Deriving multi-level seniority of social network members

A process comprising:

• receiving, via a computer processor, an unstructured job title record from a profile of a member of an online social networking system or a job posting on the social networking system;
• extracting, via the computer processor, a raw job title from the unstructured job title record, the raw job title comprising one or more job positions or roles, wherein a job position or role comprises a responsibility of a person in a company, and wherein the company is associated with the unstructured job title record, wherein extracting the raw job title from the unstructured job title record comprises finding all title entities in a title taxonomy that were mentioned in the raw job title from the unstructured job title record;
• extracting, via the computer processor, a first seniority level from the raw job title, the first seniority level comprising a seniority modifier associated with the raw job title;
• determining, via the computer processor, a second seniority level, the second seniority level comprising a company seniority within the company associated with the unstructured job title record;
• determining, via the computer processor, a third seniority level, the third seniority level comprising a seniority score for the member or the job posting;
• comparing, via the computer processor, the seniority score with a second seniority score that is associated with a second member or a second job posting, wherein the second member and the second job posting are associated with a second company;
• communicating, via the computer processor, with the member or the second member, or transmitting the job posting to the member or second member, based on the comparison of the seniority score and the second seniority score associated with the second member or the second job posting;
• using, via the computer processor, the seniority modifier to determine one or more of an amount of time needed to reach a particular seniority level for a particular job position, and a percentage of persons at the first seniority level who make it to a particular position in a particular industry.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor execute a process comprising:

• receiving an unstructured job title record from a profile of a member of an online social networking system or a job posting on the social networking system;
• extracting a raw job title from the unstructured job title record, the raw job title comprising one or more job positions or roles, wherein a job position or role comprises a responsibility of a person in a company, and wherein the company is associated with the unstructured job title record, wherein extracting the raw job title from the unstructured job title record comprises finding all title entities in a title taxonomy that were mentioned in the raw job title from the unstructured job title record;
• extracting a first seniority level from the raw job title, the first seniority level comprising a seniority modifier associated with the raw job title;
• determining a second seniority level, the second seniority level comprising a company seniority within the company associated with the unstructured job title record;
• determining a third seniority level, the third seniority level comprising a seniority score for the member or the job posting;
• comparing the seniority score with a second seniority score that is associated with a second member or a second job posting, wherein the second member and the second job posting are associated with a second company;
• communicating with the member or the second member, or transmitting the job posting to the member or second member, based on the comparison of the seniority score and the second seniority score associated with the second member or the second job posting;
• using the seniority modifier to determine one or more of an amount of time needed to reach a particular seniority level for a particular job position, and a percentage of persons at the first seniority level who make it to a particular position in a particular industry.