Using machine learning to analyse job ads – Part 2

This is Part 2 of our blog series on how we used machine learning to analyse gendered language in job ads. In this blog, we go through the technical nitty gritty of how BETA analysed 12 million job ads, and what we found.

Evaluating EVA - Pursuing universal healthcare coverage with a personalised COVID-19 vaccine booking service

To help Australians find and book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment, the Department of Health and Aged Care (Health) partnered with Healthdirect Australia to deliver the Easy Vaccine Access (EVA) call service from 28 March 2022 to 4 December 2023. Health approached BETA to evaluate the program.

Using machine learning to analyse job ads – Part 1

Thanks to the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, we’ve all become aware of the power of natural language processing (NLP). But what is NLP? BETA explores the common terms and make sense of some of the hype.

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BETA in 2023

2023 was a time of change and excitement at BETA. We started the year with big news, and wrapped up with big data; several of our projects related to workforce issues, including disability and return to work; and we continued to engage with the big issues in behavioural science, connecting with colleagues across the APS and beyond.

Attracting a diverse cyber security workforce one pager

How the language in cyber security job ads impacts diversity

BETA worked with the Department of Science, Industry and Resources, and Jobs and Skills Australia, to analyse
12 million Australian job ads published online over the last decade.

We aimed to understand how the language currently used in cyber security job ads may discourage women from
applying, and how these job ads could be improved.

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