Careprofsys – An Ontology for Career Development in Engineering Designed for the Romanian Job Market

This paper presents an innovative use case of virtual reality (VR) for career development and exploration, within the context of the CareProfSys recommendation system for professions. The recommender users receive recommendations not only in textual format but as WebVR gamified scenarios as well, having thus the possibility to try activities specific to the suggested professions and decide whether they are suitable for them or not. This paper describes, from a functional and technical point of view, scenarios for six different jobs: computer network specialists, civil engineers, web and multimedia developers, chemical engineers, project managers, and university professors. Extended experiments were performed, using an internal protocol, with 47 students enrolled in engineering studies. The results of the experiments were measured with the aid of four instruments: two questionnaires, one unstructured interview, and the VR simulation performance recording module. Positive results were obtained: the users admitted that such a tool was useful when choosing one’s career and that it was entertaining. Most of the students considered the VR scenarios as learning or testing experiences, too. Thus, we claim that a VR form of providing job recommendations is more appealing to young people and brings value to career development initiatives.

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From Traditional Career Services to Intelligent Systems for Career Guidance

Dascalu,

Bodea,

Stanica

et al. 2024

Prioritizing Skills Development for Student Employability

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Several employment challenges may be overcome with career services, among other actions provided by higher education institutions. The chapter analyzes the diversity of career services that are usually delivered by the career guidance centers organized within higher education institutions. Many examples of career services are provided, based on the professional expertise of the authors, involved in developing career services with their university as well as at the regional level. The analysis is conducted using different service characteristics such as the following: novelty, duration, format, communication, feedback, digitalized degree, and requiring specialists' supervision. Based on this analysis, several conclusions are drawn, including recommendations for efficient organization of the career guidance centers within higher education institutions.

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Careprofsys – An Ontology for Career Development in Engineering Designed for the Romanian Job Market

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CareProfSys - Combining Machine Learning and Virtual Reality to Build an Attractive Job Recommender System for Youth: Technical Details and Experimental Data

CareProfSys - Combining Machine Learning and Virtual Reality to Build an Attractive Job Recommender System for Youth: Technical Details and Experimental Data

Virtual Reality for Career Development and Exploration: The CareProfSys Profiler System Case

From Traditional Career Services to Intelligent Systems for Career Guidance

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