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  • O*NET
  • CLEAN
  • REVIEW

How to standardize job titles with your AI

Connect Lightcast Labor Market to your AI client to turn messy internal job titles into clean, industry-standard identifiers.

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Short answer

How can I standardize job titles using AI?

Your AI uses Lightcast Labor Market data to map unique or non-standard titles to official SOC and O*NET standards. This creates a clean, searchable dataset for your labor market analysis. You'll get a breakdown of how the mapping works below.

Where every title lands.

Standardized outcomes

The AI maps your raw data into these specific categories.

SOC

Standard Occupational Classification

The AI maps titles to the official SOC hierarchy. This gives you a consistent way to group roles across different datasets.

O*NET

O*NET Identifiers

Titles are converted to O*NET standards. This allows you to link your data to broader labor market research and skill profiles.

CLEAN

Cleaned Job Lists

The AI generates a list of standardized titles. You can use this to replace messy, inconsistent text in your spreadsheets or databases.

REVIEW

Human verification needed

If a title is too ambiguous, the AI flags it for you. You decide how to categorize roles that don't clearly match a standard identifier.

The workflow

What your AI does when the data arrives.

The AI handles the heavy lifting of searching and matching through the Lightcast database.

  1. Identify candidates

    The AI looks up the messy title in the Lightcast database to find the closest official matches.

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  2. Map to occupations

    Once a title is identified, the AI finds the corresponding industry occupation code.

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  3. Validate matches

    The AI checks the proposed standard title against the available occupation list to ensure the mapping is valid.

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  4. Format output

    The AI prepares the final list of standardized titles and codes for your specific use case.

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Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to begin your standardization task.

Starting points

Replace the bracketed text with your actual file names or specific job titles.

Lightcast Labor Market Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_NYvsWBEzq7xzQYXLXrrv5snMeMpPAhbKOM3YXS4l/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — Lightcast Labor Market capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
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  "mcpServers": {
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      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_NYvsWBEzq7xzQYXLXrrv5snMeMpPAhbKOM3YXS4l/mcp"
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  • Standardize the job titles in my 'Employee_List.csv' file using Lightcast Labor Market.

  • Map these titles to SOC codes: [Software Engineer, Data Guru, Sales Lead].

  • Look up the official O*NET occupation for 'Customer Success Ninja' in my spreadsheet.

  • Compare the job titles in my 'Hiring_Plan.xlsx' against the list of standardized occupations.

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FAQ

How the task behaves

  • 01

    Can the AI change my original job titles?

    No. The AI only generates the standardized versions. Your original data remains untouched.

  • 02

    What happens if a job title doesn't exist in the database?

    The AI will tell you it can't find a match. It won't guess or invent a code that isn't in the Lightcast data.

  • 03

    Does the AI automatically update my Excel files?

    No. The AI provides the standardized data to you in the chat. You then decide how to apply it to your files.

  • 04

    Can I use this for custom internal titles?

    Yes. The AI uses the Lightcast tools to find the closest official equivalent for your unique internal titles.

  • 05

    Does it support both SOC and O*NET?

    Yes. The AI can access both standardized job titles and occupation lists to provide the mapping you need.

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