Abstract: A prioritizing entity prioritizes external contacts using a social network and determines people at the external contact who may influence execution of a given matter. The prioritizing entity also prioritizes internal resources with respect to the prioritized external contacts based on social proximity to people at the external contact, also by using the social network. The prioritizing entity assigns a prioritized internal resource to a prioritized external contact. Prioritizing external contacts includes ranking the external contacts based on an estimate of the amounts individual external contacts could spend on a given matter. Prioritizing internal resources includes determining explicit connections and inferred connections with people at the external contact, using the social network.

Abstract: A system and method for determining likely co-workers for a particular job listing is disclosed. The social networking system receives a request for a particular job listing from a client system associated with a first member of a social networking system. The social networking system determines one or more likely co-workers for a job described in the particular job listing. The social networking system communicates the particular job listing and member information for the determined one or more likely co-workers to the client system for display.

Abstract: A system and method for determining similar members in an organization is disclosed. In some example embodiments, the social networking system receives a request for a particular job listing from a client system associated with a first member of a social networking system. The social networking system determines a first employment role for a job associated with the particular job listing. The social networking system identifies a source organization for the particular job listing. The social networking system identifies one or more similar members, wherein each identified similar member is associated with the source organization and has an employment role similar to the first employment role. The social networking system communicates the particular job listing and the identified one or more similar members to the client system for display.

Abstract: Techniques for presenting a personalized job posting are described. A job publisher can access member data of a first member from a member database and a plurality of job postings from a job database. A job score for each job posting in the plurality of job postings can be calculated based on the profile data of the first member and the job data for each job posting. Additionally, a relevant job posting for the first member can be determined based on the calculated job score for each job posting in the plurality of job postings. Moreover, a second member for the relevant job posting can be selected based the social graph data of the first member and the job data for the relevant job posting. Furthermore, a presentation of the relevant job posting can be on a display of a device of the first member.

Abstract: System and methods for generating recommendations based on a determined skill gap are disclosed. A social networking system determines an employment role associated with a particular job listing, wherein the particular job listing has an associated source organization. The social networking system identifies one or more similar members associated with the source organization and having an employment role similar to the determined employment role. The social networking system generates a composite list of skills associated with the one or more similar members. The social networking system compares the skills included in the composite list of skills with a list of skills associated with the particular job listing to determine a list of missing skills.

Abstract: An embodiment searches a social network for at least one trigger event, detects one or more trigger events, and communicates the detected one or more trigger events as an alert. Searching the social network comprises searching member profiles and searching member activities. Detected one or more trigger events are centralized into a sortable list and prioritized based on business entities and the importance of the trigger events to persons related to the business entities. The centralized sortable list is fed into a customer relations management system which presents the alerts on a user interface. A plurality of types of triggers includes people updates, company updates, product purchases, and product usage.

Abstract: System and techniques for third party endorsement are described herein. An indication that includes an attribute to identify a second entity and a skill for the second entity may be received from a first entity in a social networking service, the second entity being outside a social graph of the first entity. A member profile for the second entity may be obtained by comparing the indication to attributes in a set of member profiles. A first attribute may be added to the skill in the member profile including the identity of the first entity.

Abstract: An embodiment searches a social network for at least one trigger event, detects one or more trigger events, and communicates the detected one or more trigger events as an alert. Searching the social network comprises searching member profiles and searching member activities. Detected one or more trigger events are centralized into a sortable list and prioritized based on business entities and the importance of the trigger events to persons related to the business entities. The centralized sortable list is fed into a customer relations management system which presents the alerts on a user interface. A plurality of types of triggers includes people updates, company updates, product purchases, and product usage.

Abstract: A prioritizing entity prioritizes external contacts using a social network and determines people at the external contact who may influence execution of a given matter. The prioritizing entity also prioritizes internal resources with respect to the prioritized external contacts based on social proximity to people at the external contact, also by using the social network. The prioritizing entity assigns a prioritized internal resource to a prioritized external. Prioritizing external contacts includes ranking the external contacts based on an estimate of the amounts individual external contacts could spend on a given matter. Prioritizing internal resources includes determining explicit connections and inferred connections with people at the external contact, using the social network.