The Skills adjustment provides a list of popular skills, including Premium Skills (associated with a fixed salary increase % adjustment), Fundamental Skills (associated with a 0% adjustment), or Custom Skills (associated with a salary increase % adjustment that can be customized by the user) for the selected job. Users can stack up to three skills per job.
To Apply Skill Adjustments
2.In the Job Report, Benchmark List, Geographic List, OR Total Compensation, click the Adjust button in the Adjustments tab of the Survey Description OR the Adjust button below Adjustments in the Organization Data panel in Job Report, Geographic List, or Total Compensation to open the Adjustments dialog.
In the Benchmark List OR Advanced Reports, click the Adjust button for the selected job in the Adjustments column of the main table to open the Adjustments dialog.
In the Employee List (in Compensation Management), click Adjust in the Edit Employee dialog to open the Adjustments dialog.
In Survey Management, click Adjust in the Required Adjustments field of the Edit Job dialog when adding an Internal Job from Market Pricing OR Individual Job - Market Pricing to open the Adjustments dialog.
3.To add a skill, click Add Skill.
4.Type at least 3 letters of the skill name in the Search Skills field and click Search OR browse the full list of skills below.
5.Click View Jobs to view a list of ERI job titles associated with the skill.
6.In the Jobs Within Skills dialog, click 
to export the list of jobs to Excel.
7.Click OK to return to the Skills dialog.
8.Click Back to skills list to view the full list without any search parameters applied.
9.Select a matching skill in the Browse Skills list and click Add.
10.Repeat steps 3-9 until all skills have been added.
11.Click on the Skill Type field to view the assigned adjustment (read-only) associated with the skill for the selected job:
•Premium Skills are desired, but not required, skills that carry a premium. These skills increase compensation when applied to a given job. The salary increase percentage is not customizable.
•Fundamental Skills are required to fulfill basic duties of a job. These skills are associated with a zero percent salary increase when applied to a given job.
•Custom Skills are not currently associated by ERI with the currently selected job. Users may add these skills and apply % adjustments as desired.
12.To customize a skill adjustment, click on the Custom: 0.0% in the Skill Type column and change the value. The value must be between 0% and 50%.
13.To remove a skill, click the 
button for a specific skill.
14.To display default skills, click Reset to Default. This will delete any customized skills from the table and restore default skills.
15.Click the check box in the Applied column to select one or more skills. You may apply up to three skills per job. Note: Fundamental Skills are associated with a 0% adjustment.
16.Click OK to apply your changes and return to the main table. In the Job Report, Geographic List, OR Total Compensation, the Adjustments field in the Organization Data panel will display Applied next to Skills to indicate that a skill adjustment was made.
To Suggest a Skill
1.If you cannot find a desired skill, click Suggest a Skill in the Skills dialog.
2.Enter the Skill and Skill Description.
3.Click Submit.
4.ERI researchers will analyze the skill and description in order to consider adding it to the Assessor Series database.
To See Data Available in Your Subscription
To Modify the Education Level
See Education
To Add a Certification
See Certifications
Add Direct Oversight
See Direct Oversight
To Add a Shift
See Shift Work
To Make Adjustments
See Adjustments
Note: Subscriptions that include the My Organizations feature allow users to match their internal job titles to ERI job titles in saved internal job lists. Internal jobs can be customized with Adjustments for Education, Skills, Certification, Direct Oversight, and Shift Work. Modifications to Internal Jobs can be made in My Organizations.