Abstract
Professional social networking sites are widely used as a tool for obtaining specific information such as technology trends and professional skills demand. The article is aimed to consider the evolution of services for professional communities through integration of analysis of the patent activity, analysis of the academic research activity and analysis of the labour market trends. Authors have developed the prototype of a predictive learning software service which intended to fill the gap between professional social networking sites and e-learning systems, including massive open online course systems. It includes functionality for monitoring of professional skills demand on the labour market and analysis of patents for each corresponding technology. The software service will help to determine demand for professional skills, to actualise an applicant’s skillset, to organise professional communities and to build individual learning programs for studying of skills and technologies which are predicted to grow in demand on the labour market.
Highlights
There is a problem of choosing the trend for professional development, which is directly related to career growth
The developed service can be integrated into commercial professional social networking sites (PSNS)
Specialised PSNS focused on specific areas of expertise (e.g., IT) can be built based on the idea of this service
Summary
There is a problem of choosing the trend for professional development, which is directly related to career growth. First of all, it concerns specialists in knowledge-intensive areas. Professionals have a number of needs, some of which have been solved to some extent by existing developments. These needs include: Self-promotion – creating a profile that represents one's professional skills in the best way. Improvement of professional skills – supplementing knowledge with the most advanced and sought-after skills from employers. Identification of trends – it is formed on the basis of the need for improvement of professional skills, namely the identification of skills demanded by employers
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