Of course, regardless of the caliber of student competency data, matching students with jobs only works if employers' job descriptions accurately capture and describe key competencies.
We then identified which competencies of the competency profile matched the teachers' views and summarized these.
In order to address the second research question, we identified which competencies of the competency profile matched the teachers' views and summarized these in Table 5.
It has been found that the technical and social competency requirements match, but there is a gap regarding the methodological competency.
More specifically, these data could provide information on whether programs equip trainees with core competencies that match future career requirements [ 18].
To use such a profile for adaptive learning and resource recommendation, we need to be able to compare competencies to help match the competencies of learners with those involved in other learning scenario components (actors, activities, resources).
However, they have difficulties in updating competency reference banks and then, in correctly matching the available competencies and missions that have to be performed.
"This reflects a mismatch between skilled persons and the number of available jobs matching their competencies and expectations, and unless addressed may work to put a limit on economic growth and development," said Rosina Gammarano, from the ILO's department of statistics.
Against this background, matching students' individual competencies with the domain-related requirements at a university or place of work becomes the main aim for these highly stratified educational (or vocational) systems (Orr 2013).
While some of these challenges are not easily dealt with due to their structural causes, organizations employing boundary spanners should take note of these challenges and support their boundary spanners with matching resources and competencies.
