Cases
LMI for All (http://www.lmiforall.org.uk/) is an example in which ICT is used to widen the usability of existing labour market information. The LMI for All website describes itself as “an online data portal, which connects and standardises existing sources of high quality, reliable labour market information with the aim of informing careers decisions. This data is made freely available via an Application Programming Interface (API) for use in third party websites and applications.” As new data is published the LMI for All database is regularly updated. The 2018 version of the LMI for All database contains the following key data sets:
- Employment, projected employment and replacement demands from Working Futures
- Pay and earnings based on the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings and the Labour Force Survey
- Hours based on the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings
- Unemployment rates based on based on the Labour Force Survey
- Skills shortage vacancies based on the Employer Skills Survey
- Skills, Knowledge, Abilities and Interests based on the US O*NET system
- Occupational descriptions from the ONS Standard Occupational Classifications
- Current vacancies available from Universal JobMatch
- Higher education destinations data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency.
The portal makes data available and encourages open use by applications and websites that can bring the data to life for a range of audiences. This is an open data project, which is supporting the wider government agenda to encourage use and re-use of government data sets. The project encourages the developers to use the data to create products for end users in making decisions about their future learning and work. The website provides instructions and examples for developers covering the design, development and implementation of the LMI for All interface. There are already a number of websites and mobile apps targeted to different user groups, including students in different levels of education, career professionals, public employment services, work coaches, third sector professionals and regional and national policy makers.
LMI for All - http://www.lmiforall.org.uk/
Country: United Kingdom, England
Language: English
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Service provider |
UK Department for Education |
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Function of the ICT |
Delivery of career information and LMI Integration of the services, e.g. creation of consistent structure for online and face-to-face services |
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Target audience |
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Key features of ICT |
Core online activities available The usage of social media in career guidance and counselling Making use of diversified media in career development activities ICT in outreach strategies (tracking, engaging users, engaging employers)
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Key features of LMI |
Analysing and using publicly available LMI databases (including EU sources) Generating usable LMI for practitioners and for users Developing and using creative LMI Organising and using informal LMI Gathering and using local LMI (mainly on demand side) Customisation of LMI through the user’s adaptation according to their needs
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Support for system developer and career professionals |
Instructions and examples for the developers for the design, development and implementation of their LMI for All interface. Documentation of the data used in the services Documentation of the development process Collaboration space for the developers News and a blog related to the development of the service
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