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

• Current Assignee: Accolo
• Original Assignee: Accolo
• Inventors: Younger, John
• Application Number:
  US10/258,254
• Publication Number:
  US 20030208393A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063112 Skill-based matching of a person or a group to a task
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0637 Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0205 Location or geographical consideration

Abstract

The invention includes three primary methodical tools. The first tool implements a job recruiting toolkit. The second tool implements a method of generating referrals based upon a virtual community of people, who relate to the job description. The third tool implements an enterprise recruitment toolkit.

Claims

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.

1. A system implementing a job position recruiting tool accessed by at least one employee of a corporate entity and accessed by at least one job hunter 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;

providing an assessment and approval process to create a job position request;

recruiting said job position request based upon access by said job hunter to generate an interview candidate;

interviewing said interview candidate for said job position request to create a candidate evaluation for said job hunter;

selecting based upon said candidate evaluations for at least one of said job hunters to create a selected candidate;

negotiating offer and closing for said job position request with said selected candidate to create a new hire associated with said job hunter; and

assimilating said new hire associated with said job hunter for said job position request;

wherein the program step recruiting said job position request based upon access by said job hunter further comprised of the program steps of

creating a job position recruitment strategy for said product request;

executing said job position recruitment strategy to present a job position description for said job position request to said job hunter;

an e-filter acting upon the response of said job hunter to said product description results in said job hunter accessing said e-filter to create a job-match-score associated with said job hunter; and

presenting a first level interview questionnaire to said job hunter when said associated job-match-score meets a predefined standard to create a first level response for said job hunter; and

designating an interview candidate based upon said first level response for said job hunter;

wherein the program step assimilating said new hire is further comprised of the program steps of

initiating program steps for a first day for said new hire; and

orienting said new hire.

2. The system of claim 1,

wherein the program step providing said assessment and approval process to create said job position request is further comprised of the program steps of:

planning an enterprise staffing strategy;

initiating a job position requisition;

approving said job position requisition to create an approved job position requisition; and

clarifying said approved job position requisition to create said job position request.

3. The system of claim 1,

wherein the program step interviewing said interview candidate for said job position request is further comprised of the program steps of:

scheduling for said interview candidate for said job position request to create an interview schedule for said job hunter;

interviewing said job hunter based upon said interview schedule by at least one interviewer; and

generating a post-interview evaluation by each of said interviewers to collectively create said candidate evaluation for said job hunter.

4. The system of claim 1,

wherein the program step selecting based upon said candidate evaluations for said job hunters to create said selected candidate is further comprised of the program steps of:

deciding based said candidate evaluation for said job hunter to create going-forward for said job hunter;

checking background of said job hunter whenever going-forward is decided; and

checking references of said job hunter whenever going-forward is decided.

5. The system of claim 1,

wherein the program step negotiating offer and closing for said job position request with said selected candidate is further comprised of the program steps of:

preparing an offer based upon said job position request for said selected candidate;

approving said offer based upon said job position request for said selected candidate; and

extending said offer to said job hunter as said selected candidate.

6. The system of claim 1,

wherein the program step initiating program steps for said first day for said new hire is comprised of at least one of the collection comprising the program steps of:

notifying facilities of said first day for said new hire filling said job position request;

notifying a business card vendor of said first day for said new hire filling said job position request;

notifying a new hire mentor of said first day for said new hire filling said job position request;

notifying IS of said first day for said new hire filling said job position request;

notifying office supply vendor of said first day for said new hire filling said job position request; and

scheduling orientation of said first day for said new hire filling said job position request.

8. The system of claim 7,

wherein the program step maintaining said reservoir of at least two of said identified people is further comprised of the program steps of:

adding a first person with a name, a virtual address, a background description, a geographic locale to create a first of said identified people attributed said name, said virtual address, said background description, said geographical locale with an initial history; and

updating at least one member of said attributes for said first of said identified people.

9. The system of claim 7,

wherein the program step receiving at least one job position request is further comprised of at least one of the collection comprising the program steps of:

receiving said job position request from a first corporate entity; and

receiving said job position request from a first individual.

10. The system of claim 9,

wherein the program step selecting said members from said identified people is further comprised of the program step of:

selecting a fourth of said members from said identified people whose said background description includes employment within said first corporate entity.

11. The system of claim 7,

wherein the program step sending said referral request for said job position description to said member, for each of said members of said virtual community, is further comprised of the program steps of:

queuing at least said referral request to create a member referral request queue;

processing said referral request queue to create a referral request message for said member;

sending said referral request message to said member based upon said virtual address attribute to said member; and

flushing said member referral request queue.

10-1. The system of claim 7,

wherein said referral specification is further comprised a referral award.

12. A system of operating a personnel workflow tool accessed by at least one employee of a corporate entity and accessed by at least one job hunter, 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;

providing access to an enterprise personnel strategy toolkit for said employee with an associated privilege containing an executive staff membership;

providing access to a management personnel toolkit for said employee with said associated privilege containing a management staff membership;

providing access to said enterprise personnel strategy toolkit for said employee with said associated privilege containing a personnel department membership;

providing access to a management personnel toolkit for said employee with said associated privilege containing said personnel department membership;

providing access to a recruitment toolkit for said employee with said associated privilege containing said personnel department membership;

providing recruiting access to said recruitment tool for said job hunter; and

providing access to a hiring toolkit for said employee with said associated privilege containing at least one member of the hiring team collection comprising said personnel department membership and said management staff membership and an IS staff membership and a facility staff membership.

13. The system of claim 12,

wherein the program step providing access to said enterprise personnel strategy toolkit for said employee with an associated privilege containing an executive staff membership is further comprised the program steps of:

presenting an organizational chart to said employee;

modifying said organization chart by said employee;

presenting a hiring objective collection based upon said organization chart to said employee;

wherein said hiring objective collection contains at least one hiring objective item;

modifying said hiring objective collection by said employee;

presenting a hiring strategy collection to said employee;

wherein said hiring strategy collection contains at least one hiring strategy item; and

modifying said hiring strategy collection by said employee.

14. The system of claim 12,

wherein the program step providing access to a management personnel toolkit for said employee with said associated privilege containing a management staff membership is further comprised the program steps of:

said employee expressing a need for a job position;

said employee creating a description for said job position;

said employee approving said description for said job position;

said employee clarifying said description to create a job description for said job position.

15. A method of operating a job position recruiting tool accessed by at least one employee of a corporate entity and accessed by at least one job hunter comprising the steps of:

providing an assessment and approval process to create a job position request;

recruiting said job position request based upon access by said job hunter to generate an interview candidate;

interviewing said interview candidate for said job position request to create a candidate evaluation for said job hunter;

selecting based upon said candidate evaluations for at least one of said job hunters to create a selected candidate;

negotiating offer and closing for said job position request with said selected candidate to create a new hire associated with said job hunter; and

assimilating said new hire associated with said job hunter for said job position request;

wherein the step recruiting said job position request based upon access by said job hunter further comprised of the steps of

creating a job position recruitment strategy for said product request;

executing said job position recruitment strategy to present a job position description for said job position request to said job hunter;

an e-filter acting upon the response of said job hunter to said product description results in said job hunter accessing said e-filter to create a job-match-score associated with said job hunter; and

presenting a first level interview questionnaire to said job hunter when said associated job-match-score meets a predefined standard to create a first level response for said job hunter; and

designating an interview candidate based upon said first level response for said job hunter;

wherein the step assimilating said new hire is further comprised of the steps of

initiating steps for a first day for said new hire; and

orienting said new hire.

16. The method of claim 15,

wherein the step providing said assessment and approval process to create said job position request is further comprised of the steps of:

planning an enterprise staffing strategy;

initiating a job position requisition;

approving said job position requisition to create an approved job position requisition; and

clarifying said approved job position requisition to create said job position request.

17. The method of claim 15,

wherein the step interviewing said interview candidate for said job position request is further comprised of the steps of:

scheduling for said interview candidate for said job position request to create an interview schedule for said job hunter;

interviewing said job hunter based upon said interview schedule by at least one interviewer; and

generating a post-interview evaluation by each of said interviewers to collectively create said candidate evaluation for said job hunter.

18. The method of claim 15,

wherein the step selecting based upon said candidate evaluations for said job hunters to create said selected candidate is further comprised of the steps of:

deciding based said candidate evaluation for said job hunter to create going-forward for said job hunter;

checking background of said job hunter whenever going-forward is decided; and

checking references of said job hunter whenever going-forward is decided.

19. The method of claim 15,

wherein the step negotiating offer and closing for said job position request with said selected candidate is further comprised of the steps of:

preparing an offer based upon said job position request for said selected candidate;

approving said offer based upon said job position request for said selected candidate; and

extending said offer to said job hunter as said selected candidate.

20. The method of claim 15,

wherein the step initiating steps for said first day for said new hire is comprised of at least one of the collection comprising the steps of:

notifying facilities of said first day for said new hire filling said job position request;

notifying a business card vendor of said first day for said new hire filling said job position request;

notifying a new hire mentor of said first day for said new hire filling said job position request;

notifying IS of said first day for said new hire filling said job position request;

notifying office supply vendor of said first day for said new hire filling said job position request; and

scheduling orientation of said first day for said new hire filling said job position request.

21. A program system implementing the method of claim 15 by controlling a computer, said program system comprising program steps implementing the steps of claim 15 residing in memory accessibly coupled to said computer.

22. A method 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 the 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 step creating said virtual community of at least one member based upon said job position request further comprised of the 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 step selecting said members from said identified people is further comprised of at least one of the collection comprising the 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.

23. The method of claim 22,

wherein the step maintaining said reservoir of at least two of said identified people is further comprised of the steps of:

adding a first person with a name, a virtual address, a background description, a geographic locale to create a first of said identified people attributed said name, said virtual address, said background description, said geographical locale with an initial history; and

updating at least one member of said attributes for said first of said identified people.

24. The method of claim 22,

wherein the step receiving at least one job position request is further comprised of at least one of the collection comprising the steps of:

receiving said job position request from a first corporate entity; and

receiving said job position request from a first individual.

25. The method of claim 24,

wherein the step selecting said members from said identified people is further comprised of the step of:

selecting a fourth of said members from said identified people whose said background description includes employment within said first corporate entity.

26. The method of claim 22,

wherein said referral specification is further comprised a referral award.

27. The method of claim 22,

wherein the step sending said referral request for said job position description to said member, for each of said members of said virtual community, is further comprised of the steps of:

queuing at least said referral request to create a member referral request queue;

processing said referral request queue to create a referral request message for said member;

sending said referral request message to said member based upon said virtual address attribute to said member; and

flushing said member referral request queue.

28. A program system implementing the method of claim 22 by controlling a computer, said program system comprising program steps implementing the steps of claim 22 residing in memory accessibly coupled to said computer.

29. A method of operating a personnel workflow tool accessed by at least one employee of a corporate entity and accessed by at least one job hunter, comprising the steps of:

providing access to an enterprise personnel strategy toolkit for said employee with an associated privilege containing an executive staff membership;

providing access to a management personnel toolkit for said employee with said associated privilege containing a management staff membership;

providing access to said enterprise personnel strategy toolkit for said employee with said associated privilege containing a personnel department membership;

providing access to a management personnel toolkit for said employee with said associated privilege containing said personnel department membership;

providing access to a recruitment toolkit for said employee with said associated privilege containing said personnel department membership;

providing recruiting access to said recruitment tool for said job hunter; and

providing access to a hiring toolkit for said employee with said associated privilege containing at least one member of the hiring team collection comprising said personnel department membership and said management staff membership and an IS staff membership and a facility staff membership.

30. The method of claim 29,

wherein the step providing access to said enterprise personnel strategy toolkit for said employee with an associated privilege containing an executive staff membership is further comprised the steps of:

presenting an organizational chart to said employee;

modifying said organization chart by said employee;

presenting a hiring objective collection based upon said organization chart to said employee;

wherein said hiring objective collection contains at least one hiring objective item;

modifying said hiring objective collection by said employee;

presenting a hiring strategy collection to said employee;

wherein said hiring strategy collection contains at least one hiring strategy item; and

modifying said hiring strategy collection by said employee.

31. The method of claim 29,

wherein the step providing access to a management personnel toolkit for said employee with said associated privilege containing a management staff membership is further comprised the steps of:

said employee expressing a need for a job position;

said employee creating a description for said job position;

said employee approving said description for said job position;

said employee clarifying said description to create a job description for said job position.

32. A program system implementing the method of claim 29 by controlling a computer, said program system comprising program steps implementing the steps of claim 29 residing in memory accessibly coupled to said computer.