Using Graph Algorithms for Skills Gap Analysis

Abstract Objective – The public library sector’s future prosperity is contingent upon a well-trained, experienced, and valued workforce. In a collaborative initiative, State Library Victoria (SLV) and the Public Libraries Victoria Network (PLVN) commissioned an in-depth research study to examine the skills requirements of staff across the State. The Our Future, Our Skills project sought to identify the range of skills used by public library staff today, to anticipate the range of skills that would be needed in five years’ time, and to present a skills gap analysis to inform future training and development strategies. Methods – The project encompassed qualitative and quantitative research activities: literature review and environmental scan, stakeholder interviews, focus groups and a workforce skills audit. The research populations were staff (Individual survey) and managers (Management survey) employed in 47 library services, including metropolitan, outer metropolitan and regional library services in Victoria. Results – The high response rate (45%) reflected the relevance of the study, with 1,334 individual and 77 management respondents. The data captured their views related to the value of their skillsets, both now and in five years’ time, and the perceived levels of confidence using their skills. The sector now has a bank of baseline evidence which has contributed to a meaningful analysis of the anticipated skills gaps. Conclusions – This paper focuses on the critical importance of implementing evidence-based practice in public libraries. In an interactive workshop, managers determined the skills priorities at both the local and sectoral levels to inform staff development programs and recruitment activities. A collaborative SLV/PLVN project workgroup will implement the report’s recommendations with a state-wide workforce development plan rolled out during 2015-17. This plan will include a training matrix designed to bridge the skills gap, with a focus on evaluation strategies to monitor progress towards objectives. The paper provides insights into the different ways in which the project workgroup is using research evidence to drive practice.

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Labor and skills gap analysis of the biomedical research workforce

The FASEB Journal ◽

10.1096/fj.201500067r ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 30 (8) ◽

pp. 2673-2683 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Julie L. Mason ◽

Elizabeth Johnston ◽

Sam Berndt ◽

Katie Segal ◽

Ming Lei ◽

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Keyword(s):

Biomedical Research ◽

Gap Analysis ◽

Skills Gap ◽

Research Workforce

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Corporate Expectations and Students Skills – Gap Analysis in Career Carver Group –Baramati

International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development ◽

10.31142/ijtsrd23061 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol Special Issue (Special Issue-FIIIIPM2019) ◽

pp. 46-48

Author(s):

Mrs Nikita Sarthak Patil ◽

Keyword(s):

Gap Analysis ◽

Skills Gap

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Exploring the importance of soft and hard skills as perceived by IT internship students and industry: A gap analysis

Journal of Technology and Science Education ◽

10.3926/jotse.271 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 347 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Frederick Patacsil ◽

Christine Lourrine S. Tablatin

Keyword(s):

Communication Skills ◽

Gap Analysis ◽

Soft Skills ◽

Personality Development ◽

Communication Tool ◽

Skills Gap ◽

Hard Skills ◽

Internship Experience ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The University

The research paper proposes a skills gap methodology that utilized the respondent experiences in the internship program to measure the importance of the Information Technology (IT) skills gap as perceived by IT students and the industry. The questionnaires were formulated based on previous studies, however, was slightly modified, validated and pilot tested to fit into the needs of the research. Respondents of this study were IT students enrolled in internship while industry respondents were the supervisors of the IT students in their respective company. Internship IT students were selected since they have a strong background on the needs of the company based on their internship experience. The findings revealed that teamwork and communication skills are very important soft skills to be possessed by IT graduates as perceived by the respondents. Further, results reveal that there was no significant difference in the perception of the respondents in terms of the importance of soft skills. However, this finding contradicts the results in the case of hard skills were in there was a big range of disagreement on the importance of hard skills. IT students perceived that hard skills were very important while industry perceived hard skills were somewhat important. It is recognized that soft skills are very important communication tool for a customer oriented industry and that it is essential to enhance the communication skills of IT students for their future employment. The study suggests that the university should target improvements of soft skills and specific personality development component in the curriculum.

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Development of Entrepreneurship Training Model of "Smart Entrepreneur Model" (SEM) at the Universitas Negeri Padang

JURNAL PENDIDIKAN DAN KELUARGA ◽

10.24036/jpk/vol12-iss01/764 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (01) ◽

pp. 12

Author(s):

Asmar Yulastri

Keyword(s):

Gap Analysis ◽

Business Management ◽

Training Model ◽

Needs Analysis ◽

Design Development ◽

Skills Gap ◽

Entrepreneurship Training ◽

Online Business ◽

Training Activities ◽

Model Training

Training Entrepreneurship is one of the efforts to streamline the purpose of supporting entrepreneurship education in universities. This study aims to develop and produce a model of entrepreneurship training of "Smart Entrepreneur Model" (SEM) developed by using Four D's approach. The design development of the SEM Model Training Model was using ADDIE Instructional Design. Results of the research on the stages of needs analysis showed that students have a very high requirement for learning entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial planning, and business management, as well as a high need for a training online business based. Rationalization development carried out was a matter of lack of funded proposals by Ditjen which were only 21.42% of the submitted proposals which met the criteria set forth. Then, from 81 funded business proposals, it was only 30.86% that run caused by weak of business management committed by participants of Students Entrepreneurial Program (PMW). In the development of SEM Training Model, the design is Needs Analysis stage and skills gap analysis. Stages of the design were based on objectives, performance, goals of activities, methods, place and time, content, and syntax. Developed Syntax of SEM consisted of 8 steps of training activities where Syntac of SEM training Model consisted of the 8-step training process. They are Preparation Participants Training, Psychometric Test, Identification Results of Psychometric Tests, Analysis of Business, Management Mentoring, Mentoring Online Business, Business progress report, Evaluation of training implementation.

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