Applicant skills inference for a job

#The subject matter disclosed herein generally relates to data processing associated with a jobs database and a skill determination system. The skill determination system can infer a skill for a current job posting by using member data of job applicants.

#A social networking system can maintain information on members, companies, organizations, employees, and employers. The social network system may maintain profile pages of members and company pages of companies. The profile page of a member can include skills of the member. Additionally, the social network system can maintain a job hosting service, which can include job postings for an employer. A job posting generally provides information about a particular job opening, including the employer (e.g., a company) and location at which the job opening is available, and an overview of the job responsibilities. However, some useful information may be missing or otherwise unavailable in the job posting. Furthermore, in many instances the viewer of a job posting may desire additional information in order to better assess the job posting.

#Some embodiments are illustrated by way of example and not limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings.

#FIG. 1 is a network diagram illustrating a network environment suitable for a social network system, according to some example embodiments.

#FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating various components of a social network system, according to some example embodiments.

#Examples merely demonstrate possible variations. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, components and functions are optional and may be combined or subdivided, and operations may vary in sequence or be combined or subdivided. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth to provide a thorough understanding of example embodiments. It will be evident to one skilled in the art, however, that the present subject matter may be practiced without these specific details.

#Example methods and systems are directed to techniques for inferring skills associated with a job posting using a skill determination system and a job posting database. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and computer program products for determining the skills associated with a job using job applicant data and job posting data.

#In current implementations, a social network system may not have a skills inference model to be able to automatically determine a skill for a specific job. In some instances, the only existing skills inference model may simply determine a skill for a specific member and not the specific job. With regards to the skills inference model for a member, the members of a social network system can explicitly include possessed skills on their profile page.