Role families and evidence-based gap analysis
Match your demonstrated work to the tasks in a job posting.
Reviewed: 2026-10-03
Source-based teaching example · Fictional data
Narration: Microsoft Mark · locally synthesized

00:00:00.000 — What you will learn

Match your demonstrated work to the tasks in a job posting.

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Match your demonstrated work to the tasks in a job posting.

00:00:06.458 — The idea

Read what the role requires someone to do. Match each task to work you can show. Treat missing experience as a learning goal, not a claim to add to your profile.

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Read what the role requires someone to do. Match each task to work you can show. Treat missing experience as a learning goal, not a claim to add to your profile.

00:00:19.833 — One useful term

Gap analysis. Comparing required skills with the evidence you currently have.

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Comparing required skills with the evidence you currently have.

00:00:28.208 — A worked example

Riley has a repeatable source-checking exercise but no service-recovery evidence. The analyst posting has stronger support than the platform role. A recovery lab is a next learning step.

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Riley has a repeatable source-checking exercise but no service-recovery evidence. The analyst posting has stronger support than the platform role. A recovery lab is a next learning step.

00:00:43.583 — Your turn to think

Does an AI job title prove that every role needs the same skills? Pause and decide before continuing.

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Does an AI job title prove that every role needs the same skills?
Pause the video if you need more time.

00:01:01.250 — Why this answer works

No. Use the actual tasks and requirements. A saved training example supports only the work and conditions it demonstrates.

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No. Use the actual tasks and requirements. A saved training example supports only the work and conditions it demonstrates.

00:01:12.958 — Check 1

Name evidence for each supported task.

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Name evidence for each supported task.

00:01:18.417 — Check 2

Keep missing evidence explicit.

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Keep missing evidence explicit.

00:01:23.333 — Check 3

Do not promise a hiring outcome.

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Do not promise a hiring outcome.

00:01:28.500 — Now try a different case

Open the lesson and try its different practice case. Use every check in the full task. Watching alone does not mark the lesson complete.

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Open the lesson
Try the new case
Check and revise
The full task and its requirements are in the linked lesson.