Rosie Oxbury and Liz Gallagher ESCoE Economic Measurement Webinar 30 January 2025

Using data science to automatically detect dimensions of job quality in job adverts
n this webinar, we will introduce a new tool we have created for extracting insights into “offered job quality” from job adverts. The tool is underpinned by a taxonomy based on the RSA’s Measuring Good Work report, enhanced with additional insights from Sleeman (2024). By identifying relevant sections within job adverts and mapping them to this taxonomy, the package provides a way to automatically extract indicators of job quality from job adverts. We will explain how we have applied the tool to two datasets from the Open Jobs Observatory, uncovering insights into job quality in England overall, and within the Early Years Practitioner sector - a field currently at risk of labour shortages. The package is freely available on Nesta’s GitHub, and we invite researchers to explore its capabilities and share their feedback.