{"id":54107,"date":"2016-03-18T09:35:09","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T13:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=54107"},"modified":"2016-03-18T09:40:52","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T13:40:52","slug":"this-case-of-using-big-data-is-aimed-at-finding-jobs-developing-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2016\/03\/18\/this-case-of-using-big-data-is-aimed-at-finding-jobs-developing-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"This case of using big data is aimed at finding jobs &#038; developing skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Topic: Big data meets job finding; targeted training programs brought to you by LinkedIn.com<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>See:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/%7Er\/typepad\/linkedinblog\/%7E3\/pgopnEiTEEk\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" name=\"4283624338752380974_1\">How LinkedIn is helping create economic opportunity in Colorado and Phoenix<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpts:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">LinkedIn\u2019s vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Notice that I said every member, not just white collar workers with four-year college degrees. Everyone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">To achieve our vision, we\u2019re building the world\u2019s first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/linkedin-economic-graph\/?trk=li_corpblog_corp_ablue_how-linkedin-is-helping-create-economic-opportunity-in-colorado-and-phoenix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Economic Graph<\/a> \u2014 a digital map of the global economy that includes every member of the global workforce and their skills, all open jobs, all employers, and all educational institutions. We\u2019ve been sharing labor market insights from the Economic Graph with dozens of policymakers across the globe to help create greater economic opportunity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">For example, we\u2019ve been sharing Economic Graph insights with policymakers in Colorado and Phoenix. We realized the combination of our Economic Graph insights and the LinkedIn platform can have an even greater economic impact. So <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.linkedin.com\/2015\/06\/24\/creating-economic-opportunity-in-cities-around-the-world\/?trk=li_corpblog_corp_ablue_how-linkedin-is-helping-create-economic-opportunity-in-colorado-and-phoenix\" target=\"_blank\">last June<\/a> we joined <a href=\"https:\/\/skillful.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Skillful<\/a> (formerly Rework America Connected) \u2014 a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.markle.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Markle Foundation<\/a> initiative to help workers in Colorado and Phoenix with high school diplomas and some or no college education acquire new skills to advance their careers.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nThat\u2019s why we developed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/training\/?trk=li_em_cmktg_lic_pr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Training Finder<\/a> \u2014 a new product that helps job seekers acquire new skills and advance their careers. It shows them relevant training programs in their area; which programs are affiliated with employers; whether or not they\u2019re accredited; the program\u2019s employment rate, cost, and duration; the skills the program will teach them; the jobs they\u2019ll be qualified for when they complete the program; and the estimated salary. These insights will help them choose the training program that will teach them the skills they need to get the job they want.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/training\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-54108\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54108\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/TrainingFinder-LinkedInDotCom-March2016.jpg\" alt=\"TrainingFinder-LinkedInDotCom-March2016\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/TrainingFinder-LinkedInDotCom-March2016.jpg 812w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/TrainingFinder-LinkedInDotCom-March2016-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/TrainingFinder-LinkedInDotCom-March2016-768x429.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">This is the kind of thing I was trying to get at <a href=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2016\/03\/09\/what-if-ibm-watson-were-to-team-up-with-linkedinlynda-com-christian\/\">in this earlier posting.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic: Big data meets job finding; targeted training programs brought to you by LinkedIn.com See: How LinkedIn is helping create economic opportunity in Colorado and Phoenix Excerpts: LinkedIn\u2019s vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Notice that I said every member, not just white collar workers with four-year college [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,174,112,200,306,95,815,436,480,118,321,299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-century","category-career-development","category-corporate-business-world","category-corporate-universities","category-economics","category-global-globalization","category-microlearning","category-reinvent","category-society","category-training-corporate-universities","category-united-states","category-workplace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54107"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54114,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54107\/revisions\/54114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}