Workforce Planning

Leveraging Lightcast APIs you can get answers to common use cases related to the skills, roles, and career advancements of your workforce. Some common uses cases below include:

• Demand Analysis of a Specific Role
• Supply Analysis of a Specific Role
• Find Related Occupations for a Given Skill
• Defining, Distinguishing, and/or Necessary Skills for a Role
• Next Step Occupations for a Specific Role

Demand Analysis of a Specific Role

Description:

In this example we show the process of finding available job postings against a specific role (eg: Project Manager) leveraging our Lightcast Occupational Taxonomy (LOT). This allows for using Lightcast job roles to maximize the returns on the search.

APIs Used:

• Authentication
• Job Postings - Global - Our job postings data API
• Classification - To classify the raw role to our Lightcast Occupational Taxonomy (LOT)

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Supply Analysis of a Specific Role

Description:

In this example we leverage the Lightcast Occupational Taxonomies (LOT) to take a raw role (eg: Project Manager), classify it to the LOT, and then search for profiles of workers with that Lightcast role.

APIs Used:

• Authentication
• Profiles - Global - Our employee profiles data API
• Classification - To classify the raw title to our Lightcast Occupational Taxonomy (LOT)

Python Example:

Find Related Occupations for a Given Skill

Description:

In this example we take a raw skill (c++ programming), classify it against the Lightcast Occupational Taxonomy (LOT), and then using that Lightcast skill to see other occupations that leverage that skill.

APIs Used:

• Authentication
• Similarity
• Classification - To classify the raw skill to our Lightcast Occupational Taxonomy (LOT)

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Defining, Distinguishing, and/or Necessary Skills for a Role

Description:

In this example we are using a raw role, classifying it against the Lightcast Occupation Taxonomy, and then using that Lightcast role to see the defining, distinguishing, and/or necessary skills for that particular role.

APIs Used:

• Authentication
• DDN
• Classification - To classify the raw role to our Lightcast Occupational Taxonomy (LOT)

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Next Step Occupations for a Specific Role

Description:

In this example we are classifying a raw role (eg: Web Developer) to a Lightcast Occupational Taxonomy role, and then using the Career Pathways API to see future roles that can come from this role.

APIs Used:

• Authentication
• Career Pathways
• Classification - To classify the raw X to our Lightcast Occupation Taxonomy (LOT)

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