Skill-ranking method and system for employment applicants
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1. A method of matching an applicant to a job opening, said method comprising:
- receiving information from an employer regarding a job opening, said information including identification of mandatory skills and secondary skills relevant to said job opening, and a numerical weighting of each mandatory skill and each secondary skill identified;
receiving data from an applicant including applicant qualifications;
comparing the mandatory and secondary skills relevant to said job opening with the applicant qualifications to determine a correlation therebetween; and
ranking the applicant based on the correlation of the mandatory and secondary skills with the applicant qualifications, said ranking being based on the numerical weighting of each mandatory skill and each secondary skill matched by an applicant qualification.
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Abstract
A system and method for matching applicants to job openings. Applicants may apply for posted positions and employers may screen applicants based on various prescribed qualifications. Applicants may be tested using standard or employer-provided test questions. The system and method are suitable for implementation using one or more programmed computers and/or a computer network such as the Internet. Mandatory and secondary skill sets can be input by both the applicant and the employer, and applicants can be ranked by order of qualification based on those skill sets.
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1. A method of matching an applicant to a job opening, said method comprising:
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receiving information from an employer regarding a job opening, said information including identification of mandatory skills and secondary skills relevant to said job opening, and a numerical weighting of each mandatory skill and each secondary skill identified;
receiving data from an applicant including applicant qualifications;
comparing the mandatory and secondary skills relevant to said job opening with the applicant qualifications to determine a correlation therebetween; and
ranking the applicant based on the correlation of the mandatory and secondary skills with the applicant qualifications, said ranking being based on the numerical weighting of each mandatory skill and each secondary skill matched by an applicant qualification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for matching an applicant for employment with an employer, said system comprising:
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a first computer for receiving input from the applicant regarding at least one applicant qualification;
a second computer for comparing the at least one applicant qualification with at least one mandatory skill and at least one secondary skill identified by the employer, and ranking the applicant based on a correlation of the at least one applicant qualification with the at least one mandatory skill and the at least one secondary skill; and
a communication linkage for exchanging information between the first and second computers. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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- 15. A computer storage medium storing computer readable code embodied therein for matching an applicant for employment with an employer, comprising code for comparing at least one applicant qualification with at least one mandatory skill identified by the employer and at least one secondary skill identified by the employer, and code for ranking the applicant based on a correlation of the at least one applicant qualification with the at least one mandatory skill and the at least one secondary skill.
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