IntermediaJOB, intelligent job portal with a non-discriminatory algorithm

admin on 15 November 2021

Image from the Intermedia website.

Digital platform for the selection of professional profiles, especially aimed at people with vulnerabilities, which differs from other portals in the fact that it is able to make an intelligent matching of skills between job offers and candidates, and does not discriminate based on learned patterns.

This is a paradigm shift since, instead of working like other recruitment platforms that only take into account the candidate’s training and work experience as reflected in a CV, IntermediaJOB also values the rest of the learning that the candidate has acquired throughout his life, both in the training and professional and personal fields. This makes the match between the applicant and the company much more reliable than with other portals.

This tool is only possible thanks to innovation, which is why it is awaiting the incorporation of machine learning, a technology that would improve the reliability of the skills match, as well as big data to take advantage of successful experiences, or the use of bots to make technology more accessible to people.

What has already been implemented are the algorithms used by IntermediaJOB. The platform excludes all those better-positioned candidates who have more knowledge than necessary in a workplace, as well as those that value people of one gender more than another, for the simple fact that they follow learned patterns.

Beyond being just a platform where job offers can be posted, it also allows students to find their university internships.

Characteristics of innovation

Adolescence and youth, Bank of innovations, Cross-cutting intervention, Fully inclusive cities, Information and planning, Lab, New service, New technological tool, Personalization of the service, Poverty and exclusion, Process simplification, Right of choice of the user, Self-management and participation, Speed up response times

Location

Catalonia and Balearic Islands

Partners/Funders

ideaRed, B-Value, Brots Consultoria, Heal

Genesis

IntermediaJOB was born out of the Intermedia Foundation, an association that caters to people who are in social and labour vulnerability, and was promoted by IReS Foundation, Surt Foundation and Suara Cooperative Foundation. The tool arises for the purpose of being a professional, quality, solidarity and responsible apparatus for personal development and improving people’s employment and employability, in other words, increasing the chances of finding work, especially among those who are in situations of greater vulnerability.

Level of implementation

At this stage, the IntermediaJOB portal already operates at full performance. In the 2019–2020 period, the platform has covered 82% of the offers of the more than 900 companies involved. In addition, it currently has over 12,000 active candidates.

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Alella Poble Cuidador, a community support network in loneliness, illness and the end of life

admin on 4 November 2021

Picture taken from Alella Poble Cuidador’s web.

Community network that promotes the articulation of collective action to care for people in the municipality who suffer from loneliness, a chronic illness or are at the end of life, and their families, so that they feel cared for and accompanied , whether they live in their private home or live in any of the health and social entities in the village. The goal is to create a safe, friendly, and caring community environment for these people.

Alella Poble Cuidador acts in three areas of intervention: care and support, training, and education and awareness. In each area of intervention it has structured a set of resources (families, social and health centers, schools, companies, etc.) to promote the development and use of personal and community skills and resources for the care and the accompaniment, and to assert, throughout the life cycle, the values, beliefs and practices for good living and good dying.

At the same time, it carries out activities such as care and support; group meetings of bereaved people and caregivers; training of professionals and caregivers; support for the preparation of the advance directives document; exchange of orthopedic and sanitary equipment; support for the organization of farewell ceremonies; intergenerational musical encounters; and theatrical lectures.

Emotional and professional support available to everyone.

Citizens of the municipality can participate in the network by registering, at no cost, to benefit from the services offered; becoming network partners and participating in working groups; becoming network volunteers; collaborating financially; or following current affairs and network news.

A consultancy has externally evaluated the results of the program, which can be consulted on the web. Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. The network has, in addition to volunteers, a team of specialized professionals.