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A category describing the job, preferably using a term from a taxonomy such as
BLS O*NET-SOC
ISCO-08
or similar, with the property repeated for each applicable value. Ideally the taxonomy should be identified, and both the textual label and formal code for the category should be provided.
Note: for historical reasons, any textual label and formal code provided as a literal may be assumed to be from O*NET-SOC.
Values expected to be one of these types
CategoryCode
Text
Used on these types
EducationalOccupationalProgram
JobPosting
Occupation
Physician
WorkBasedProgram
Source
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Example 1
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Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
"@context": "https://schema.org/",
"@type": "Person",
"name": "Albert Einstein",
"hasOccupation": [
"@type": "Role",
"hasOccupation": {
"@type": "Occupation",
"name": "Patent examiner",
"occupationalCategory": "23-2099.00"
},
"startDate": "1901",
"endDate": "1906"
},
"@type": "Occupation",
"name": "Professor of Physics",
"educationRequirements": "PhD in Physics"
Example 2
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Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
"@context": "https://schema.org/",
"@type": "JobPosting",
"name": "Mobile App Developer",
"hiringOrganization": {
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "ACME Software"
},
"relevantOccupation": {
"@type": "Occupation",
"name": "Software Developers, Applications",
"occupationalCategory": {
"@type": "CategoryCode",
"inCodeSet": {
"@type": "CategoryCodeSet",
"name": "O*Net-SOC",
"dateModified": "2019",
"url": "https://www.onetonline.org/"
},
"codeValue": "15-1132.00",
"name": "Software Developers, Applications",
"url": "https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/15-1132.00"
Example 3
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Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
"@context": "https://schema.org/",
"@type": "Occupation",
"occupationalCategory": {
"@type": "CategoryCode",
"inCodeSet": {
"@type": "CategoryCodeSet",
"name": "O*Net-SOC",
"dateModified": "2019",
"url": "https://www.onetonline.org/"
},
"codeValue": "15-1211.00",
"name": "Computer Systems Analysts",
"url": "https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/15-1121.00"
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