Skill training system

A computer system comprising:

• a processor unit;
• a memory in communication with the processor unit;
• and
• a skill trainer implemented by the processor unit and the memory, the skill trainer comprising a relevancy assessor connected to statistics and a proficiency assessor comprising benchmarks, wherein the skill trainer is for training skills in an organization, and the skill trainer is configured to:
• receive a submission from a user, the submission comprising content that is relevant to a particular skill, as identified by the relevancy assessor;
• publish the content as material relevant to increasing proficiency in the particular skill;
• increase a proficiency of the user for the particular skill according to a policy for submission of the content relevant to the particular skill using the proficiency assessor;
• identify whether the proficiency of the user for the particular skill exceeds a benchmark for proficiency in the particular skill using the proficiency assessor;
• and
• responsive to identifying that the proficiency of the user exceeds the benchmark for proficiency in the particular skill using the proficiency assessor:
• automatically designate the user as a skill mentor;
• automatically grants the user a plurality of additional privileges within the skill trainer with regard to feedback based on submission of positive feedback;
• and
• automatically grant administrative privileges to the user over additional content submitted by other users who are different than the user, wherein the additional content is different than the content and the administrative privileges comprise at least one of review of content, approval of content, deletion of content, or content feedback;
• and
• enable a performance of operations for an organization implemented in the skill trainer automatically in at least one of a content manager, a program manager and a content generator based on the proficiency of the user in the particular skill, wherein the performance of operations is selected from at least one of hiring, benefits administration, payroll, human resource performance reviews, forming teams for new products, or assigning research projects.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage media including instructions that are executable by a hardware processor, wherein the instructions are for training skills in an organization, and the instructions comprise:
• first program code for receiving a submission from a user, wherein the submission comprises content that is relevant to a particular skill, as identified by a relevancy assessor connected to statistics;
• second program code for publishing the content as material relevant to increasing proficiency in the particular skill;
• third program code for increasing a proficiency of the user for the particular skill according to a policy for submission of the content relevant to the particular skill using a proficiency assessor comprising benchmarks;
• fourth program code for identifying whether the proficiency of the user for the particular skill exceeds a benchmark for proficiency in the particular skill using the proficiency assessor;
• fifth program code for, responsive to identifying that the proficiency of the user exceeds the benchmark for proficiency in the particular skill using the proficiency assessor:
• automatically designating the user as a skill mentor;
• automatically grants the user a plurality of additional privileges within a skill trainer with regard to feedback based on submission of positive feedback, the skill trainer comprising a hardware processor in communication with a memory, the relevancy assessor and the proficiency assessor;
• and
• automatically granting administrative privileges to the user, wherein the administrative privileges are over additional content submitted by other users who are different than the user, and wherein the additional content is different than the content and the administrative privileges include at least one of review of content, approval of content, deletion of content, or content feedback;
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• sixth program code, in response to identifying that the proficiency of the user exceeds the benchmark for proficiency in the particular skill using the proficiency assessor, for enabling operations for an organization implemented in the skill trainer automatically in at least one of a content manager, a program manager and a content generator based on reliance on the proficiency of the user for the particular skill, wherein the operation is selected from at least one of hiring, benefits administration, payroll, human resource performance reviews, forming teams for new products, or assigning research projects.