Navigation map (sidebar)
:::note Menus hide when your role forbids access
Seeing fewer items than a colleague sometimes reflects permissions, not outages.
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Authenticated Skilladder hides features until allowed. Core menu names (titles may shorten on narrow screens):
| Menu | Audience | Purpose snapshot |
|---|---|---|
| Dashboard | Everyone qualifying for home | Role-specific dashboards (candidate vs MCA vs Directory “Content admin” vs company admin). See Dashboard variations. |
| Assessments | Admin-style roles (+ Directory) | Assessments catalogue, lifecycle tools, previews, uploads, duplication across portfolio tenants when MCA entitlements expose actions. Hidden for pure talent personas. |
| Templates | Admin-style roles authorised for templates surfaces | Maintain reusable blueprint templates (/templates). |
| Candidates | Roles with candidate-directory access (typically company admins/staff with results visibility, MCA, platform, staff viewer) | Operational candidate directory/table + profile drill downs. Directory “Content admin” personas usually omit this menu—Product separates taxonomy/content stewardship from operational hiring folders. Talent accounts never see this sidebar node. |
| Skill Profile | Talent-facing | Personal skill profile summaries (not admins). |
| Skills | Admin-style roles authorised for taxonomy | Skills browsing for roles/job families hierarchies powering reporting filters. Talent accounts omit taxonomy navigation. |
| Question Bank | Operators (Platform + Directory) + MCA + most company admins + some staff & viewers see nuanced tiers | Shared catalogue tabs (Question List, Review Queue, Usage Dashboard) with authoring/import guarded separately — detail lives under Question Bank. |
| Companies | MCA / Portfolio operators plus selected platform roles | Navigate cross-company records + detail pages tied to stewardship contracts. Hidden for purely single-tenant client administrators. |
Additional Administrator hubs appear only after Platform / MCA enablement bundles:
| Menu item | Capability |
|---|---|
| Portfolio access | Assign which steward accounts may reach which subsidiaries in the MCA portfolio lattice. |
| Registration domains | Corporate email domain allowances at platform/regional policy granularity (paired with onboarding conversation). |
If you onboard a teammate who needs one of those links but lacks it → Slack #producttech_cooking with screenshots + approximate role description.
For everything-vs-role comparison grids reference Capabilities matrix.