Estimating workforce skill misalignments using social networks

A social networking system comprising:

• a machine including a processor;
• and
• a machine-readable medium comprising machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the machine, cause the machine to:
• receive, from a computing device operated by a user, a selection of a set of geographical regions and a selection of a skill cluster;
• calculate for each respective geographical region in the selected set of geographical regions:
• a respective supply for the selected skill cluster as a first respective standardized score corresponding to a first respective percentage of skilled members in the respective geographical region whose respective member profile indicates possession of the selected skill cluster;
• a respective demand for the selected skill cluster as a second respective standardized score corresponding to a second respective percentage of job-switching members in the respective geographical region whose respective member profile indicates possession of the selected skill cluster;
• a respective skills misalignment for the selected skill cluster as the respective difference between the respective demand and the respective supply;
• generate a user interface including the calculated skills misalignments of each respective geographical region in the selected set of geographical regions;
• and
• transmit the generated user interface to the computing device.

A machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor of a machine, cause the machine to:

• receive, from a computing device operated by a user, a selection of a set of geographical regions and a selection of a skill cluster;
• calculate for each respective geographical region in the selected set of geographical regions:
• a respective supply for the selected skill cluster as a first respective standardized score corresponding to a first respective percentage of skilled members in the respective geographical region whose respective member profile indicates possession of the selected skill cluster;
• a respective demand for the selected skill cluster as a second respective standardized score corresponding to a second respective percentage of job-switching members in the respective geographical region whose respective member profile indicates possession of the selected skill cluster;
• a respective skills misalignment for the selected skill cluster as the respective difference between the respective demand and the respective supply;
• generate a user interface including the calculated skills misalignments of each respective geographical region in the selected set of geographical regions;
• and
• transmit the generated user interface to the computing device.