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RAPPORT WWW.RECORDINGACHIEVEMENT.ORG Issue 1 (2015) Figure 1. The importance assigned by recruiters to different characteristics reported in the resumes (yellow) compared to the extent to which they are found among candidates (blue) in percentage values . Type of university degree hold 67,6 Foreign languages skills 78,1 51,6 Professional and career motivations 73,5 33,0 66,9 Software/computing skills 39,2 Willingness to accept geographical mobility 39,4 Speed university career 64,1 59,8 41,5 Soft skills 58,4 26,3 University grades attained 56,9 41,8 Knowledge sector of activity of the employer 55,6 21,4 Experiences in foreign countries 52,5 25,5 Previous work experiences 51,0 25,0 University skills/degree thesis 44,2 21,2 Postgraduate Internship 41,8 20,0 Domicile/residence of the candidate 41,2 26,4 Internship during study 39,3 20,5 University of origin 39,0 17,5 Earning a master's degree or doctorate 37,9 13,7 Appearance / way of presenting of the candidate 30,3 13,2 Pre-university studies (high-school diploma) 10,9 References 3,9 Awards / accreditation, events, publications 2,7 Gender (Male or Female) 29,1 18,7 15,9 13,6 4,4 7,6 Reputation on social network 1,2 6,4 0 20 40 60 80 firms’ high relevance giving to the CV items (more than 8) firms’ high relevance giving to the CV items and their finding among candidates The largest mismatches are related to professional and career motivations, knowledge on the employers’ sector, soft skills, experiences in foreign countries and software/computing skills. Universities typically do not certify this type of information and recruiters cannot rely on selfattributed scores. The recruiters can only infer if and how graduates have cultivated such knowledge and skills through their academic experiences and the information regarding extracurricular experiences and personal interests. task requiring those skills. In his book, Autor (2001) suggests that detailed, verifiable skill certificates and/ or more detailed information disclosure might be a solution towards the provision of high bandwidth data for matching purposes. In the ePortfolio field, there are relevant developments related to standardization (with respect to soft skills) and peer-reviewing systems which could facilitate an enhanced provision of such information by platforms such as AlmaLaurea in the future. The aspects prone to the largest degree of mismatch fit the “high bandwidth data” typology which was introduced by Autor in his book “Wiring the Labour Market” (2001). These data are typically hard to verify and represent quality, motivation, and "fit". Low bandwidth data, on the other hand, represents objectively verifiable information (such as education, credentials, and experience). Take the measurement of soft skills, for example, which is not an easy task: typically, they are measured through costly psychometric tests, while the most reliable way to assess them is through the actual graduates’ engagement in Conclusions research and implications for future AlmaLaurea is mostly used by recruiters for preselection purposes. Recruiters are satisfied with the platform in terms of ease of use and speed of using the service, the reliability and relevance of information, and relatively high quality of the profiles. Moderate satisfaction levels were reported with regards to the availability of up-todate information. Furthermore, AlmaLaurea’s service was deemed an effective tool compared to other recruitment channels. It is a top three 27