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04 July 2024

Unionen Matches Students with Potential Jobs Using JobTech's APIs

With 700,000 members, Unionen is Sweden's largest private trade union and the world's largest white-collar union. But how exactly do they support students entering the job market? We had the pleasure to talk to Jenny Kölemo, Project Manager for Unionen Student, to learn about their efforts in helping students' transition from studying to employment. A key part of these efforts is their new service, "Yrkesradarn", which uses JobTech Development's APIs to match students with potential careers and job ads.

Yrkesradarn is designed in a way by having students first enter their current school and field of study. The service then presents a range of careers that match their education, often more than expected. Unionen utilizes JobSearch and JobEd Connect, along with Jobtech Taxonomy (occupation descriptions), to provide comprehensive career options to students.

The foundation of the entire service is built upon JobTech Development's APIs, in addition to APIs from SCB (Statistics Sweden) and Skolverket (the Swedish National Agency for Education). Without these APIs, Yrkesradarn would not exist. Unionen intends to further develop the service and will utilize more of JobTech Development's APIs in the future.

"In short, a very good collaboration that we hope to continue in our ongoing development of Yrkesradarn," says Jenny Kölemo, Project Manager for Unionen Student.

More About Our Collaboration

Explore further details about our collaboration with Unionen and discover more about Yrkesradarn here.