Method and system for leveraging the power of one's social network in an online marketplace
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1. A system comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
one or more computer memories;
one or more instructions incorporated into the one or more computer memories, the one or more instructions configuring the one or more processors to perform operations for providing an opportunity creator with access to a subset of search results corresponding to an opportunity from an activatable link in a user interface that includes a summary of the search results, the operations comprising;
receiving first information, the first information including qualifications of a plurality of opportunity seekers, the first information being provided by the plurality of opportunity seekers;
receiving second information, the second information including requirements of the opportunity, the second information being provided by the opportunity creator;
based on the receiving of the second information, automatically initiating a search of the plurality of opportunity seekers, the search yielding search results that are based on a combination of a comparison of the first information with the second information and an evaluation of candidate closeness scores, the candidate closeness scores calculated with respect to one or more employees of an organization of the opportunity creator; and
communicating the summary of the search results for presentation in the user interface, the summary including the activatable link, the activatable link representing a number of the candidates in the search results having a particular degree of closeness to the one or more employees of the organization, an activation of the activatable link causing an additional user interface to be presented that provides the access to the subset of the search results corresponding to the number of candidates having the particular degree of closeness to the one or more employees of the organization.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for leveraging one'"'"'s social network in the context of an opportunities marketplace are described. One aspect of the invention involves integrating social networking features into an online marketplace, or exchange. Accordingly, one aspect of the invention involves facilitating an opportunity search in a manner that provides social networking information with the results of the search.
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17 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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one or more computer processors; one or more computer memories; one or more instructions incorporated into the one or more computer memories, the one or more instructions configuring the one or more processors to perform operations for providing an opportunity creator with access to a subset of search results corresponding to an opportunity from an activatable link in a user interface that includes a summary of the search results, the operations comprising; receiving first information, the first information including qualifications of a plurality of opportunity seekers, the first information being provided by the plurality of opportunity seekers; receiving second information, the second information including requirements of the opportunity, the second information being provided by the opportunity creator; based on the receiving of the second information, automatically initiating a search of the plurality of opportunity seekers, the search yielding search results that are based on a combination of a comparison of the first information with the second information and an evaluation of candidate closeness scores, the candidate closeness scores calculated with respect to one or more employees of an organization of the opportunity creator; and communicating the summary of the search results for presentation in the user interface, the summary including the activatable link, the activatable link representing a number of the candidates in the search results having a particular degree of closeness to the one or more employees of the organization, an activation of the activatable link causing an additional user interface to be presented that provides the access to the subset of the search results corresponding to the number of candidates having the particular degree of closeness to the one or more employees of the organization. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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receiving first information, the first information including qualifications of a plurality of opportunity seekers, the first information being provided by the plurality of opportunity seekers; receiving second information, the second information including requirements of an opportunity, the second information being provided by an opportunity creator; based on the receiving of the second information, automatically initiating a search of the plurality of opportunity seekers, the search yielding search results that are based on a combination of a comparison of the first information with the second information and an evaluation of candidate closeness scores, the candidate closeness scores calculated with respect to one or more employees of an organization of the opportunity creator; and communicating a summary of the search results for presentation in a user interface, the summary including an activatable link, the activatable link representing a number of the candidates in the search results having a particular degree of closeness to the one or more employees of the organization, an activation of the activatable link causing an additional user interface to be presented that provides access to a subset of the search results corresponding to the number of candidates having the particular degree of closeness to the one or more employees of the organization. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory machine readable storage medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving first information, the first information including qualifications of a plurality of opportunity seekers, the first information being provided by the plurality of opportunity seekers; receiving second information, the second information including requirements of an opportunity, the second information being provided by an opportunity creator; based on the receiving of the second information, automatically initiating a search of the plurality of opportunity seekers, the search yielding search results that are based on a combination of a comparison of the first information with the second information and an evaluation of candidate closeness scores, the candidate closeness scores calculated with respect to one or more employees of an organization of the opportunity creator; and communicating a summary of the search results for presentation in a user interface, the summary including an activatable link, the activatable link representing a number of the candidates in the search results having a particular degree of closeness to the one or more employees of the organization, an activation of the activatable link causing an additional user interface to be presented that provides access to a subset of the search results corresponding to the number of candidates having the particular degree of closeness to the one or more employees of the organization. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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