TALENT FLOW VISUALIZATION

摘要

A social network can visually display talent flow among companies, for example, employees that have reported to the social network leaving one company and joining another company within a specified time window. A processor can retrieve talent flow data, create a visual representation of the talent flow, and provide the visual representation to the user. The visual representation can show the plurality of companies as nodes. The visual representation can show a presence of talent flow between a pair of companies as an edge connecting a respective pair of nodes. The visual representation can show a degree of the talent flow between the pair of companies as a talent flow icon disposed along the respective edge. Each talent flow icon can be sized according to a company size, and positioned along a respective edge to indicate an aggregated direction of talent flow between the pair of companies.

主权项

1. A method for visually displaying talent flow among companies, the companies having employees that are members of a social network, the method comprising:
using at least one computer processor to:
receive a selection of a selected time frame and a selected industry on a user interface provided to a user;retrieve, from the social network, talent flow data relating a plurality of companies to one another, the plurality of companies categorized within the selected industry;create a visual representation, from the retrieved talent flow data, showing:
the plurality of companies as nodes,a presence of talent flow between a pair of companies, of the plurality of companies, within the selected time frame, as an edge connecting a respective pair of nodes, anda degree of the talent flow between the pair of companies as a talent flow icon disposed along the respective edge; andprovide the visual representation to the user.