Re: TalentSignal: How to express that something isn't required

I have seen two ways of handling this, though neither is ideal.

In JDX, they ended up with minimum requirements, requirements, preferred 
requirements, and alternative requirements. Optional would end up as 
"preferred" with no minimum, I think.

We are developing our own system for dealing with this and trying to map 
it to the JDX system.  In our system, the primary job requirements are 
expressed as competencies, then the employer can additionally ask the 
candidate to supply 3rd party proof of each competency in the form of a 
degree, course completion, certification, affidavit from a prior 
employer, work sample, etc (long list, and the employer decides  which 
he is willing to accept).    If the employer chooses not to require 
proof, then it is pretty much the same as saying this competency is not 
important enough for me to make it mandatory or to check to see whether 
you actually have it or not.  In other words, optional.  For optional 
competencies, candidates can then either upload proof (if they happen to 
have it and want to make a good impression) or self-assert (the 
equivalent of providing a resume), but for an optional competency the 
application is allowed to proceed without proof of this item being 
supplied by the applicant.

Because we are using O'Net as the competency framework, there are a 
finite number of competencies, particularly when one is working at the 
level of a single occupation.  The user can store proof of each 
competency as it is acquired and simply auto-forward them to employers 
as needed for each job application.

Merrilea


On 7/31/2020 7:17 AM, Phil Barker wrote:
>
> Hello all, I've been asked a question that relates to talent 
> signaling, specifically schema.org/JobPosting 
> <https://schema.org/JobPosting>, which is "how would you indicate that 
> qualification/credential is not required?"
>
> The use case is for focusing a service on opportunities for people 
> with limited educational qualifications (e.g. no degree required) but 
> I think it also generalizes to things like "no driving licence 
> required" and I guess "no previous experience required".
>
> We don't think there is currently any way in schema.org/JobPosting to 
> show this information, and it's kind of problematic to either have 
> properties for the endless list of what's not required or to assume 
> that just because a requirement isn't listed in the structured data 
> then it doesn't exist.
>
> I would welcome any insights on how this is handled in other HR data 
> standards and systems.
>
> All the best, Phil
>
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