Re: [EOCred] Linking to JobPostings and Occupations

These sound like reasonable changes to me.

- Vicki

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 10:21 AM Phil Barker <phil.barker@pjjk.co.uk> wrote:

> First, the good news: I think we are nearly done. There are few use cases
> left that have high priority, and I think that this proposal will deal with
> many of them.
> Many of the remaining use cases
> <https://www.w3.org/community/eocred-schema/wiki/Use_Cases> involve the
> relationship between educational occupational credentials and jobs or
> occupations:
>
>    - *Industry and occupation analysis* and *Job vacancy* involve
>    searching for credentials that address critical jobs.
>    - *Career and education goal* involves searching for credentials that
>    best meet their career goals
>    - *Labor market value* involves searching to find credentials that
>    meet career goals and have employer recognition
>    - *Job seeking* involves finding jobs that match the credentials a
>    person posses
>    - *Compare credentials* involves finding the career value / labor
>    market value of a credential
>
> Schema.org has types for JobPosting <http://schema.org/JobPosting> and
> Occupation <http://schema.org/Occupation> [though Occupation is not
> showing on schema.org site at the moment]; these both have the property
> qualifications <http://schema.org/qualifications> "Specific
> qualifications required for this role".
>
> I propose we extend the range of qualifications
> <http://schema.org/qualifications> to include Educational Occupational
> Credential. This would allow searchers to find those Job Postings and
> Occupations that require a certain EO Credential. Other properties of Job
> Posting or Occupation, such as estimatedSalary, baseSalary, jobLocation,
> occupationalCategory etc. would then allow the analysis required.
>
> Does this sound reasonable?
>
> There is also an educationRequirements
> <http://schema.org/educationRequirements> property "Educational
> background needed for the position." What's the feeling about whether it
> would be a good / bad idea to also have this take Educational Occupational
> Credentials in its range?
>
> Phil
>
>
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