An attempt to estimate the competency gap in the IT sector

Objective: The aim of this article is to determine whether there is a gap between the demand for competencies of graduates of the computer science major and their supply. Research Design & Methods: Identification of the key set of competencies required by employers from job applicants and est...

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Main Authors: Paweł Lula, Renata Oczkowska, Sylwia Wiśniewska, Katarzyna Wójcik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Krakow University of Economics 2019-09-01
Series:International Entrepreneurship Review
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Online Access:https://ier.uek.krakow.pl/index.php/pm/article/view/1925/pdf_1
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author Paweł Lula
Renata Oczkowska
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Katarzyna Wójcik
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description Objective: The aim of this article is to determine whether there is a gap between the demand for competencies of graduates of the computer science major and their supply. Research Design & Methods: Identification of the key set of competencies required by employers from job applicants and estimation of the competency gap in the IT sector was conducted using the method of exploratory analysis of job offers for positions related to the administration of IT systems. Findings: The results of the preliminary research shown that proposed method can be used for estimation of competency gap however it requires more experiments. Contribution & Value Added: Proposition of new method for competency gap calculation based on exploratory analysis of data available in the Internet.
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spelling doaj.art-21399d1e8dc1460ea0c1946e5b8b52f92023-09-02T19:17:10ZengKrakow University of EconomicsInternational Entrepreneurship Review2658-18412658-18412019-09-01539511210.15678/IER.2019.0503.07An attempt to estimate the competency gap in the IT sectorPaweł Lula0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2057-7299Renata Oczkowska1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5936-6398Sylwia Wiśniewska2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4760-2634Katarzyna Wójcik3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4431-5245Cracow University of Economics, Poland Cracow University of Economics, Poland Cracow University of Economics, Poland Cracow University of Economics, Poland Objective: The aim of this article is to determine whether there is a gap between the demand for competencies of graduates of the computer science major and their supply. Research Design & Methods: Identification of the key set of competencies required by employers from job applicants and estimation of the competency gap in the IT sector was conducted using the method of exploratory analysis of job offers for positions related to the administration of IT systems. Findings: The results of the preliminary research shown that proposed method can be used for estimation of competency gap however it requires more experiments. Contribution & Value Added: Proposition of new method for competency gap calculation based on exploratory analysis of data available in the Internet.https://ier.uek.krakow.pl/index.php/pm/article/view/1925/pdf_1competencycompetency gaplabour marketit sectorlatent dirichlet analysis
spellingShingle Paweł Lula
Renata Oczkowska
Sylwia Wiśniewska
Katarzyna Wójcik
An attempt to estimate the competency gap in the IT sector
International Entrepreneurship Review
competency
competency gap
labour market
it sector
latent dirichlet analysis
title An attempt to estimate the competency gap in the IT sector
title_full An attempt to estimate the competency gap in the IT sector
title_fullStr An attempt to estimate the competency gap in the IT sector
title_full_unstemmed An attempt to estimate the competency gap in the IT sector
title_short An attempt to estimate the competency gap in the IT sector
title_sort attempt to estimate the competency gap in the it sector
topic competency
competency gap
labour market
it sector
latent dirichlet analysis
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