Presenting Career Paths Based On Observed Employment Information

A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions for causing one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• populating a searchable database of career path objects based on an automated analysis of a collection of employment history resources, each career path object including (i) an initial node that represents an observed initial career position that is included in one or more of the employment history resources, (ii) an observed subsequent node that represents a subsequent career position that is included in one or more of the employment history resources, and (iii) path element that represents a career transition between the observed initial career position and the observed subsequent career position, and that is associated with data that reflects a number of people that the employment history resources indicate have made the career transition between the initial career position and the subsequent career position;
• receiving, by a career path search engine, a career path query that indicates at least one of an initial career position or a subsequent career position;
• identifying, by the career path search engine, a set of the career path objects that, when joined, define career paths from the initial career position, or to the subsequent career position, indicated in the career path query;
• determining an observed career path likelihood score for each career path based on the number of people that the employment history resources indicate have made the career transition for each career path object of the career path;
• ranking the career paths based on the observed career path likelihood scores;
• selecting one or more of the top N-ranked career paths;
• and
• providing, by the career path search engine, a search results page that includes a representation of the selected one or more top N-ranked career paths for output in response to the career path query.

A system, comprising:

• memory operable to store a business process;
• and
• at least one hardware processor interoperably coupled to the memory and operable to:
• populate a searchable database of career path objects based on an automated analysis of a collection of employment history resources, each career path object including (i) an initial node that represents an observed initial career position that is included in one or more of the employment history resources, (ii) an observed subsequent node that represents a subsequent career position that is included in one or more of the employment history resources, and (iii) a path element that represents a career transition between the observed initial career position and the observed subsequent career position, and that is associated with data that reflects a number of people that the employment history resources indicate have made the career transition between the observed initial career position and the observed subsequent career position;
• receive, by a career path search engine, a career path query that indicates at least one of an initial career position or a subsequent career position;
• identify, by the career path search engine, a set of the career path objects that, when joined, define career paths from the initial career position, or to the subsequent career position, indicated in the career path query;
• determine an observed career path likelihood score for each career path based on the number of people that the employment history resources indicate have made the career transition for each career path object of the career path;
• rank the career paths based on the observed career path likelihood scores;
• select one or more of the top N-ranked career paths;
• and
• provide, by the career path search engine, a search results page that includes a representation of the selected one or more top N-ranked career paths for output in response to the career path query.