JobMap

Collaborators: Angela Zoss, Michael Conover, Katy Börner

Jan. 2009 to May 2010

A map of the US overlaid with circles of various sizes representing number of job postings.

In the Job Map, job postings collected via RSS feeds are visualized geospatially and topically (overlaid on a Map of Science). Also accepted as a map to the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit, 6th iteration (U.S. Job Market map).

Project Outputs:

Conference Papers

  • Zoss, Angela M., Conover, Michael and Börner, Katy. (2010). Where Are the Academic Jobs? Interactive Exploration of Job Advertisements in Geospatial and Topical Space. Paper presented at Advances in Social Computing: Third International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling and Prediction, SBP10, Bethesda, MD. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-12079-4_30

Presentations at Conferences, Professional Gatherings

  • Zoss, Angela M., Conover, Michael and Börner, Katy. (March 31, 2010). Where are the academic jobs? Interactive exploration of job advertisements in geospatial and topical space. Presentation at 2010 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling, & Prediction (SBP10), Bethesda, MD.