Content Analysis of O.R. Job Advertisements to Infer Required Skills

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
ManMohan S. Sodhi ◽  
Byung-Gak Son
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Job Advertisements

Skills and Competencies Required for Jobs in Business Analytics

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda A. Leon ◽  
Kala Chand Seal ◽  
Zbigniew H. Przasnyski ◽  
Ian Wiedenman
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Career Planning ◽  
Business Analytics ◽  
High Demand ◽  
Data Analyst ◽  
Job Advertisements ◽  
Data Scientist ◽  
Business Analyst

The explosive growth of business analytics has created a high demand for individuals who can help organizations gain competitive advantage by extracting business knowledge from data. What types of jobs satisfy this demand and what types of skills should individuals possess to satisfy this huge and growing demand? The authors perform a content analysis of 958 job advertisements posted during 2014-2015 for four types of positions: business analyst, data analyst, data scientist, and data analytics manager. They use a text mining approach to identify the skills needed for these job types and identify six distinct broad competencies. They also identify the competencies unique to a particular type of job and those common to all job types. Their job type categorization provides a framework that organizations can use to inventory their existing workforce competencies in order to identify critical future human resources. It can also guide individual professionals with their career planning as well as academic institutions in assessing and advancing their business analytics curricula.

Are Health Sciences Librarians Taking the Evidence-Based Medicine Challenge?

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Li ◽  
Lin Wu
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Revue De La Littérature ◽  
Job Advertisements ◽  
Based Medicine

This study sought to find out whether and how health sciences librarians’ roles have been changing to support the evidence-based medicine (EBM) practice. Both content analysis of job advertisements and literature review were employed. Results revealed that there exist some disconnects between what are expected of health sciences librarians in…Cette étude visait à déterminer si le rôle des bibliothécaires du domaine des sciences de la santé a évolué et de quelle manière ce rôle est en mesure de subvenir aux besoins de la médecine fondée sur les preuves (MFP). L’analyse de contenu des offres d’emploi et la revue de la littérature a été employée. Les résultats ont révélé qu’il existe un fossé entre ce que l’on attend des bibliothécaires des sciences de la santé en… 

scholarly journals The Employers’ View of “Work-Ready” Graduates: A Study of Advertisements for Marketing Jobs in Australia

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen McArthur ◽  
Krzysztof Kubacki ◽  
Bo Pang ◽  
Celeste Alcaraz
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Digital Marketing ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Management Communication ◽  
Job Advertisements ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
Job Finding

This study of job advertisements extends our understanding of how employers, rather than researchers, describe the specific skills and attributes sought in candidates for employment in graduate marketing roles in Australia. The article presents the findings of a content analysis of 359 marketing job advertisements downloaded in 2016, in two periods 6 months apart, from the dominant job finding website in Australia, seek.com.au. These data offer detailed primary records authored by employers, and set the research apart from most studies, which rely on generic variables imposed by academics, despite the mooted gap between academia and the business sector. The most demanded attributes included motivation, time management, communication skills, and digital marketing experience. This raises questions about the purpose of a degree, and whether marketing curricula are fit for purpose. The article explores these findings and other preconditions for being “work-ready,” and the study contributes to the underdeveloped employability research from Australia.

scholarly journals The Changing Nature of Work in Academic Libraries

2001 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 407-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beverly P. Lynch ◽  
Kimberley Robles Smith
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Behavioral Skills ◽  
Job Requirements ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Job Advertisements ◽  
Professional Degree

A content analysis of 220 job advertisements that appeared in College & Research Libraries between 1973 and 1998 demonstrates that by 1998, all academic library jobs routinely included computer technologies, that instruction had become an integral part of reference work, and that behavioral skills, especially oral and written communication skills, had emerged as new job requirements. The master’s degree from a program accredited by the ALA continues to be widely accepted as the appropriate professional degree for academic librarians.

Skills and Competencies Required for Jobs in Business Analytics

2018 ◽  
pp. 880-904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda A. Leon ◽  
Kala Chand Seal ◽  
Zbigniew H. Przasnyski ◽  
Ian Wiedenman
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Text Mining ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Career Planning ◽  
Business Analytics ◽  
Data Analyst ◽  
Job Advertisements ◽  
Data Scientist ◽  
Business Analyst

The explosive growth of business analytics has created a high demand for individuals who can help organizations gain competitive advantage by extracting business knowledge from data. What types of jobs satisfy this demand and what types of skills should individuals possess to satisfy this huge and growing demand? The authors perform a content analysis of 958 job advertisements posted during 2014-2015 for four types of positions: business analyst, data analyst, data scientist, and data analytics manager. They use a text mining approach to identify the skills needed for these job types and identify six distinct broad competencies. They also identify the competencies unique to a particular type of job and those common to all job types. Their job type categorization provides a framework that organizations can use to inventory their existing workforce competencies in order to identify critical future human resources. It can also guide individual professionals with their career planning as well as academic institutions in assessing and advancing their business analytics curricula.

Supply chain and logistics controller – two promising professions for supporting transparency in supply chain management

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 505-519
Author(s):  
Justyna Dobroszek
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
General Outline ◽  
German Market ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Job Advertisements ◽  
High Degree

Purpose This paper aims to identify the occupational profiles of a logistics and a supply chain (SC) controller, both promising SC professions, examining the required competences and tasks undertaken while taking into account current trends in supply chain management and its wider dimensions. Design/methodology/approach The study used a content analysis based on job advertisements for the position of logistics controller and SC controller. The collected material allowed the construction of an occupational competence mix model in the style of Cheetham and Chivers for the logistics and SC controller, and the identification of the level of competence of both professions, using the model proposed by Czapla. In addition, the analysis of the data was supplemented by use of the Anova test and a radar chart. Findings The SC and logistics controllers have a high degree of similarity in both the meta and core competences areas. Similarities also occur in the case of the analysed groups of tasks undertaken by these professions. Tasks in the areas of “definition” and “maintaining” prevail. The SC controller and the logistics controller are considered “engaged inspirers” because they have reached this level of professional competence. Both these professions can ensure an effective, sustainable and transparent SC through direct cooperation with the SC manager and/or logistics manager. Research limitations/implications This study uses a content analysis based on job advertisements addressed to the German market. These job advertisements are standardized, and therefore, provide only a general outline of the competences and tasks of the SC and logistics controllers. Practical implications The study provides information to practitioners by identifying the competences and tasks assigned to the SC and logistics controllers that are needed to improve the efficiency and transparency of the SC and its management. The research is an incentive for people involved in education to adapt changes in curricula in the business (accounting, controlling and logistics) and engineering (related to logistics) fields of study by creating courses based on SC controlling or/and logistics controlling. Originality/value The study shows the current, necessary changes for SC professionals (e.g. the appointment of a SC controller and/or logistics controller) resulting from changes in business and the challenges for SC management (e.g. transparency and sustainability).

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