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Method and system generating referrals for job positions based upon virtual communities comprised of members relevant to the job positions

  • US 20030208393A1
  • Filed: 10/21/2002
  • Published: 11/06/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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7. A system generating referrals for at least one job positions based upon at least one virtual community comprised of at least one member of said virtual community relevant to said job positions, comprising:

  • a server controlled by a server computer accessibly coupled to a memory;

    said server communicatively coupled to said employee of said corporate entity and said job hunter;

    and said server computer operated by a program system comprising the program steps residing in said memory of the program steps of;

    maintaining a reservoir of at least two identified people, wherein each of said identified people is attributed a name, a virtual address, a background description, a geographic locale, and a history;

    receiving at least one job position request including a job position description containing a work location and including a referral specification;

    creating a virtual community of at least one member based upon said job position request;

    generating a referral request for said job position description based upon said referral specification to each of said members of said virtual community; and

    sending said referral request for said job position description to said member, for each of said members of said virtual community;

    wherein the program step creating said virtual community of at least one member based upon said job position request further comprised of the program steps of;

    selecting said members from said identified people based upon said job position description; and

    collecting said members to create said virtual community based upon said job position request;

    wherein the program step selecting said members from said identified people is further comprised of at least one of the collection comprising the program steps of;

    selecting a first of said members from said identified people whose said background description nearly matches said job description;

    selecting a second of said members from said identified people whose said background description indicates knowledgeability about said job description; and

    selecting a third of said members from said identified people whose locale nearly matches said work location.

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