PROFILE RÉSUMÉ
Discussed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine readable mediums that create custom résumés for a particular context for which the résumé is to be used by utilizing online service data. The context includes the position the user is applying for, a recruiter the user or the company is utilizing, the company that posted the job, the user, and the like. Customizations include organization (e.g., putting more relevant experience first), selection (putting some experience on, but leaving other experiences off, determining what education to highlight, and the like), and inclusion of context-related insights. Context related insights may be short facts or statistics.
1 . A method for generating a custom résumé for a member from online service data of an online service, the method comprising:
receiving a selection of a job posting by the member;
creating a résumé from a résumé template retrieved from a storage device, the résumé having a plurality of slots for member information specified by the résumé template, the plurality of slots comprising a demographic slot, an education slot, an experience slot, and an insights slot;
populating the demographic slot from demographic data of a member profile of the member;
determining a context of the job posting;
populating the education slot from education data of the member profile based upon the context of the job posting;
populating an experience slot from experience data of the member profile based upon the context of the job posting;
populating the insights slot based upon the context of the job posting with connectivity data of the member with an online service; and
communicating the résumé to an organization that posted the job posting.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the context of the job posting includes a company that the member is applying to and the connectivity data includes a number of connections to members that work at the company.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the context of the job posting comprises a job title of a job, and wherein populating the experience slot from experience data of the member profile based upon the context of the job posting comprises selecting one of a plurality of past experiences from the member profile based upon the one of the plurality of experiences being determined to be related to the job title.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein being determined to be related to the job title comprises the experience corresponding to an experience job title that matches the job title or is on a list of related job titles maintained by the social networking service.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the context of the job posting comprises a company name that the member is applying to, and wherein populating an experience slot from experience data of the member profile based upon the context of the job posting comprises selecting one of a plurality of past experiences from the member profile based upon the one of the plurality of past experiences being determined relevant to the company.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein being determined relevant to the company comprises determining that the company has hired a number of members over a threshold from a second company corresponding to the one of the plurality of past experiences.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the context of the job posting comprises a job title of a job, and wherein populating an education slot from education data of the member profile based upon the context of the job posting comprises selecting one of a plurality of educational experiences attended from the member profile based upon the one of the plurality of educational experiences being determined to be related to the job title.
8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein being determined to be related to the job title comprises the educational experience corresponding to an educational experience that is on a list of educational experiences related to the job title.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the context of the job posting comprises a company the member is applying to, and wherein populating an education slot from education data of the member profile based upon the context of the job posting comprises selecting one of a plurality of educational experiences attended from the member profile based upon the one of the plurality of educational experiences being determined to be related to the company.
10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein being determined to be related to the job title comprises determining that the company has hired a number of members over a threshold that also have the selected one of the plurality of educational experiences.
11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising, presenting the résumé to the number.
12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising, creating a second résumé from a second template, and presenting the résumé and the second résumé and one or more graphical user interface controls to allow the user to select a preference between the first and second résumé.
13 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising submitting the résumé to the company as part of an application for a job corresponding to the job posting.
14 . A machine-readable medium, comprising instructions for generating a custom résumé for a member from social networking service data, the instructions causing a machine to perform operations comprising:
receiving a selection of a job posting by the member;
creating a résumé from a résumé template retrieved from a storage device, the résumé having a plurality of slots for member information specified by the résumé template, the plurality of slots comprising a demographic slot, an education slot, an experience slot, and an insights slot;
populating the demographic slot from demographic data of a member profile of the member;
determining a context of the job posting;
populating the education slot from education data of the member profile based upon the context of the job posting;
populating an experience slot from experience data of the member profile based upon the context of the job posting;
populating the insights slot based upon the context of the job posting with connectivity data of the member on the social networking service; and
communicating the résumé to an organization that posted the job posting.
15 . The machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the context of the job posting includes a company that the member is applying to and the connectivity data is a number of connections to members that work at the company.
16 . The machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the context of the job posting comprises a job title of a job, and wherein the operations of populating an experience slot from experience data of the member profile based upon the context of the job posting comprises selecting one of a plurality of past experiences from the member profile based upon the one of the plurality of experiences being determined to be related to the job title.
17 . The machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein being determined to be related to the job title comprises the experience corresponding to an experience job title that matches the job title or is on a list of related job titles maintained by the social networking service.
18 . The machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the context of the job posting comprises a company name that the member is applying to, and wherein the operations of populating an experience slot from experience data of the member profile based upon the context of the job posting comprises selecting one of a plurality of past experiences from the member profile based upon the one of the plurality of past experiences being determined relevant to the company.
19 . The machine-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein being determined relevant to the company comprises determining that the company has hired a number of members over a threshold from a second company corresponding to the one of the plurality of past experiences.
20 . The machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the context of the job posting comprises a job title of a job, and wherein the operations of populating an education slot from education data of the member profile based upon the context of the job posting comprises selecting one of a plurality of educational experiences attended from the member profile based upon the one of the plurality of educational experiences being determined to be related to the job title.