Identifying candidate referrers

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 referrers, wherein each referrer is associated with a plurality of referrer attributes that collectively represents social associations of each referrer;
• determining, based on social associations of the plurality of referrers and the requirements of the job, a subset of the plurality of referrers, wherein each referrer in the subset is associated with one or more referrer attributes that match one or more job criteria of the plurality of job criteria;
• and
• providing the subset of the plurality of referrers as candidate referrers from whom referrals for candidates for the job can be sought.

A system comprising:

• receiving a plurality of job criteria that collectively represents requirements of a job;
• identifying a plurality of referrers, wherein each referrer is associated with a plurality of referrer attributes that collectively represents social associations of each referrer;
• determining, based on social associations of the plurality of referrers and the requirements of the job, a subset of the plurality of referrers, wherein each referrer in the subset is associated with one or more referrer attributes that match one or more job criteria of the plurality of job criteria;
• and
• providing the subset of the plurality of referrers as candidate referrers from whom referrals for candidates for the job can be sought.