Data Science Internship, Skilllab

• Study background in Data Science, Computational Linguistics, Information Science, or a related field
• Familiarity with Python, SQL, data analysis, and visualization (using tools like pandas, matplotlib, seaborn)
• Adept at statistical analysis, data exploration, pattern recognition, data cleaning, transformation, and quality assessment
• Familiarity with taxonomies, ontologies, or classification systems and experience with data analysis, reporting, and visualization
• Understanding of occupation classification systems (like ESCO, O*NET, ISCO), skills frameworks, competency models, labor market data, and employment terminology
• You are eligible to work in the Netherlands. We don’t support visa applications for applicants outside the EU
• You are currently enrolled as a student or graduated within the last 12 months
• You are able to commit to a six-month full-time (40 hour/week) internship

Desirable

• You will directly work with who is one of SkillLab's Senior Data Scientists. is SkillLab’s Data science Lead. Furthermore, you will cooperate with the other data science team members, , , and
• Manual data classification & curation: Classify and curate occupation and skill data, ensuring quality and preparing it for AI models
• AI/ML pipeline development: Build processes for bulk data, adding quality scores and validation checks for automated classifications
• Standards research & implementation: Research international taxonomy standards and best practices, analyze gaps between SkillLab taxonomies and industry standards, recommend improvements and standardization approaches, and assist in mapping between different classification systems
• Taxonomy enrichment & mapping: Enrich existing taxonomies with additional metadata, create cross-references between occupation and skill categories, develop hierarchical relationships and skill clusters, and map emerging occupations and skills to existing frameworks
• This is a paid internship. The monthly reimbursement will be 1.000 EUR
• You can do the internship by living in another city in the Netherlands and commuting to the office 1-2 days per week. SkillLab covers your train commuting expenses to Amsterdam
• We accept applications on a rolling basis and we envision a start date in September 2025

• You apply for the role and we review your profile
• We will invite you for a short screening call
• We will invite you for a 60min interview if we find that you are a good fit. The interview will involve you preparing a short assignment
• We will offer you the internship and discuss logistics, if we think that you are the ideal candidate for the role