Competencies (abstract) I just read an article about competencies. What I pretend by writting an abstract is to put in practice my comprehension skills. Competencies are very important nowadays to hire a person. Related to the article, Human Resources uses this tool to evaluate the performance of the persons they are looking for. The article says competencies are divided into two grups: thecnical competencies and personal competencies. Thecnical competencies are used to describe an specifical knowledge needed. For example, a person who is able to operate a CNC machine in an automotive industry. On the other hand, the article describes personal competencies as the ones which are not linked to any particular function. Negociations skills coulb be a good example of this type of competencies