Searching for candidates for a job

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a plurality of job criteria that collectively represents requirements of a job;
• identifying a plurality of computer-readable storage media, wherein each computer-readable storage medium stores social associations of a respective plurality of persons in a respective format;
• searching each computer-readable storage medium for a person who has at least some social associations that match at least some of the plurality of job criteria by comparing the plurality of job criteria transformed into the respective format of each computer-readable storage medium with social associations of the plurality of persons stored in each computer-readable storage medium;
• and
• providing persons identified in response to the searching each computer-readable storage medium as job candidates for the job.

A system comprising:

• one or more data processing apparatus;
• and
• a computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by the one or more data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a plurality of job criteria that collectively represents requirements of a job;
• identifying a plurality of computer-readable storage media, wherein each computer-readable storage medium stores social associations of a respective plurality of persons in a respective format;
• searching each computer-readable storage medium for a person who has at least some social associations that match at least some of the plurality of job criteria by comparing the plurality of job criteria transformed into the respective format of each computer-readable storage medium with social associations of the plurality of persons stored in each computer-readable storage medium;
• and
• providing persons identified in response to the searching each computer-readable storage medium as job candidates for the job.