METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIRING USING SOCIAL NETWORKS
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1. A method comprising:
- generating job search results for a user;
accessing a social network account of the user to determine employers of contacts in the user'"'"'s social network;
for each job search result, determining a number of contacts in the user'"'"'s social network that work for an employer associated with the job search result;
ranking the job search results based at least in part on the number of contacts in the user'"'"'s social network that work for employers associated with the job search results; and
providing the ranked search results to the user.
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Abstract
A computing device generates job search results for a user. The computing device accesses a social network account of the user to determine employers of contacts in the user'"'"'s social network. For each job search result, the computing device determines a number of contacts in the user'"'"'s social network that work for an employer associated with the job search result. The computing device then ranks the job search results based at least in part on the number of contacts in the user'"'"'s social network that work for employers associated with the job search results. The computing device then provides the ranked search results to the user.
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1. A method comprising:
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generating job search results for a user; accessing a social network account of the user to determine employers of contacts in the user'"'"'s social network; for each job search result, determining a number of contacts in the user'"'"'s social network that work for an employer associated with the job search result; ranking the job search results based at least in part on the number of contacts in the user'"'"'s social network that work for employers associated with the job search results; and providing the ranked search results to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform a method comprising:
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generating job search results for a user; accessing a social network account of the user to determine employers of contacts in the user'"'"'s social network; for each job search result, determining a number of contacts in the user'"'"'s social network that work for an employer associated with the job search result; ranking the job search results based at least in part on the number of contacts in the user'"'"'s social network that work for employers associated with the job search results; and providing the ranked search results to the user. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computing apparatus comprising:
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a memory to store instructions for a job server; and a processing device to execute the instructions, wherein the instructions cause the processing device to; generate job search results for a user; access a social network account of the user to determine employers of contacts in the user'"'"'s social network; for each job search result, determine a number of contacts in the user'"'"'s social network that work for an employer associated with the job search result; rank the job search results based at least in part on the number of contacts in the user'"'"'s social network that work for employers associated with the job search results; and provide the ranked search results to the user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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