MATCH-BASED EMPLOYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20070162507A1
• Filed: 03/21/2007
• Published: 07/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MKT10
• Original Assignee: MKT10
• Inventors: McGovern, Robert, Anderson, Erik, Smith, Brent, Ferry, Leslie, Farmer, Brian, Koczara, Pam
• Application Number:
  US11/689,344
• Publication Number:
  US 20070162507A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/156 Query results presentation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/105 Human resources
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services

Abstract

A method of operating an employment system is provided. The method includes generating a score for each of a plurality of possible results compared to information associated with a user, enabling the user to access a result of the plurality of possible results if the score generated for the result meets a threshold condition, enabling the user to adjust the threshold condition and preventing the user from adjusting the threshold condition beyond a minimum threshold condition. The score can be a bi-directional matching score. The minimum threshold condition can include a minimum score. The minimum score can be determined based on the percentage of the plurality of possible results that would be accessible to the user.

Claims

1-9. -9. (canceled)

10. A method of operating an employment system comprising:

generating match scores between a plurality of employment seekers and a plurality of open positions;

determining a set of match results associated with an open position wherein the match results in the set are each associated with match scores that meet a threshold value; and

sending information to an employee seeker associated with the open position automatically, wherein the information includes data about at least one match result in the set.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the data includes a formatted document associated with an employment seeker of the at least one match result in the set.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein the information includes a list of fixed size of the highest scoring match results in the set.

13. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

enabling the employee seeker to modify a notification configuration wherein the notification configuration effects the step of sending.

14. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

waiting a minimum time period after the step of sending before sending additional information to the employee seeker associated with the open position automatically, wherein the additional information includes data about at least one match result in the set not previously sent to the employee seeker.

15-23. -23. (canceled)

24. A computer program product comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein configured to operate an employment system, said computer program product comprising;

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to generate match scores between a plurality of employment seekers and a plurality of open positions;

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to determine a set of match results associated with an open position wherein the match results in the set are each associated with match scores that meet a threshold value; and

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to send information to an employee seeker associated with the open position automatically, wherein the information includes data about at least one match result in the set.

25. The computer program product of claim 24 wherein the data includes a formatted document associated with an employment seeker of the at least one match result in the set.

26. The computer program product of claim 24 wherein the information includes a list of fixed size of the highest scoring match results in the set.

27. The computer program product of claim 24 further comprising:

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to enable the employee seeker to modify a notification configuration wherein the notification configuration effects the step of sending.

28. The computer program product of claim 24 further comprising:

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to wait a minimum time period after sending the information before sending additional information to the employee seeker associated with the open position automatically, wherein the additional information includes data about at least one match result in the set not previously sent to the employee seeker.