How does proficiency influence matches in the jobs marketplace?

Hi ​@beth.steffens, Excuse me on the wait here. In the current Eightfold behavior (Career Hub / Jobs Marketplace), the job “match” (Good/Strong match) is generated from your overall profile signals; skills, experience, education, etc. But skill proficiency ratings from self- or manager-assessments are not used as an input to the job matching algorithm.For project and job recommendations, skill proficiencies are not accounted for matching (e.g., the “basic vs. advanced German” problem). 

So if a skill is on your profile, the Jobs Marketplace match logic will generally treat it as a “you have this skill” signal—not “you have this skill at level X.”
 

Where proficiency does matter (and how manager vs. self is handled)

Skill proficiency ratings do matter most clearly in Skills Assessment → skill gaps → course recommendations:
 

• Skill gaps are computed using the manager assessment vs. the role benchmark proficiency; if there is no manager assessment, the system uses the self assessment value instead. 
• When both exist, manager assessment takes precedence over self assessment for the purposes of these computations and downstream recommendations.
• These skill gaps and proficiency levels then influence course recommendations, including prioritizing bigger gaps and aligning recommendations to course difficulty.

Roadmap / “not yet” areas (related to your question)

If what you’re really asking is: “Can Eightfold use assessed proficiency to avoid matching me to roles where I’m only a beginner?” That’s exactly the gap you’re pointing at.

What I can confirm from our internal impact documentation is:

• Self/manager assessment is not included in Career Navigator paths today (it’s marked as planned/roadmap).
• And separately, we’ve noted that job/project matching does not currently account for proficiency (again, the “basic vs advanced German” example).

Practical implication for “beginner skills on my profile”

Because job matching does not currently use proficiency as a gate, if you keep a skill on your profile, it can still contribute to being considered a match, even if you rate yourself low, or your manager rates you low. 
At the same time, Skills Assessment is still valuable because it helps make gaps visible against role benchmarks and then drives the “what should I do next?” motions (especially learning) via skill gap analysis.