Experience

The experience textual-structure captures a representation of the different forms of background experiences that a manager is described as having, and how those experiences are described. Details captured include:

• The length of time that the experience is listed as
• Characterizations of the experience, for example whether that experience is heightened with words such as 'highly experienced', 
• The area that the experience is described as pertaining to, broken into functional, industry, and geographic areas.

Note on closely connected 'experience' terms: Since the background of a manager can be described without using the word 'experience', the textual structure represent the spectrum of closely connected  concepts, including 'knowledge', 'insight', and 'ability' (a full listing of groupings captured can be found here). The property EXPERIENCE_TYPE captures the 

While this ensures that the broad spectrum of experience-related sentences are thus captured, should only a subset of permutations of experience pertain to a particular research question, it is possible to restrict analysis to a subset of groupings, ignoring permutations that may not be relevant to a particular research question.

Specification

Property	Type	Comments
LENGTH_OF_TIME	LENGTH_OF_TIME	All specific lengths of time e.g., 5 years
EXPERIENCE_TYPE	List: Standardized String	List of all . Experiences See Experience Types below.
CHARACTERIZATION	CHARACTERIZATION	All qualitative description of experience
FUNCTIONAL_AREA	FUNCTIONAL_AREA	Functional areas corresponding to functional background
INDUSTRY	COMPANY-INDUSTRY_AREA	All industries
REGION	CHARACTERIZATION-REGION	All non-specific regions (e.g., 'global'), based on the REGION, based on REGION property of the CHARACTERIZATION textual structure
GEOGRAPHIC_AREA	LOCATION	Specific countries / regions mentioned

 

Examples: Individual Experiences

{  
   "ORIGINAL":"worked in the automotive industry for 5 years",
   "LENGTH_OF_TIME":{"ORIGINAL":"5 years","UNIT":"YEAR","QUANTITY":5},
   "AREAS":{"ORIGINAL":"automotive industry","NAICS_3_DIGIT":336,
           "NAICS_3_DESCRIPTION":"Transportation Equipment Manufacturing"},
           "EXPERIENCE_TYPE":{"ORIGINAL":"worked","TYPE":"WORK"}
}

{
   "ORIGINAL":"20 year career in the global oil and gas industry",
   "LENGTH_OF_TIME":{"ORIGINAL":"5 years","UNIT":"YEAR","QUANTITY":5},
   "AREAS":{"ORIGINAL":"oil and gas industry","NAICS_3_DIGIT":211,
            "NAICS_3_DESCRIPTION":"Oil and Gas Extraction"},
   "REGION":{"ORIGIINAL":"global","TYPE":"GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL"},
   "EXPERIENCE_TYPE":{"ORIGINAL":"career","TYPE":"CAREER"}
}

Examples: Overall Usage in Sentences

{  
"ORIGINAL_SENTENCE":"Jane Doe has spent 5 years working in the automotive industry",
  "BACKGROUND":{"PERSON_NAME":{"ORIGINAL":"Mr. Doe","NAME_TITLE":"MR","LAST_NAME":"DOE"},
  "EXPERIENCE":[{"ORIGINAL":"worked in the automotive industry for 5 years"
  	        "LENGTH_OF_TIME":{"ORIGINAL":"5 years","UNIT":"YEAR","QUANTITY":5},
                "AREAS":{"ORIGINAL":"automotive industry","NAICS_3_DIGIT":336,
                         "NAICS_3_DESCRIPTION":"Transportation Equipment Manufacturing"},
                "EXPERIENCE_TYPE":{"ORIGINAL":"worked","TYPE":"WORK"}
}

Commonly Occurring Experience Types

Below details common experience types, along with example usage. A full list of experience types can be found here.

Experience Type	Example Usage
EXPERIENCE	Significant experience in marketing, accounting and economics
KNOWLEDGE	Knowledge of accounting
BACKGROUND	Accounting background
INSIGHT	Broad understanding of operational, financial and strategic issues
PERSPECTIVE	Unique perspective
CAREER	Career in the engineering, procurement, and construction industry
QUALIFICATIONS	Qualifications [and experience] in accounting
FAMILIARITY	Familiar with the Company's business and industry
ABILITY	Ability to lead
SKILL	Management skills