#What it is
Career Score (also referred to as Nort Score) is a composite metric that describes a candidate's professional profile on four measurable axes. Instead of a single grade, it's visualized as a polygon, because a career can't be reduced to a single number.
#The axes
- Hard skills (40–50%): auditable technical competencies via tests
- Soft skills (20–30%): behavioral traits via Big Five (validated psychometrics)
- Experience (10–20%): verifiable professional history
- Reputation (10%): structured 360° feedback from past managers and peers
Weights are ranges configurable by company and role.
#Characteristics
- Portable: valid for any company filtering on it; the candidate takes the assessment once
- Auditable: the candidate sees how each axis is calculated; no black box
- Non-binary: the polygon shows profile, not pass/fail. Two people with a "4.5 average" can have opposite shapes
- Private by default: the current employer doesn't see the profile without explicit candidate consent
#What it isn't
- Not a single grade like "9.2/10"
- Not a clinical psychological diagnosis (Big Five is not a clinical test)
- Doesn't replace a conversation with the company, it precedes it with objective signal
- Doesn't capture specific cultural fit or current motivation
#Related reading
For the detailed per-axis calculation, see The Nort Score Explained.
Related terms: Big Five, Candidate Scoring, Gap Analysis.
