Sequence modeling for searches

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

using a word embedding model, generating word embeddings for words used as job attributes, the word embedding model trained to generate the word embeddings with training data comprising job attributes obtained from member profiles of members of an online system, the job attributes comprising one or more of job titles, industries, company names, schools, and/or fields of study;

processing a first member profile of a first member of the online system to identify one or more words associated with each job in a sequence of jobs associated with the first member;

converting the one or more words associated with each job in the sequence of jobs to a pre-trained word embedding generated by the word embedding model;

generating a set of power means from the pre-trained word embeddings; and

outputting the set of power means as a fixed length encoded representation of the sequence of jobs.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the set of power means from the pre-trained word embeddings comprises:

calculating the set of power means from the pre-trained word embeddings based on a set of parameter values for a power mean function.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the set of parameter values comprises:

negative infinity;

positive infinity;

one; and

an odd number greater than one.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

training the word embedding model to generate the word embeddings for words used as job attributes based on groupings of job attributes that represent the sequence of jobs.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the job attributes in the grouping of job attributes comprise:

a previous title;

a current title; and

a company.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the job attributes in the grouping of job attributes comprise:

a school;

a field of study; and

an industry.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing as input to a machine learning model the fixed length encoded representation of the sequence of jobs and an additional embedding for a job associated with a job listing hosted by the online system;

receiving, as output from the machine learning model, a score representing a likelihood of a positive response to the job associated with the job listing by the first member; and

generating a recommendation of the job associated with the job listing to the first member based on the score.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sequence of jobs comprises at least one of:

a job history of the first member;

a job search history of the first member; and

a job application history of the first member.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the job attributes comprise at least one of:

a title;

a company; and

an industry.

10. A system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:

using a word embedding model, generate word embeddings for words used as job attributes, the word embedding model trained to generate the word embeddings with training data comprising job attributes obtained from member profiles of members of an online system, the job attributes comprising one or more of job titles, industries, company names, schools, and/or fields of study;

process a first member profile of a first member of the online system to identify one or more words associated with each job in a sequence of jobs associated with the first member;

convert the one or more words associated with each job in the sequence of jobs to a pre-trained word embedding generated by the word embedding model;

generate a set of power means from the pre-trained word embeddings; and

output the set of power means as a fixed length encoded representation of the sequence of jobs.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein generating the set of power means from the pre-trained word embeddings comprises:

calculating the set of power means from the pre-trained word embeddings based on a set of parameter values for a power mean function.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the set of parameter values comprises:

negative infinity;

positive infinity;

one; and

an odd number greater than one.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the memory further stores instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:

train the word embedding model to generate the word embeddings for words used as job attributes based on groupings of job attributes that represent the sequence of jobs.

14. The system of claim 10 , further comprising:

providing as input to a machine learning model the fixed length encoded representation of the sequence of jobs and an additional embedding of a job associated with a job listing hosted by the online system;

receiving, as output from the machine learning model, a score representing a likelihood of a positive response to the job associated with the job listing by the first member; and

generating a recommendation of the job associated with the job listing to the first member based on the score.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the sequence of jobs comprises at least one of:

a job history of the first member;

a job search history of the first member; and

a job application history of the first member.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

using a word embedding model, generating word embeddings for words used as job attributes, the word embedding model trained to generate the word embeddings with training data comprising job attributes obtained from member profiles of members of an online system, the job attributes comprising one or more of job titles, industries, company names, schools, and/or fields of study;

processing a first member profile of a first member of the online system to identify one or more words associated with each job in a sequence of jobs associated with the first member;

converting the one or more words associated with each job in the sequence of jobs to a pre-trained word embedding generated by the word embedding model;

generating a set of power means from the pre-trained word embeddings; and

outputting the set of power means as a fixed length encoded representation of the sequence of jobs.