System, method and computer program products for direct applying to job applications

• US 10,223,671 B1
• Filed: 06/30/2006
• Issued: 03/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Geographic Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Geographic Solutions, Inc.
• Inventors: Toomey, Paul, Megargel, William Bryan
• Primary Examiner(s): McAtee, Patrick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sensenig, Shaun D
• Application Number:
  US11/479,818
• Time in Patent Office: 4,631 Days
• Field of Search: 705 1, 705 11, 705321, 11 1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiring
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Systems, methods and computer program products include capturing a job seeker'"'"'s résumé, capturing a cached set of job postings from career websites, providing a search tool for the job seeker to find at least one job posting from the cached set of job postings and, in response to a directive from the job seeker, using information from the job seeker'"'"'s résumé to directly apply for the found job posting on the career website.

Claims

1. A method for directly applying to a job posting from a career website, the method comprising the steps of:

gathering job seeker profile data from a job seeker and storing the job seeker profile data in a job seeker profile within a storage area of a computer;

gathering a plurality of open positions from two or more career web sites and storing the plurality of the open positions in a searchable database in the storage area;

gathering an apply-by-url address for each of the plurality of the open positions, storing the apply-by-url address in the searchable database in the storage area;

the job seeker searching the searchable database through a user interface;

responsive to the searching, the searchable database identifying at least one matching open position;

the job seeker selecting one or more open positions from the matching open positions, each of the matching open positions having an address of the career website from where the matching open position came;

applying to a selected matching open position through the apply-by-url address previously stored in the searchable database in the storage area;

for each of the selected matching open positions;

the computer navigating to the address of the career website through a customized direct apply bot specific to the career website without further interaction by the job seeker, the navigation being scheduled based on preprogrammed criteria, the customized direct apply bot being preprogrammed as to data entry fields of the career website;

the computer logging onto the career website through the customized direct apply bot;

the computer applying to the selected matching open position through the customized direct apply bot using information from the job seeker profile; and

the computer generating a status report for each applied to selected matching open position, said status report showing successful application, unsuccessful application or pending application for each applied to selected matching open position.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the job seeker entering a criteria in the searchable database through the user interface, said criteria comprising a desired employment type.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein said criteria further comprising a desired wage.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein said criteria further comprising a willingness to relocate.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said criteria further comprising a desired commute.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of logging onto the next career website uses a default username and a default password and the step of logging onto the next career website is preceded by the step of:

the computer creating a default user account on the career website using the default username and the default password.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the default username and default password are automatically generated.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising processing a resume of the job seeker to generate the job seeker profile;

storing the job seeker profile in a job seeker profiles and resumes database, the job seeker profile further comprising a resume-ID wherein the resume-ID identifies a particular resume of the job seeker.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the storing of the job seeker profile includes entering employment-related data at a job seeker user interface and search engine.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the step of storing the job seeker profile further includes extracting the information from an uploaded text resume and the step of creating the default user account further includes using the information in creating the default user account.

11. A system for directly applying to a job posting from a career website, the system comprising:

a computer connected to a network;

a storage device operationally interfaced to the computer;

a job seeker profile and resume database stored within the storage device and containing at least one job seeker profile;

a job postings database stored within the storage device;

a plurality of job bots, the job bots extracting a plurality of open positions from a plurality of career websites and the job bots storing the open positions in the job postings database, each of the open positions having an associated career website address;

extracting an apply-by-url address for each of the plurality of the open positions, storing the apply-by-url address in the job posting database within the storage device;

a user interface searches the job postings database for a matching open position, the user interface having a selector to initiate a direct apply function for the matching open position, the direct apply function applying to the matching open position through the apply-by-url address previously stored in the job posting database within the storage device;

a customized direct apply bot specific to the career website of the applied to matching open position, the customized direct apply bot being preprogrammed with knowledge of the specific data entry fields for the career website of the applied to matching open position, wherein, in response to the selector, the customized direct apply bot executes on the computer and navigates to the associated career website address through the network without further interaction from a job seeker, the navigation being scheduled based on preprogrammed criteria, the customized direct apply bot logs onto the career website and the customized direct apply bot directly applies to the matching open position of the career website using information from the job seeker profile; and

the computer generating a status report for each applied to matching open position, said status report showing successful application, unsuccessful application or pending application for each applied to matching open position.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the network is a world-wide-web.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the computer comprises multiple processors.

14. The system according to claim 11, further comprising the job seeker entering a criteria in the searchable database through the user interface, said criteria comprising a desired wage.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein said criteria further comprising a desired employment type.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said criteria further comprising a willingness to relocate.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein said criteria further comprising a desired commute.

18. The system according to claim 11, wherein the direct apply bot uses a default username and a default password and creates a default user account on the career website;

and the job seeker profile further comprising a resume-ID wherein the resume-ID identifies a particular resume of the job seeker.

19. The system according to claim 18, wherein the default username and default password are specified by a job seeker.

20. The system according to claim 18, wherein the default username and default password are automatically generated.

21. The system according to claim 11, wherein user interface uploads the at least one text resume from a client workstation.

22. The system according to claim 11, wherein the user interface accepts information from the job seeker and store the information in the at least one job seeker profile.

23. A computer system that performs a method for directly applying to a job posting that was extracted from a career website, the method comprising the steps of:

machine executable instructions running on the computer system causing the computer system to accept profile information from a job seeker and store the profile information in a job seeker profile in a job seeker profile and resume database;

machine executable instructions running on the computer system causing the computer system to import a plurality ofjob postings from a plurality of career websites and store the plurality of job postings in a job postings database;

machine executable instructions running on the computer system causing the computer system to import an apply-by-url address for each of the plurality ofjob postings, storing the apply-by-url address in the in a job postings database;

machine executable instructions running on the computer system causing the computer system to search the job postings database responsive to a query from the job seeker and identifying at least one open position, each of the at least one open position having an associate address of a source career website;

machine executable instructions running on the computer system causing the computer system to apply to the identified open position through the apply-by-url address previously stored in the job posting database;

for each identified open position;

machine executable instructions running on the computer system causing the computer system to navigate to the source career website associated with the identified open position through a customized direct apply bot specific to the source career website without further interaction by the job seeker, the navigation being scheduled based on preprogrammed criteria, the customized direct apply bot being preprogrammed as to data entry fields of the source career website;

machine executable instructions running on the computer system causing the computer system to log onto the source career website associated with the identified open position through the customized direct apply bot without further interaction by the job seeker;

machine executable instructions running on the computer system causing the computer system to apply to the identified open position at the source career website through the customized direct apply bot using the job seeker profile and without further interaction by the job seeker; and

machine executable instructions running on the computer system generating a status report for each applied to identified open position, said status report showing successful application, unsuccessful application or pending application for each applied to identified open position.

24. The computer system according to claim 23, wherein the method further comprises machine executable instructions running on the computer system causing the computer system to accept from a job seeker a criteria, said criteria comprising a willingness to relocate.

25. The computer system according to claim 24, wherein said criteria further comprising a desired employment type.

26. The computer system according to claim 25, said criteria further comprising a desired wage.

27. The computer system according to claim 26, wherein said criteria further comprising a desired commute.

28. The computer system according to claim 23, wherein the step of the machine executable instructions running on the computer system causing the computer system to log onto the source career website uses a default username and a default password and the step of logging onto the source career website is preceded by the step of:

machine executable instructions running on the computer system causing the computer system to create a default user account on the source career website using the default username and the default password without further interaction by the job seeker; and

machine executable instructions running on the computer system causing the computer system to create a resume-ID wherein the resume-ID identifies a particular resume of the job seeker.

29. The computer system according to claim 28, wherein the default username and default password are specified by a job seeker.

30. The computer system according to claim 28, wherein the machine executable instructions running on the computer system causing the computer system to store the profile information in a job seeker profile includes machine executable instructions running on the computer system causing the computer system to upload a text resume from a client workstation.

31. The computer system according to claim 30, wherein the machine executable instructions causing the computer system to store the job seeker profile further includes machine executable instructions running on the computer system causing the computer system to enter job seeker information at a job seeker user interface and search engine.

32. The computer system according to claim 23, wherein the method further comprises automatically generating the default username and the default password.

33. A computer system for directly applying to a job posting from a career website, the computer system comprising:

a server;

a plurality of machine executable instructions running on the server uploads a job seeker profile from a job seeker;

a plurality of machine executable instructions running on the server import a plurality of job postings from a plurality of career websites and store the plurality of job postings in a job postings database;

a plurality of machine executable instructions running on the server import an apply-by-url address for each of the plurality of job postings and store the apply-by-url address in the job posting database;

a plurality of machine executable instructions running on the server receive and search criteria from the job seeker, and the plurality of machine executable instructions running on the server finds at least one open position in the job postings database and each of the at least one open position has an associate address of a source career website;

a plurality of machine executable instructions running on the server apply to the found open position through the apply-by-url address previously stored in the job posting database;

a plurality of machine executable instructions running on the server navigate to the source career website for the applied to found open position through a customized direct apply bot specific to the source career website without further interaction by the job seeker, the navigation being scheduled based on preprogrammed criteria, the customized direct apply bot being preprogrammed as to data entry fields of the source career website;

logs onto the source career website through the customized direct apply bot without further interaction by the job seeker; and

apply to the found open position at the source career website through the customized direct apply bot using the job seeker profile without further interaction by the job seeker; and

a plurality of machine executable instructions running on the server generating a status report for each applied to found open position, said status report showing successful application, unsuccessful application or pending application for each applied to found open position.

34. The computer system according to claim 33, further comprising a plurality of machine executable instructions running on the server accepting from a job seeker a criteria, said criteria comprising a desired employment type.

35. The computer system according to claim 34, wherein said criteria further comprising a desired wage.

36. The computer system according to claim 35, wherein said criteria further comprising a willingness to relocate.

37. The computer system according to claim 36, wherein said criteria further comprising a desired commute.

38. The computer system according to claim 33, whereas the plurality of machine executable instructions running on the server logs onto the source career website using a default username and a default password without further interaction by the job seeker and the plurality of computer instructions running on the server logs onto the source career website is preceded by a plurality of computer instructions running on the server that creates a default user account on the source career website using the default username and the default password without further interaction by the job seeker;

and machine executable instructions running on the server to create a resume-ID wherein the resume-ID identifies a particular resume of the job seeker.

39. The computer system according to claim 38, wherein the default username and default password are specified by a job seeker.

40. The computer system according to claim 33, further comprising processing a resume of the job seeker to generate the job seeker profile;

storing the job seeker profile in a job seeker profiles and resumes database.

41. The computer system according to claim 40, whereas the plurality of computer instructions running on the server that captures the job seeker profile includes a plurality of computer instructions running on the server that uploads a text resume from a client workstation without further interaction by the job seeker.

42. The computer system according to claim 41, whereas the plurality of computer instructions running on the server that captures the job seeker profile further includes a plurality of computer instructions running on the server that provides a user interface to a job seeker for entering information into the job seeker profile without further interaction by the job seeker.