Abstract: An online social networking service receives from a user a skill, a major area of study, and/or a degree. The service uses profiles of other users to identify the other users who have similar skills, similar major area of study, and/or a similar degree. The service extracts from the profiles of the identified other users job types that are associated with the identified other users, and provides to the user information relating to the one or more job types associated with the identified other users.

Abstract: A method of identifying and communicating career path options for presentation to a member of a social networking system are disclosed. A selection of a job title from a member of a social networking system is received. Additional members of the social networking system having the job title are identified. A career path for the member is identified based on an analysis of a profile corresponding to the member in comparison to profiles corresponding to the additional members. Information pertaining to the career path may be communicated for presentation to the member in a user interface.