Certification

In its match models, AdeptID considers industry certifications held by candidates and required or requested in jobs. Certifications are defined as "recognizable qualification standards assigned by industry or education bodies." Common examples include Automotive Service Excellence, CISSP (for cyber security professionals), and Professional in Human Resources. AdeptID uses the certification taxonomy developed by Lightcast, a leading Labor Market Analytics provider.

Certification Schema

The Lightcast certifications taxonomy used by AdeptID includes >3,000 unique certifications which are in turn organized into groups (narrower) and families (broader). Note that some less common certifications may not have groups or families assigned to them.

FIELD	TYPE	SHORT DESCRIPTION
`certification`	`string`	Name of the certification.
`certification_group`	`string`	The specific domain of the certification.
`certification_familiy`	`string`	The broad domain of the certification.

Certification Example

{
  "certification": "Project Management Professional Certification",
  "certififcation_group": "Project Management",
  "certification_family": "Business"
}

Certification Taxonomy

AdeptID utilizes the certifications taxonomy developed by Lightcast, a leading Labor Market Analytics provider.

Use Cases for Certification Taxonomy

Certification Standardization: AdeptID extracts certifications from free text entered by users, and submitted as part of resumes, job descriptions, and similar documents. Certification standardization from user-entered text is supported through Industry Certification Search. Certification extraction from resumes, job descriptions, and other large blocks of text are satisfied by Extract Skills, Parse Job, and Parse Resume.
Skills Inference: To infer the broadest possible range of skills that a candidate possesses, AdeptID infers additional skills based on the certifications that a candidate has listed on a resume. This use case is performed as part of the job matching process.
Job Matching: AdeptID uses its certification taxonomy to evaluate how qualified a candidate is for a specific job opening or an occupational pathway. This use case is satisfied with the Career Matching family of endpoints.
Match Report: As part of our assessment between a candidate and a job or occupation, we provide a match report that highlights whether a candidate possesses the certifications required or preferred by an employer.