SkillSight reveals the skills employers need in real time

The labour market is changing faster than ever before. SkillSight – a real-time future skills monitoring system developed by TREXIMA Bratislava – provides a new way to understand which skills employers need today and which competencies will shape the future of work.

For career planning, education strategies, and workforce development, relying only on “yesterday’s statistics” is no longer enough. By the time education systems prepare graduates, employers are often already looking for different skills. Traditional labour market monitoring methods cannot always capture these rapid changes in time.

This is why Trexima is developing SkillSight – a Future Skills Monitor, an innovative analytical solution designed to track emerging skills and changing employer requirements in real time.

From jobs to skills: a new way of understanding labour market changes

Only a few years ago, describing the world of work was relatively straightforward. Occupations were more stable, career paths were clearer, and technological changes progressed more slowly. People chose a profession, gained a qualification, and could often rely on it for a significant part of their working life.

Today, this model is changing.

Artificial intelligence is transforming office work. Automation is reshaping manufacturing and services. The green transition is creating new industries and changing existing occupations. Digital technologies are becoming part of almost every sector of the economy.

However, the biggest change is not only that new jobs are emerging and some occupations are disappearing. The more fundamental change is that the content of work itself is evolving.

An accountant today needs more than knowledge of accounting rules. They increasingly need digital skills, data analysis capabilities, and an understanding of automated processes. A manufacturing specialist is no longer only operating a production line but may work with robotics, digital production models, and diagnostic technologies. A manager needs more than leadership skills – they must understand data, work effectively in hybrid environments, and make decisions in conditions of rapid change.

This is why the future of work is increasingly shifting from occupations to skills.

The key question is no longer only:
Which jobs will exist in the future?

It is also:
Which skills and competencies will create value in one, three, or ten years?

Moving from job statistics to skills intelligence

Traditional labour market analysis is mainly based on employment statistics, demographic data, surveys, and expert forecasts. These tools remain important, but they have one natural limitation – they often describe reality after the change has already happened.

Job advertisements work differently. They represent an immediate reflection of employer demand.

When a company starts searching for employees with experience in a specific technology, software tool, or emerging competency, this requirement often appears in job advertisements months or even years before it becomes visible in official statistics.

This is the opportunity addressed by SkillSight – a real-time future skills monitoring system.

What is SkillSight?

SkillSight is an AI-powered analytical system that monitors the skills employers need by analysing large volumes of labour market data. Unlike traditional labour market analyses that focus mainly on occupations and employment numbers, SkillSight identifies the specific skills, knowledge, and competencies hidden within job advertisements.

The system analyses job postings from Slovakia and key European markets, including the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Poland, and the United Kingdom. This allows users to understand labour market developments in Slovakia within a broader European context.

By detecting emerging skill requirements abroad, SkillSight can provide early signals of future changes in the Slovak labour market. For example, if companies in Germany or Austria increasingly demand a specific digital competence, this trend may indicate a future need for similar skills in Slovakia.

Why is SkillSight innovative?

The innovation of SkillSight lies in combining three areas that have traditionally been used separately:

1. Real-world labour market data at scale

SkillSight does not rely only on expert opinions or periodic employer surveys. It continuously monitors thousands of job advertisements published by employers and analyses the real-time demand for skills.

Job advertisements represent a direct signal of changing employer needs. They show which technologies, tools, and competencies companies are looking for today – often before these trends appear in official statistics.

2. Artificial intelligence and natural language processing

Job advertisements are not written using a unified language. One employer may search for “data skills”, another for “analytical thinking”, and another for “experience with Business Intelligence tools”.

For humans, these expressions may have similar meanings. For automated systems, identifying these connections is a complex challenge.

SkillSight uses artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and natural language processing (NLP) to identify, classify, and connect skills from unstructured text. The extracted information is mapped against internationally recognised classifications and standards, including ESCO, ISCO-08, and NACE Rev. 2.

3. Real-time monitoring of emerging skills

The value of modern labour market intelligence is not only knowing what has already changed, but identifying what is beginning to change.

SkillSight provides up-to-date insights into evolving employer requirements and helps detect emerging skills before they become widespread.

Skills intelligence: a global trend in labour market analysis

SkillSight reflects a growing international trend known as skills intelligence – the use of data and advanced analytics to understand how skills needs are changing.

Across Europe, organisations increasingly focus on moving beyond traditional occupation-based analysis towards a deeper understanding of the tasks, competencies, and skills behind each job.

The reason is simple: the same job title can represent very different responsibilities and skill requirements.

For example, an administrative position that once focused mainly on document management and office software may today require:

• data analysis skills,
• process automation knowledge,
• the ability to use artificial intelligence tools,
• information interpretation skills.

Understanding skills rather than only occupations provides a more accurate picture of how work is changing and what education systems, employers, and individuals need to prepare for.

Who can benefit from SkillSight?

Educational institutions: Preparing graduates for the future of work

One of the biggest challenges for education systems is preparing people not only for today’s jobs but also for future labour market needs.

SkillSight can help schools and educational institutions understand:

• which skills employers currently demand most,
• which competencies are becoming increasingly important,
• what new combinations of technical and digital skills are emerging,
• where gaps may appear between education and labour market needs.

This allows education providers to adapt study programmes, courses, and training activities based on real labour market data.

Employers: Strategic workforce planning and talent development

For companies, one of the biggest challenges is finding people with the right skills. However, the issue is often not only a shortage of workers, but a mismatch between available and required competencies.

SkillSight can help employers understand:

• which skills are important in their sector,
• how requirements for specific positions are changing,
• which competencies will be needed in the future,
• where investment in employee development can create the greatest value.

Access to skills intelligence helps companies move from reactive recruitment towards strategic workforce planning.

Policymakers and public institutions: Better decisions based on data

Effective employment, education, and reskilling policies require accurate information about changing labour market needs.

SkillSight can support policymakers and public employment services by providing insights into:

• technological transformation,
• workforce ageing,
• lifelong learning needs,
• industrial transformation,
• emerging economic sectors.

The international scope of the system also creates an early-warning mechanism, allowing Slovakia to identify trends emerging in larger European markets and prepare for future changes.

Individuals and career guidance professionals: Knowing which skills to develop

For individuals, one of the most important questions today is:

Which skills will help me succeed in the future labour market?

SkillSight can help people understand:

• which skills are gaining value,
• what employers in their field are looking for,
• which new competencies can expand their career opportunities,
• where investing in further education makes sense.

The future of work will not belong only to those who choose the right profession. It will increasingly belong to those who can recognise changing requirements and continuously develop the right skills.

The future of work is not found in a crystal ball. It is found in data.

The biggest challenge facing today’s labour market is not only a shortage of jobs or workers. It is the growing gap between what the economy needs and the skills available within the workforce.

SkillSight shows that job advertisements are not just recruitment messages. They are signals of the future. They reveal how economies are changing, which technologies are gaining importance, and which new skills will shape the success of individuals and organisations.

The future of work will not begin tomorrow. Its first signals are already visible today in the skills employers are looking for.

We are proud that TREXIMA Bratislava has developed a project that combines decades of labour market expertise with modern digital technologies and real-time data on employer needs.

The SkillSight – Real-time Future Skills Monitor project is supported by the Slovak Recovery and Resilience Plan under Component 17 – Digital Slovakia.