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How can person and job be matched for the perfect date?

It is extremely difficult to match one person with another by using technology to send them on a date. There will be numerous factors and expectations that have to be taken into account. Do they have similar interests? Are they living in the same area? What are their goals? And then there are plenty of hidden expectations regarding things such as appearance. Matching has always been a complex task.
The same is true when it comes to bringing together the right person for the right job.  » Read more about: How can person and job be matched for the perfect date?  »

ESCO: We expected an ontology – we got a disappointing term collection

Almost four years had passed. We have waited for a long time – and we were curious to see what the EU has announced grandiosely. Steadily excited to see if it solves well-known problems of classification systems. The classification of the European Union for occupational data is called “ESCO” (European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations). Up to now, classifications have been solved by all states on their own, such as ROME in France or KLdB in Germany or CP in Italy.  » Read more about: ESCO: We expected an ontology – we got a disappointing term collection  »

Our Article on the “Google for Jobs” Initiative Now Also Available in French, Spanish and Arabic!


The landscape of online job search has gained a significant addition with wide-ranging implications. In line with its recently announced initiative Google for Jobs, Google launched a new jobs search feature right on its search result pages that lets you search for jobs across virtually all of the major online job boards. Google’s new initiative not only has the potential to disrupt the online job search market, but the initiative’s underlying data model, an occupation ontology,  » Read more about: Our Article on the “Google for Jobs” Initiative Now Also Available in French, Spanish and Arabic!  »

NAV selects JANZZ’s ontology-based solution for modernizing its labour market platform.

The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) has selected the Swiss technology company JANZZ in a public tender process to deliver components for its new labour market platform. JANZZ has won the bidding process against international competition and will support NAV with its expertise in occupation and skills related data.
NAV is adapting its self-service platform as part of its agenda to improve the transition of jobseekers into employment. NAV aims to offer a transparent service for all labour market operators and participants in which all users can utilize the services on the same terms.  » Read more about: NAV selects JANZZ’s ontology-based solution for modernizing its labour market platform.  »

Google Launches its Ontology-powered Jobs Search Engine. What Now?


This week, the landscape of online job search has gained a significant addition with wide-ranging implications. In line with its recently announced initiative “Google for Jobs”, Google launched a new jobs search feature right on its search result pages that lets you search for jobs across virtually all of the major online job boards. Google’s new initiative not only has the potential to disrupt the online job search market, but the initiative’s underlying data model,  » Read more about: Google Launches its Ontology-powered Jobs Search Engine. What Now?  »