Mining Job Ads to find what skills are sought after from an employers' perspective on IT graduates

Paper i proceeding, 2014

We mine job ads to discover what skills are required from an employers' perspective. Some obvious trends appear, such as skills related to web and mobile technology. We aim to uncover more detailed information as the study continues to allow course content to better match the expressed needs. Categories and Subject Descriptors K.3.2 [Computers and Education]: Computer and Information Science Education General Terms Data mining.