Re: Talent marketplace signaling and schema.org JobPostings

On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 at 10:58, Phil Barker <phil.barker@pjjk.co.uk> wrote:

> Hello all.
>
> For some time now the Jobs Data Exchange project [JDX
> <https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/workforce-development/JDX>] has been
> working to help employers signal hiring requirements for in-demand jobs and
> skills to education and workforce partners.
>
> The data model <https://github.com/jobdataexchange/Data-Modeling> behind
> JDX leverages schema.org terms where possible. Through the development of
> this data model, as well as from other input, for example from HR Open
> Standards, we have many ideas for guidance on and improvements to the
> schema.org JobPosting schema. In order to advance those ideas through a
> broader community and feed them back to schema.org, we have now created
> the Talent Marketplace Signaling W3C Community Group [TalentSignal
> <https://www.w3.org/community/talent-signal/>](*).
>
> I hope the TalentSignal group will develop advice on how to use existing
> schema.org terms to describe hiring requirements, suggest clarifications
> for some of the existing definitions, and where this is not sufficient make
> proposals for new terms. (Of course it is up to the schema.org steering
> group whether these proposals are accepted or not.)
>
> Although the group will focus first on Job Postings, it has been created
> with a broader remit in order to avoid having to set up a whole series of
> groups every time we have a new idea for work in this domain.
>
> If you are interested in contributing to or following this work, please
> consider joining the community group
> <https://www.w3.org/community/talent-signal/join>.
>

Thanks for keeping us posted, Phil. Could you clarify a little on the
expected relationship between JDX (seemingly a US-oriented effort), the
TalentSignal CG, and initiatives from elsewhere in the world. Should non-US
experts (e.g. things like ESCO, https://ec.europa.eu/esco/portal/home)
liaise directly with JDX or is the expectation to use the new W3C forum for
those interactions? Is the TalentSignal CG itself internationally oriented
or focussed on the US? http://www.pesc.org/home.html and
https://hropenstandards.org/ and many of the other stakeholders around JDX
naturally take a more global perspective so I don't want to over-state the
issue, but it would be good to understand your approach. It would be also
be particularly good to have explicit engagement with any parties
*consuming* JobPosting markup, as well as those publishing it...

cheers,

Dan


> Best regards, Phil Barker
>
>
> * Disclosure: my work with respect to this group is being funded by US
> Chambers of Commerce Federation as part of the Jobs Data Exchange project.
>
> JDX: https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/workforce-development/JDX
>
> JDX Data model: https://github.com/jobdataexchange/Data-Modeling
>
> TalentSignal W3C Community: https://www.w3.org/community/talent-signal/
>
> Join TalentSignal: https://www.w3.org/community/talent-signal/join
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