Juicebox People Search Workflow

Overview

Implement a complete people search workflow using Juicebox AI for candidate sourcing and talent discovery.

Prerequisites

• Juicebox SDK configured
• Understanding of search query syntax
• Knowledge of result filtering

Instructions

Step 1: Define Search Parameters

// types/search.ts
export interface CandidateSearch {
  role: string;
  skills: string[];
  location?: string;
  experienceYears?: { min?: number; max?: number };
  companies?: string[];
  education?: string[];
}

export function buildSearchQuery(params: CandidateSearch): string {
  const parts = [params.role];

  if (params.skills.length > 0) {
    parts.push(`skills:(${params.skills.join(' OR ')})`);
  }

  if (params.location) {
    parts.push(`location:"${params.location}"`);
  }

  return parts.join(' AND ');
}

Step 2: Implement Search Pipeline

// workflows/candidate-search.ts
import { JuiceboxService } from '../lib/juicebox-client';

export class CandidateSearchPipeline {
  constructor(private juicebox: JuiceboxService) {}

  async searchCandidates(criteria: CandidateSearch) {
    const query = buildSearchQuery(criteria);

    // Initial broad search
    const results = await this.juicebox.searchPeople(query, {
      limit: 100,
      fields: ['name', 'title', 'company', 'location', 'skills', 'experience']
    });

    // Score and rank candidates
    const scored = results.profiles.map(profile => ({
      ...profile,
      score: this.calculateFitScore(profile, criteria)
    }));

    // Sort by fit score
    return scored.sort((a, b) => b.score - a.score);
  }

  private calculateFitScore(profile: Profile, criteria: CandidateSearch): number {
    let score = 0;

    // Skills match
    const matchedSkills = profile.skills.filter(s =>
      criteria.skills.includes(s.toLowerCase())
    );
    score += matchedSkills.length * 10;

    // Experience match
    if (criteria.experienceYears) {
      const years = profile.experienceYears || 0;
      if (years >= (criteria.experienceYears.min || 0)) {
        score += 20;
      }
    }

    return score;
  }
}

Step 3: Handle Pagination

async function* searchAllCandidates(
  juicebox: JuiceboxService,
  query: string
): AsyncGenerator<Profile> {
  let cursor: string | undefined;

  do {
    const results = await juicebox.searchPeople(query, {
      limit: 50,
      cursor
    });

    for (const profile of results.profiles) {
      yield profile;
    }

    cursor = results.nextCursor;
  } while (cursor);
}

Output

• Search query builder
• Candidate scoring system
• Paginated result handling
• Ranked candidate list

Error Handling

Error	Cause	Solution
No Results	Query too restrictive	Broaden criteria
Slow Response	Large dataset	Use pagination
Score Issues	Missing data	Handle null values

Examples

Full Pipeline Usage

const pipeline = new CandidateSearchPipeline(juiceboxService);

const candidates = await pipeline.searchCandidates({
  role: 'Senior Software Engineer',
  skills: ['typescript', 'react', 'node.js'],
  location: 'San Francisco Bay Area',
  experienceYears: { min: 5 }
});

console.log(`Found ${candidates.length} matching candidates`);
candidates.slice(0, 10).forEach(c => {
  console.log(`${c.name} (Score: ${c.score}) - ${c.title} at ${c.company}`);
});

Resources

• Search Query Syntax
• Filtering Guide

Next Steps

After implementing search, explore

juicebox-core-workflow-b

for candidate enrichment.