Method and system for leveraging the power of one's social-network in an online marketplace
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- at a social networking system, receiving from a user having an available opportunity a description of the available opportunity;
using requirements from the description of the available opportunity, searching a candidate database for a candidate having a profile that includes attributes that match the requirements and who has indicated an interest in learning of opportunities, and returning a candidate name identifying the candidate associated with the candidate profile that includes attributes that match the requirements; and
searching the social networking system to identify persons who have an association with the user and have an association with the candidate.
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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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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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at a social networking system, receiving from a user having an available opportunity a description of the available opportunity; using requirements from the description of the available opportunity, searching a candidate database for a candidate having a profile that includes attributes that match the requirements and who has indicated an interest in learning of opportunities, and returning a candidate name identifying the candidate associated with the candidate profile that includes attributes that match the requirements; and searching the social networking system to identify persons who have an association with the user and have an association with the candidate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
one or more servers to host a social networking system, the social networking system including an interface to a candidate database, and configured to (i) receive from a user having an available opportunity a description of the available opportunity, (ii) using requirements from the description of the available opportunity, initiate a search of the candidate database for a candidate having a profile that includes attributes that match the requirements and who has indicated an interest in learning of opportunities, (iii) receive via the interface from the candidate database a candidate name identifying the candidate associated with the candidate profile that includes attributes that match the requirements; and
(iv) to perform a search to identify persons who have an association with the user and have an association with the candidate.- View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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