Introducing our Workforce Ontology

The Pearson Workforce Ontology is the only complete ontology of work that connects the four essential and inseperable entities needed for success:

Occupations: How we hire and path people through organisations
Skills: How we learn and the product of our development
Tasks: How we achieve our goals and be productive
Technology: How we evolve our approach

Alternative skills taxonomies often miss the crucial occupation and task links, without which they can address only a small part of the workforce problem.

By the numbers

Occupation Taxonomy

3 Streams (Executive, Manager, Individual Contributor)
24 Categories
1400 unique Occupations
5600 levelled Occupations (1 for Executive roles, and 1-4 for Individual Contributor and Manager roles)
Specialisations*

Skills Taxonomy

8834 unique Skills
5-layer skill area hierachy with secondary relationships (one skill can be part of multiple skill areas)
43500 skill proficiency levels definitions (5 level skill proficiency framework for each skill)
217500 skill proficiency statements (5 statements per proficiency level for each skill)
Transferrable and Occupation specific skills

Task Taxonomy

330 Task Groups
2060 Tasks Areas
21400 Tasks
76500 Granular Tasks
19 features for each Task

Technology Taxonomy

3 Technology Categories
10 Technology Groups
33 Technology Types
16 features for each Technology
Technology adoption curves for each country and industry

Available relationships

We maintain these inter-taxonomy relationships:

Occupations to Skills: Top, Trending, Emerging Skills per Occupation and per Levelled Occupation
Occupations to Tasks: including time spent per Levelled Occupation
Tasks to Technology: including automation and augmentation impact
Tasks to Skills*

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