JOB REFERRAL SYSTEM
A referral system is provided with an on-line social network system. The referral system accesses a member profile representing an employee of a certain company (employee member profile) and a connected member profile representing the employee's connection in the on-line social network. The referral system then examines the job postings that represents job openings at the employee's company and selects a presentation set of job postings based on (1) fitness of the candidate represented by the connected member profile for a job represented by the job posting and (2) familiarity of the employee with the job.
1 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
accessing an employee member profile representing an employee of a target organization in an on-line social network system;
accessing a connected member profile in the on-line social network system, the connected member profile representing a candidate and including a link indicating connection relationship with the employee member profile;
accessing a set of job postings in the on-line social network system, each posting from the set of job postings representing a job at the target organization;
generating, for each job posting from the set of job postings, a respective presentation score reflecting fitness of the candidate represented by the connected member profile for a job represented by the job posting and also reflecting familiarity of the employee with the job;
selecting a presentation set of job postings based on the respective presentation scores generated for the set of job postings;
generating a referral user interface comprising a reference to the connected member profile and representation of the presentation set of job postings; and
causing displaying of the referral user interface on a display device of the employee of the target organization with an invitation to refer the candidate for one of the jobs from the presentation set of job postings.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating of the presentation score for a job posting from the set of job postings comprises calculating a fitness value for the connected member profile and the job posting as cosine similarity between respective feature vectors of the connected member profile and the job posting.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the generating of a presentation score for the job comprises calculating a familiarity value for the employee member profile and the job posting as cosine similarity between respective feature vectors of the employee member profile and the job posting.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein a feature from the respective feature vectors of the connected member profile and the job posting represent a professional title.
5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein a feature from the respective feature vectors of the employee member profile and the job posting represent a geographic location.
6 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the generating of the presentation score for the connected member profile comprises combining the fitness value and the familiarity value.
7 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the generating of the presentation score for the connected member profile comprises assigning respective weights to the fitness value and the familiarity value.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating of the referral user interface comprises including, in the referral user interface a referral visual control to be displayed as associated with a presentation of a job posting from the presentation set of job postings, the referral visual control actionable to communicate a referral message to the online social network system, the referral message indicating a referral of the candidate represented by the connected member profile for a job represented by the job posting.
9 . The method of claim 8 , comprising:
detecting activation of the referral visual control; and
in response to the detecting of the activation of the referral visual control, storing a referral indicator as associated with the employee member profile, the connected member profile, and the job posting.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the connected member profile represents a member who is currently employed at a company that is different from the target organization.
11 . A computer-implemented system comprising:
an access module, implemented using at least one processor, to access an employee member profile representing an employee of a target organization in an on-line social network system and to access a connected member profile in the on-line social network system, the connected member profile representing a candidate and including a link indicating connection relationship with the employee member profile;
a subject set selector, implemented using at least one processor, to access a set of job postings in the on-line social network system, each posting from the set of job postings representing a job at the target organization;
a presentation score generator, implemented using at least one processor, to generate, for each job posting from the set of job postings, a respective presentation score reflecting fitness of the candidate represented by the connected member profile for a job represented by the job posting and also reflecting familiarity of the employee with the job;
a presentation set selector, implemented using at least one processor, to select a presentation set of job postings based on the respective presentation scores generated for the set of job postings;
a referral user interface generator, implemented using at least one processor, to generate a referral user interface comprising a reference to the connected member profile and representation of the presentation set of job postings; and
a presentation module, implemented using at least one processor, to cause displaying of the referral user interface on a display device of the employee of the target organization with an invitation to refer the candidate for one of the jobs from the presentation set of job postings.
12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the presentation score generator is to calculate a fitness value for the connected member profile and the job posting as cosine similarity between respective feature vectors of the connected member profile and the job posting
13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the presentation score generator is to calculate a familiarity value for the employee member profile and the job posting as cosine similarity between respective feature vectors of the employee member profile and the job posting.
14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein a feature from the respective feature vectors of the connected member profile and the job posting represent a professional title.
15 . The system of claim 13 , wherein a feature from the respective feature vectors of the employee member profile and the job posting represent a geographic location.
16 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the presentation score generator is to combine the fitness value and the familiarity value.
17 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the presentation score generator is to assign respective weights to the fitness value and the familiarity value.
18 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the referral user interface generator is to include, in the referral user interface a referral visual control to be displayed as associated with a presentation of a job posting from the presentation set of job postings, the referral visual control actionable to communicate a referral message to the on-line social network system, the referral message indicating a referral of the candidate represented by the connected member profile for a job represented by the job posting.
19 . The system of claim 18 , comprising a referral detector, implemented using at least one processor, to:
detect activation of the referral visual control; and
in response to the detecting of the activation of the referral visual control, store a referral indicator as associated with the employee member profile, the connected member profile, and the job posting.
20 . A machine-readable non-transitory storage medium having instruction data executable by a machine to cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
accessing an employee member profile representing an employee of a target organization in an on-line social network system;
accessing a connected member profile in the on-line social network system, the connected member profile representing a candidate and including a link indicating connection relationship with the employee member profile;
accessing a set of job postings in the on-line social network system, each posting from the set of job postings representing a job at the target organization;
generating, for each job posting from the set of job postings, a respective presentation score reflecting fitness of the candidate represented by the connected member profile for a job represented by the job posting and also reflecting familiarity of the employee with the job;
selecting a presentation set of job postings based on the respective presentation scores generated for the set of job postings;
generating a referral user interlace comprising a reference to the connected member profile and representation of the presentation set of job postings; and
causing displaying of the referral user interface on a display device of the employee of the target organization with an invitation to refer the candidate for one of the jobs from the presentation set of job postings.