Extracting Skill Requirements from Job Ads – the “Machbarkeitsstudie Kompetenz-Kompass”

Michael Stops, Ann-Christin Bächmann, Ralf Glassner, Markus Janser, Britta Matthes, Lina-Jeanette Metzger, Christoph Müller and Joachim Seitz
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Ann-Christin Bächmann: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany ; Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsverläufe
Britta Matthes: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany
Lina-Jeanette Metzger: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany
Christoph Müller: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany
Joachim Seitz: IT-Systemhaus der BA

No 202107, IAB-Forschungsbericht from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "Knowing what skills are required by employers when recruiting new workers is an important basis for the work of all labour market actors. In the 2nd part of the “Machbarkeitsstudie Kompetenz-Kompass” project, we developed a methodology to identify recent hard and soft skill requirements in job ads published on the “BA-Jobbörse” employment website provided by the Federal Employment Agency. We focus on three broad occupational sets with job contents that comprise economic activities such as mechanical engineering, information services, and human health and social work activities. Based on example analyses, we show that our methodology potentially allows us to identify the development of up-to-date skill requirements in job advertisements broken down to job titles, skill levels, and regions. We also developed a methodology for the completion of skill dictionaries with new skill categories and new search terms. Our methodology is also able to support the selection of specific skills according to their relevance in job ads for education providers and training institutions. We conclude this report with a short description of the most relevant measures to provide general access to the detailed results, access to the further analysis potential, and further improvement of our methodology." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; berufliche Qualifikation; Berufsgruppe; Kompetenzniveau; Kompetenzprofil; Datenaufbereitung; Entwicklung; Fachkenntnisse; Gesundheitswesen; Informationsgewinnung; Informationswirtschaft; Inhaltsanalyse; Jobbörse; Maschinenbau; Anforderungsprofil; Qualifikationsanforderungen; Qualifikationsniveau; regionale Verteilung; Schlüsselqualifikation; Sozialwesen; Stellenangebot; Stellenanzeige; 2019-2020 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 129 pages
Date: 2021-08-06
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