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In addition, assessing employee efficiency through a variety of skills could lead to never-ending calculations and error-prone statistics. On the other hand, hard skill selection is proven to formulate a base for further investigation since subjectivity is not included in the performance equation. This research proposes a ranking model of employee selection based on certain criteria and attributes. The proposed prototype shows a series of results with a low error rate using ANFIS as the base methodology approach. This research was explanatory, and the population of this study consisted of employees with the majority of the sample in the wider region of Western Greece. The results showed a harmonic co-existence of the factors that proportionally affect the productivity of the employees in public service. Therefore, it provides the HR department with valuable information regarding the overall productivity of the public body, as well as significant material based on each profile separately. Therefore, efficiency was achieved through an automated time-saving procedure. 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