions Consultant 3-4-1-1-2= 553
Administrative Assistant II1-5-2-2-1= 563
Field Marketing Representative 3-2-2-2-2 = 607
Office Leader 2-4-2-2-2 = 624
Software Interface Designer 3-2-2-2-3 = 645
Visual Designer 2-1-3-2-4 = 647
Senior Technician 2-3-2-2-4 = 660
Project Manager 3-4-2-2-3 = 725
Business Account Leader 3-5-2-2-2= 727
Technical Marketing Consultant 3-5-2-2-3 = 765
Visionary Champion 3-4-2-3-3 = 792
Software User Interface Architect 3-4-3-3-4 = 897
Senior Fellow 4-5-3-3-3 = 962
This exhibit shows the levels, in order, assigned to the corresponding jobs, and the point total for each job.
Exhibit 4
This graph shows the percentages of jobs at FastCat relative to the total points a job received. This information is useful because it gives an idea of where the employees fall.