Resume management and recruitment workflow system and method

• US 10,296,872 B1
• Filed: 11/25/2013
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jobdiva Incorporated (Axelon Services Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Jobdiva Incorporated (Axelon Services Corp.)
• Inventors: Obeid, Diya B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ouellette, Jonathan P
• Application Number:
  US14/089,464
• Time in Patent Office: 2,003 Days
• Field of Search: 705 11-912, 705320, 705321
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24573 using data annotations, e.g. user-defined metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/205 Parsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/105 Human resources
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions

Abstract

A computer system and method for managing access to a resume database. For each skill or experience-related phrase in a resume, the system computes a term of experience based on an experience range associated with a contextual use of the phrase in the resume. The term of experience for a phrase that occurs multiple times in the resume is the summation of the term of experience for each occurrence of the phrase associated with a different contextual use. The system stores each phrase and the term of experience in a parsed resume. The resume database also stores job descriptions that include required phrases and a required term of experience for each required phrase. The job descriptions also store a required level of education or field of specialization, and a required salary range. A recruiter searches the resume database to find matching resumes that satisfy a job description.

Claims

1. A computing device comprising:

a processor disposed in communication with the memory device; and

a memory device resident on the computing device tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising;

logic executed by the processor for receiving a plurality of resumes in an electronic format, each received resume comprising portions of electronic data comprising phrases of text related to a skill or experience;

logic executed by the processor for determining an experience range for each skill or experience in the received electronic resumes, said determination comprising parsing each received electronic resume and the portions of electronic data comprised therein, and based on said parsing, determining said experience range based on a relationship of the parsed phrases of text in each portion;

logic executed by the processor for computing a term of experience for each skill or experience based on said determined experience range, said computed term of experience, for each skill or experience included in each received electronic resume, corresponding to an identified duration of said skill or experience, said duration identified based on a comparison of parsed electronic data of each received resume;

logic executed by the processor for generating at least one composite key for each skill or experience, said generated composite key comprising newly created electronic data that indicates a relationship between each skill or experience with its associated term of experience;

logic executed by the processor for creating a new version for each received electronic resume, each created new version comprising electronic data representing said skill or experience from its received resume counterpart and said generated composite key for said skill or experience;

logic executed by the processor for storing the received electronic resumes and their associated created new versions in a resume database associated with said computing device; and

logic executed by the processor for receiving a resume search request from a user comprising a job description, said reception of the resume search request causing the processor of the computing device to search the stored new versions of the resumes stored in resume database based on said job description and identify an associated received electronic version.

2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein determining the experience range further comprises:

logic executed by the processor for examining a use of each skill or experience in each resume.

3. The computing device of claim 2, wherein said examination of the use of each skill or experience comprises:

logic executed by the processor for examining a portion of each resume that surrounds each skill or experience for a context.

4. The computing device of claim 3, wherein the portion of each resume that surrounds each skill or experience is at least one of a summary narrative, an experience narrative, and a closing narrative.

5. The computing device of claim 1, wherein said computing the term of experience further comprises:

logic executed by the processor for determining a start time for the experience range;

logic executed by the processor for determining an end time for the experience range;

logic executed by the processor for computing a time difference between the start time and the end time; and

logic executed by the processor for setting the term of experience to the time difference.

6. The computing device of claim 1, wherein said computing the term of experience for each skill or experience that excludes the experience range comprises:

logic executed by the processor for setting the term of experience to zero.

7. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the duration of time is an integer number of a unit of time, and wherein the unit of time includes at least one of seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, and decades.

8. The computing device of claim 7, wherein said at least one composite key includes every integer duration of time that is less than or equal to the term of experience associated with the skill or experience.

9. The computing device of claim 1, wherein said at least one composite key for each skill or experience-related phrase improves the system performance upon said searching the resume database by enabling the computing device to search via the composite key.

10. The computing device of claim 1, wherein said job description in said resume search request comprises at least one job requirement, each job requirement includes a required skill or experience and a required term of experience.

11. A method comprising:

receiving, at a computing device, a plurality of resumes in an electronic format, each received resume comprising portions of electronic data comprising phrases of text related to a skill or experience;

determining, via the computing device, an experience range for each skill or experience in the received electronic resumes, said determination comprising parsing each received electronic resume and the portions of electronic data comprised therein, and based on said parsing, determining said experience range based on a relationship of the parsed phrases of text in each portion;

computing, via the computing device, a term of experience for each skill or experience based on said determined experience range, said computed term of experience, for each skill or experience included in each received electronic resume, corresponding to an identified duration of said skill or experience, said duration identified based on a comparison of parsed electronic data of each received resume;

generating, via the computing device, at least one composite key for each skill or experience, said generated composite key comprising newly created electronic data that indicates a relationship between each skill or experience with its associated term of experience;

creating, via the computing device, a new version for each received electronic resume, each created new version comprising electronic data representing said skill or experience from its received resume counterpart and said generated composite key for said skill or experience;

storing, via the computing device, the received electronic resumes and their associated created new versions in a resume database associated with said computing device; and

receiving, via the computing device, a resume search request from a user comprising a job description, said reception of the resume search request causing the computing device to search the stored new versions of the resumes stored in resume database based on said job description and identify an associated received electronic version.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein determining the experience range further comprises:

examining a use of each skill or experience in each resume.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said examination of the use of each skill or experience comprises:

examining a portion of each resume that surrounds each skill or experience for a context.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the portion of each resume that surrounds each skill or experience is at least one of a summary narrative, an experience narrative, and a closing narrative.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein said computing the term of experience further comprises:

determining a start time for the experience range;

determining an end time for the experience range;

computing a time difference between the start time and the end time; and

setting the term of experience to the time difference.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein said computing the term of experience for each skill or experience that excludes the experience range comprises:

setting the term of experience to zero.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the duration of time is an integer number of a unit of time, and wherein the unit of time includes at least one of seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, and decades.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein said at least one composite key includes every integer duration of time that is less than or equal to the term of experience associated with the skill or experience.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein said at least one composite key for each skill or experience-related phrase improves the system performance upon said searching the resume database by enabling the computing device to search via the composite key.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein said job description in said resume search request comprises at least one job requirement, each job requirement includes a required skill or experience and a required term of experience.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly encoded with computer-executable instructions, that when executed by a processor associated with a computing device, causes the computer to perform a method comprising:

receiving, at the computing device, a plurality of resumes in an electronic format, each received resume comprising portions of electronic data comprising phrases of text related to a skill or experience;

determining, via the computing device, an experience range for each skill or experience in the received electronic resumes, said determination comprising parsing each received electronic resume and the portions of electronic data comprised therein, and based on said parsing, determining said experience range based on a relationship of the parsed phrases of text in each portion;

computing, via the computing device, a term of experience for each skill or experience based on said determined experience range, said computed term of experience, for each skill or experience included in each received electronic resume, corresponding to an identified duration of said skill or experience, said duration identified based on a comparison of parsed electronic data of each received resume;

generating, via the computing device, at least one composite key for each skill or experience, said generated composite key comprising newly created electronic data that indicates a relationship between each skill or experience with its associated term of experience;

creating, via the computing device, a new version for each received electronic resume, each created new version comprising electronic data representing said skill or experience from its received resume counterpart and said generated composite key for said skill or experience;

storing, via the computing device, the received electronic resumes and their associated created new versions in a resume database associated with said computing device; and

receiving, via the computing device, a resume search request from a user comprising a job description, said reception of the resume search request causing the processor of the computing device to search the stored new versions of the resumes stored in resume database based on said job description and identify an associated received electronic version.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein determining the experience range further comprises:

examining a use of each skill or experience in each resume.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein said examination of the use of each skill or experience comprises:

examining a portion of each resume that surrounds each skill or experience for a context.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein the portion of each resume that surrounds each skill or experience is at least one of a summary narrative, an experience narrative, and a closing narrative.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein said computing the term of experience further comprises:

determining a start time for the experience range;

determining an end time for the experience range;

computing a time difference between the start time and the end time; and

setting the term of experience to the time difference.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein said computing the term of experience for each skill or experience that excludes the experience range comprises:

setting the term of experience to zero.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the duration of time is an integer number of a unit of time, and wherein the unit of time includes at least one of seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, and decades.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 27, wherein said at least one composite key includes every integer duration of time that is less than or equal to the term of experience associated with the skill or experience.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein said at least one composite key for each skill or experience-related phrase improves the system performance upon said searching the resume database by enabling the computing device to search via the composite key.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein said job description in said resume search request comprises at least one job requirement, each job requirement includes a required skill or experience and a required term of experience.