System for verification of job applicant information

• US 20060287970A1
• Filed: 05/31/2005
• Published: 12/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines SA (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines SA (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Krasikov, Sophia, Segal, Alla, Chess, David M.
• Application Number:
  US11/140,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20060287970A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system for automatically screening resumes and/or job/admission applications for false information as well as for specific factors that make a particular candidate non-suitable for a particular job or school. The tool can also be used to generate questions that could be asked of a specific candidate based on the information provided in the resume. Such a tool may optionally include a database preconfigured with some of the information pertinent to a specific field/group of jobs. It can also optionally include the list of well-known companies hiring candidates with specific backgrounds, the contact e-mail and the information of the skills that could be utilized by each company in a given year. The system allows for manual as well as automated updates (e.g. live update from the service provider) of the database.

Claims

1. A system for automatically verifying job applicant information from an input document, said system comprising:

an arrangement for rendering parseable job applicant information from the input form; and

an arrangement for providing job applicant verification via at least one of;

automatic fact-checking; and

automatic reconciliation of at least one word or statement with at least one verifiable fact.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said arrangement for providing verification is adapted to correlate at least one word or statement with at least one other word or statement

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein said arrangement for providing verification is adapted to provide verification of at least one of the following items from an input form:

educational background;

work experience;

a certification;

one or more work-related skills; and

legal status.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein legal status includes at least one of:

citizenship status;

security clearance status; and

legal residency status.

5. The system according to claim 3, wherein said arrangement for providing verification is adapted to provide at least one of:

verification of educational background via at least one of;

verifying the existence and/or accreditation status of a specified school;

verifying that an applicant graduated a specified school; and

verifying that a specified degree was indeed conferred;

verification of work experience via at least one of;

verifying that any specified workplace exists;

verifying that contact information provided for a workplace is valid;

verifying that any specified workplace existed at a specified time; and

verifying that an applicant worked at a workplace at a specified time; and

verification of one or more work-related skills via checking for discrepancies in one or more work-related skills based on industry-specific criteria.

6. The system according to claim 1, further comprising an arrangement for automatically querying an entity external to the system to verify information from the input form.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein said system is implemented as a web service.

8. The system according to claim 1, further comprising an arrangement for automatically compiling at least one question for an applicant based on information parsed from the input form.

9. The system according to claim 1, further comprising an interface arrangement for enabling an interface with one or more other arrangements for providing one or more supplementary automated verification processes.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of providing verification comprises correlating at least one word or statement with at least one other word or statement

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of providing verification comprises providing verification of at least one of the following items from an input form:

educational background;

work experience;

a certification;

one or more work-related skills; and

legal status.

13. The method according to claim 3, wherein legal status includes at least one of:

citizenship status;

security clearance status; and

legal residency status.

14. The method according to claim 3, wherein said step of providing verification comprises providing at least one of:

verification of educational background via at least one of;

verifying the existence and/or accreditation status of a specified school;

verifying that an applicant graduated a specified school; and

verifying that a specified degree was indeed conferred;

verification of work experience via at least one of;

verifying that any specified workplace exists;

verifying that contact information provided for a workplace is valid;

verifying that any specified workplace existed at a specified time; and

verifying that an applicant worked at a workplace at a specified time; and

verification of one or more work-related skills via checking for discrepancies in one or more work-related skills based on industry-specific criteria.

15. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of automatically querying an entity external to the system to verify information from the input form.

16. The method according to claim 1, wherein said method is performed in conjunction with a web service.

17. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of automatically compiling at least one question for an applicant based on information parsed from the input form.

18. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of enabling an interface with one or more other arrangements for providing one or more supplementary automated verification processes.

10. A method of automatically verifying job applicant information from an input document, said method comprising the steps of:

rendering parseable job applicant information from the input form; and

providing job applicant verification via at least one of;

automatic fact-checking; and

automatic reconciliation of at least one word or statement with at least one verifiable fact.

19. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for automatically verifying job applicant information from an input document, said method comprising the steps of:

rendering parseable job applicant information from the input form; and

providing job applicant verification via at least one of;

automatic fact-checking; and

automatic reconciliation of at least one word or statement with at least one verifiable fact.