ENGL 2116

Skill-Gap Analysis
Company Analysis
Established in 1954 by an Inter-local Cooperative Agreement between the City and
County, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department is a joint City-County
agency providing planning services for the City of Charlotte and the unincorporated
areas of Mecklenburg County; an area covering over 300 square miles and serving
over 800,000 residents. The Department works with a 14-member appointed
Planning Commission and serves as a departmental resource for City and County
government.
Their mission is to provide integrated planning services that promote sustainable
growth to improve the quality of life for the citizens they serve. An issue the
department will have to deal with going forward is developing and implementing
land use plans for transit stations, such as those along the new LYNX Blue line
extension.
Their offices are located at the CharlotteMecklenburg Government Center, 600 E.
Fourth St.

Gap Analysis Table (Fill in the chart below)

Job Requirement
ArcGis knowledge
is required

Working
knowledge in SQL
is preferred

Skills
Cursory
knowledge, used in
class but not
proficient
Cursory
knowledge, used
multiple different
classes.

Interest
High Interest

Background
Havent learned
but needed for job
marketability

Moderate interest

Just did a project

using an online
database. Might be
useful for future
jobs possibly

Addressing the Gaps

(In your groups, brainstorm together to come up with specific ways you can address these
gaps to strengthen your letter of application. Write your solutions below.)

Get Trial version of ArcGis desktop and do crash course via online tutorial. Do crash
course on SQL via online tutorials.