Job recommendation engine using a browsing history

Abstract

A system receives and stores in a database identifications and attributes of jobs viewed by a user in a job posting service, and creates a job browsing history profile for the user using the identifications and attributes. The system compares the job browsing history profile to jobs in the job posting service, generates a listing of jobs based on the comparison, and displays the listing of jobs to the user.

1 . A memory device, the memory device communicatively coupled to a processor and comprising instructions which, when performed on the processor, cause the processor to:
 receive and store in a database identifications and attributes of job postings viewed by a user in a job posting service;   create a job browsing history profile for the user using the identifications and attributes;   compare the job browsing history profile to job postings in the job posting service;   generate a listing of job postings based on the comparison; and   display the listing of job postings to the user.   
     
     
         2 . The memory device of  claim 1 , comprising instructions to cause the processor to generate the listing of job postings when the attributes of the job postings in the job browsing history profile are similar to attributes of the job postings that have not been viewed by the user. 
     
     
         3 . The memory device of  claim 1 , wherein the job postings that have not been viewed by the user are newly listed job postings in the job posting service. 
     
     
         4 . The memory device of  claim 1 , comprising instructions to cause the processor to:
 receive from the user a selection of a first job posting from the listing of job postings; and   display a second listing of job postings to the user, the second listing of job postings comprising job postings viewed by other users who have also viewed the first job posting.   
     
     
         5 . The memory device of  claim 4 , wherein the second listing of job postings is created using instructions that cause the processor to:
 receive and store in the database data relating to the other users viewing job postings in the job posting service; and   create a plurality of data pairs comprising a first element including the first job posting and a second element including a second job posting.   
     
     
         6 . The memory device of  claim 5 , wherein both the first job posting and the second job posting have been viewed by at least one other user. 
     
     
         7 . The memory device of  claim 5 , wherein the display of the second listing of job postings to the user is based on data pairs that have as the first element the first job posting selected by the user. 
     
     
         8 . The memory device of  claim 4 , wherein the user and the other users are members of a social networking service or business networking service. 
     
     
         9 . The memory device of  claim 4 , comprising instructions to cause the processor to record a date when job postings have been viewed by the other users; and to display to the user jobs in the second listing of job postings that have been viewed by the other users after a threshold date. 
     
     
         10 . The memory device of  claim 4 , comprising instructions to cause the processor to add a new job posting to the second listing of job postings based on a comparison of attributes of the new job posting to attributes of the job postings in the second listing of job postings. 
     
     
         11 . The memory device of  claim 10 , comprising instructions to generate a data pair comprising the first job posting and the new job when the attributes of the new job posting are similar to attributes of the first job posting. 
     
     
         12 . The memory device of  claim 1 , comprising instructions to cause the processor to aggregate a plurality of job postings from a business organization into a single listing among the second listing of job postings displayed to the user. 
     
     
         13 . The memory device of  claim 1 , comprising instructions to cause the processor to permit the user to modify the job browsing history profile; and to use the modified job browsing history profile in connection with displaying to the user the listing of job postings. 
     
     
         14 . The memory device of  claim 4 , comprising instructions to cause the processor to implement a term frequency-inverse document frequency (tf-idf) protocol such that a frequently viewed job posting by the other users does not appear in the second listing of job postings displayed to the user. 
     
     
         15 . The memory device of  claim 4 , wherein the second listing of job postings is regenerated on a periodic basis. 
     
     
         16 . The memory device of  claim 4 , comprising instructions to cause the processor to consider one or more of a click through rate or a view rate when determining the job postings to include in the second listing of job postings. 
     
     
         17 . The memory device of  claim 1 , comprising instructions to cause the processor to generate a preference value for the user for one or more job postings in the second listing of job postings. 
     
     
         18 . The memory device of  claim 1 , comprising instructions that cause the processor to create the job browsing history profile after a number of job postings viewed by the user exceeds a threshold. 
     
     
         19 . A process comprising:
 receiving and storing in a database identifications and attributes of job postings viewed by a user in a job posting service;   creating a job browsing history profile for the user using the identifications and attributes;   comparing the job browsing history profile to job postings in the job posting service;   generating a listing of job postings based on the comparison; and   displaying the listing of job postings to the user.   
     
     
         20 . A system comprising:
 a computer processor configured for:
 receiving and storing in a database identifications and attributes of job postings viewed by a user in a job posting service; 
 creating a job browsing history profile for the user using the identifications and attributes; 
 comparing the job browsing history profile to job postings in the job posting service; 
 generating a listing of job postings based on the comparison; and 
 displaying the listing of job postings to the user. 
   
     
     
         21 . The system of  claim 20 , wherein the job postings in the job posting service have not been viewed by the user.