To Do: LinkSync (Complete)

Priority Project #
4 LinkSync #: 5
4.01

Search

  • Add a gender and languages spoken selector
Complete
4.02

Search

  • Ability to build a search that they can save  (eg Re-run JPM XVA guy)
Complete
4.03

Scrape

  • When a LinkedIn contact has something unusual in their name (eg the maiden name in brackets, or a same or PhD in brackets) then it fails to allocate the first name and last name successfully.  
    • Suggestion:  Take anything in between brackets and delete (including deleting the brackets)
      • See attachment for examples in my Connections list (6 out 1,222 ‘fail’)
  • Scraping of gender from linkedIn needs to be trimmed for it to be effective - returns “…….She/Her……”
    • Let's test it

Settings

  • The settings for MaxLinkedInContacts and LinkedInScrapeBatch don't seem to be effective.  We should use these fields to reduce the initial scrape to make testing quicker

Popup Message

  • The popup message appears each time your launch Index - “There are 1222 connections. The system pulls data in the batch of 20 per hour. It will take approximately 62 hours or 2 days and 14 hours to completely fetch all the data of 1222 connections. Our system will auto pull data in the interval of 1 hour. You can check status in every one hour. To continue please start the process.”

 

 

- Complete
4.04

Scheduling the scrapes

  • Schedule the scrapes to run in batches (e.g. 20 at a time, once every 6 hours - i.e 80 a day -  to minimise the chance of LinkedIn security blocking the IP
    • I recognise that for  someone like me with 1.5k contacts, the process will take ~20 days, but that is ok. 
      • Perhaps email progress report (and a file with a subset of the users) after each run  with the updates so far  (once we have fully tested this)
  • I have created a linked-inexport@atts-systems.com email address (password Descartes99) for the email to be sent from
- Complete
4.05

Access control for the search functionality

  • Limit the access to the search facilities to those recruiters that have paid for the search functionality
  • For others, hide the name and link and export function (unless their connections) 
  • Pricing and licensing for recruiters. 

Recruiter engagement

  • Detail the recruiter value in pages online, but which are not available from the menu
Complete
4.05

Cookie view

  • Add in the dashboard the list of cookies (was user_password)?   
  • Perhaps show in the user list if the cookies are not added
  • Create a help email for users to add their cookie
- Complete
4.07

Recruiter firm 

  • Add a flag to determine if you would like to share connections across the firm fully or vertically only.  How to motivate non-admin users to participate -  
  • If vertically, need to identify the admin users at the firm
Complete
4.07

Profile suggestions

  • Build out a page that contains suggestions for a profile:: Connection Strength Score
    • Number and seniority distribution of connections
    • Cross-industry diversity
- Complete
4.09

LinkSync User view

  • Error due to PhoneAnalyzer
- Complete
4.10

User - own profile

  • Ensure that the user's own profile is included in the scrape
  • Launch a page that gives them their own report.
Complete
4.11

Reports

  • Build Industry and Candidate Moves reports
- Complete