The document describes several projects focused on developing job knowledge assessments and training platforms to facilitate labor market matching processes. OntoHR is an online platform that provides customizable job knowledge tests, general mental ability tests, e-learning courses, and tools to evaluate and rank applicants. Med-Assess has a similar aim for the medical sector. The Center of Job Knowledge Research (CJKR) brings together academics and professionals to research how job knowledge can help match individuals' education and skills to workplace needs. CJKR's goals are to develop standards and research collaboration in this area.

1. http://www.jobknowledge.eu
http://www.ontohr.eu
http://www.med-assess.eu
Amsterdam Business School
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the
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Dr. Gábor Kismihók
g.kismihok@uva.nl
Dr. Stefan T. Mol
s.t.mol@uva.nl
OntoHR is a personnel selection and training platform
that takes an individualized approach to the assessment
and development of job knowledge.
· Customizable, adaptive job knowledge test
· General Mental Ability test
· Applicant ranking based on integrated Job Knowledge
and GMA test performance
· Automatic and tailored e-Learning content delivery on
the basis of test results
· Cutting-edge semantic technology for job knowledge
structuring, testing and, evaluation
Aims and objectives:
· To reinforce vocational educational training (VET) in the
European nursing sector with a valid labor market job profile
· To facilitate integration of foreign skill workers and
practitioners
· Adaptable for different medical qualification areas
· Improved assessment and evaluation for health care selection
and replacement decision making.
The Center of Job Knowledge Research is a
multidisciplinary thinktank and research
incubator that aims to engage stakeholders from
academia, industry, and government to elucidate
how job knowledge may be used to facilitate
person-education-workplace matching processes
The specific objectives of CJKR are to research and address the following issues in relation to labour market matching processes:
· Developing a multidisciplinary research agenda on the topic of job knowledge based assessment to facilitate decision making in education, training and personnel
selection.
· Investigating demands – abilities fit, that is the extent to which individual skills and abilities match the demands (tasks) and requirements of organizations, and the ways
in which organisations allocate tasks to jobs, following an evidence based approach by leveraging scientific research into the practice of target areas and vice versa
· Investigating the mechanism concerning the division of work reflected in task sets of occupations and the shaping of occupational boundaries, the skill sets related to
these occupations and the ways in which organisations define their skills need
· Investigating the wide range of mechanisms causing skills mismatches in national and European labour markets, including the impact of the 2008 crisis on skills-
occupation mismatch in Europe, and workers’ responsiveness to labour market shortages concerning gender, age, and ethnicity
· The establishment of a common language on the basis of which future investigations on the topics may draw to further facilitate training and knowledge exchange. We
expect this endeavour will benefit greatly from our interdisciplinary approach by developing a transparent information exchange model between organisations,
educational institutions, individuals, intermediaries and researchers so as to facilitate an optimal collaboration between these actors
· The strengthening of interdisciplinary research cooperation so as to advance our understanding of the matching mechanisms and the interactions between different
levels of aggregation, including research cooperation with private and academic organisations
Educational
Outcomes
Job
Require-
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Individual
skills
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CJKR is taking
ownership of job
knowledge based
interfaces in labour
market matching
processes
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PROJECTS
AIMS
TOPICS
CONTACT
CENTER OF JOB KNOWLEDGE RESEARCH (CJKR)
UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM
Labour Market
Matching Process
Development of a Job Knowledge based Assessment and Training Platform