US 2019/0102725 A1 · DETERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT START DATE

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for determining employment start dates for members of a social network that have not indicated their employment start date in their profiles to generate employment market reports. One method includes an operation for receiving a request to infer a member start date for a member with an unknown member start date at a company. A distribution over time of known member start dates is determined for members of the social network with a known employment start date at the company, and a time interval is identified defining the boundaries for the member start date. A cohort group is selected from several cohort groups, that include members with known member start dates having a same cohort feature value as the member. A start-date probability distribution is determined based on the distribution of the known member start dates, the cohort group, and the time interval.

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A method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, a request to infer a member start date for a member of a social network with an unknown member start date, the member start date being for starting employment at a company;
determining, by the one or more processors, a distribution over time of known member start dates for members of the social network with a known employment start date at the company;
identifying, by the one or more processors, a time interval that identifies boundaries for the member start date;
selecting, by the one or more processors, a cohort group from one or more cohort groups, each cohort group including members with known member start dates that have a same cohort feature value as the member, each cohort group having a different cohort feature value;
and
determining, by the one or more processors, a member start-date probability distribution over time based on the distribution over time of known member start dates, the cohort group, and the time interval.

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A system comprising:

a memory comprising instructions;
and
one or more computer processors, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause the one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving a request to infer a member start date for a member of a social network with an unknown member start date, the member start date being for starting employment at a company;
determining a distribution over time of known member start dates for members of the social network with a known employment start date at the company;
identifying a time interval that identifies boundaries for the member start date;
selecting a cohort group from one or more cohort groups, each cohort group including members with known member start dates that have a same cohort feature value as the member, each cohort group having a different cohort feature value;
and
determining a member start-date probability distribution over time based on the distribution over time of known member start dates, the cohort group, and the time interval.

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A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving a request to infer a member start date for a member of a social network with an unknown member start date, the member start date being for starting employment at a company;
determining a distribution over time of known member start dates for members of the social network with a known employment start date at the company;
identifying a time interval that identifies boundaries for the member start date;
selecting a cohort group from one or more cohort groups, each cohort group including members with known member start dates that have a same cohort feature value as the member, each cohort group having a different cohort feature value;
and
determining a member start-date probability distribution over time based on the distribution over time of known member start dates, the cohort group, and the time interval.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Determination of employment start date

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