Workforce Planning and Development

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)

Python Example:

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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