A General and NLP-based Architecture to perform Recommendation: A Use Case for Online Job Search and Skills Acquisition

Natural Language Processing (NLP) is crucial to perform recommendations of items that can be only described by natural language. However, NLP usage within recommendation modules is difficult and usually requires a relevant initial effort, thus limiting its widespread adoption. To overcome this limitation, we introduce FORESEE, a novel architecture that can be instantiated with NLP and Machine Learning (ML) modules to perform recommendations of items that are described by natural language features. Furthermore, we describe an instantiation of such architecture to provide a service for the job market where applicants can verify whether their curriculum vitae (CV) is eligible for a given job position, can receive suggestions about which skills and abilities they should obtain, and finally, can obtain recommendations about online resources which might strengthen their CVs.