Sweden
The Swedish Public Employment Service has piloted an ecosystem for career services. This open platform aims to generate common added value from the current fragmented information on skills needs and open job vacancies (https://jobtechdev.se/). The goal is to widen access to LMI for different actors, and provide opportunities for the development and creation of new career services using this open data. For individuals, this new approach provides an opportunity to meaningfully collect, analyse and categorise data from various sources. The platform acts as an enabler for new kinds of partnership, co-operation and the innovative use of jointly generated knowledge on future skills needs. This new kind of access to information from different sources supports the individual career development process, and generates greater added value than the same amount of information from parallel different sources.
A standardised format used in presenting the information makes it possible to utilise the same data in different services. Career professionals will have access to a joint platform and to quality assured career information and other service providers. The platform also generates evidence for the further development of the services when user patterns from the platform’s information flows and usages are collected and analysed. This implies that user anonymity and confidentiality are guaranteed in the analysis. The platform services range from pure information services to individualised online career services and support for career development. Open access to current and accurate LMI is a basis for all these activities. The following figure describes the approach in the overall design of the platform (Granström, 2018).
Adapted from: Granström, 2018, p. 27. Figure: authors of this report.
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish
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Service provider |
The Swedish Public Employment Service |
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Function of the ICT |
Delivery of career information and LMI Integration of the services, creating a common digital ecosystem for stakeholders to share data and collaborate |
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Target audience |
Young people Adults Teachers Career Advisors System Developers Policy Makers |
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Key features of ICT |
Open source as a baseline strategy Core online activities available Gathering of digital labour market services in one place Online CV-tools and career data management system Matching open vacancies with jobseekers’ skills ICT in outreach strategies (tracking, engaging users, engaging employers) |
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Key features of LMI |
Using publicly available LMI databases Gig platform Occupational information Labour market forecasts Interoperability with job-search engines An impartial data source that collects all advertised jobs from hundreds of job search sites to a data stream. Historical data analysis with past data on job trends in different industry sectors |
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Interface/relationship with existing career services |
An open, neutral and common platform for all actors offering digital services such as matching, recruitment and education.
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Further reading:
- Granström, A. (2018) Slutrapport – Digital platform för livslång vägledning. 2018-08-30. Arbetsförmedlingen.
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