Process for recruiting and certifying technician candidates
First Claim
1. Automated process for recruiting technicians and pre-certifying them for a job position with any of a number of business owners in distributed over a number of different geographical locations to ensure that technician candidates presented to said business owners are willing and qualified;
- the process comprising;
a. advertising for technician candidates to contact a host screening and certifying facility;
b. accepting background information from the candidate including geographic location and background qualification data relevant to the job position;
c. analyzing the background information accepted from said candidate to determine if said candidate meets at least minimum qualifications for said job position;
d. if the background qualification data so analyzed indicate that the candidate does meet the minimum qualifications, providing at a host facility web site on a global computer network an on-line employment agreement for said candidate to read and sign;
said agreement including a plurality of sub-parts which are directed to respective items of job responsibility, and which are to be individually and separately agreed to by the candidate;
e. providing a plurality of acceptance blocks within the on-line employment agreement, each associated with a respective sub-part of said on-line employment agreement, and an acceptance block associated with the entire on-line employment agreement, for permitting said candidate reviewing said agreement and said sub-parts on-line for the candidate to affirmatively agree to the entire agreement and to each of said sub-parts, respectively;
f. ensuring that the candidate has agreed to each said sub-part and to said entire agreement;
g. if the candidate has agreed on-line to the entire agreement and to said sub-parts, then providing the candidate with an on-line document containing detailed information concerning procedures for said Job position that the candidate is expected to observe on the job;
h. thereafter, providing said candidate with an on-line examination concerning said procedures for said job position, including a predetermined set of test questions, wherein said candidate completes said examination by answering said test questions on line;
i. automatically scoring said on-line examination and recording a test score for said candidate;
j. comparing said test score with a predetermined passing threshold;
k. if said test score is below said passing threshold, notifying said candidate of failure to pass said examination;
l. if said test score equals or exceeds said passing threshold, notifying said candidate of success in obtaining certification for said job position; and
m. providing identification data of said candidate haying obtained certification to one or more of said business owners in or near the geographic location of the candidate.
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Abstract
On-line preliminary screening of technician candidates is carried out automatically at a central office and the names of certified technician candidates are provided to businesses, e.g., franchise operators, in the same or nearby geographic location as the candidate. Candidates are directed to an interactive survey of background information. Alternatively, candidates may contact the central office by email and complete an email survey. A candidate with satisfactory background data is provided with an on-line employment or consulting agreement which is to be reviewed and signed electronically. Some sub-parts must be agreed to specifically. Then the candidate downloads a job-related procedure manual, and after studying that, he or she takes an on-line timed examination. If the candidate achieves a satisfactory score, he or she is considered certified, and at that time the name is given to the franchise operator(s). One retake of the examination is permitted.
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1. Automated process for recruiting technicians and pre-certifying them for a job position with any of a number of business owners in distributed over a number of different geographical locations to ensure that technician candidates presented to said business owners are willing and qualified;
- the process comprising;
a. advertising for technician candidates to contact a host screening and certifying facility;
b. accepting background information from the candidate including geographic location and background qualification data relevant to the job position;
c. analyzing the background information accepted from said candidate to determine if said candidate meets at least minimum qualifications for said job position;
d. if the background qualification data so analyzed indicate that the candidate does meet the minimum qualifications, providing at a host facility web site on a global computer network an on-line employment agreement for said candidate to read and sign;
said agreement including a plurality of sub-parts which are directed to respective items of job responsibility, and which are to be individually and separately agreed to by the candidate;
e. providing a plurality of acceptance blocks within the on-line employment agreement, each associated with a respective sub-part of said on-line employment agreement, and an acceptance block associated with the entire on-line employment agreement, for permitting said candidate reviewing said agreement and said sub-parts on-line for the candidate to affirmatively agree to the entire agreement and to each of said sub-parts, respectively;
f. ensuring that the candidate has agreed to each said sub-part and to said entire agreement;
g. if the candidate has agreed on-line to the entire agreement and to said sub-parts, then providing the candidate with an on-line document containing detailed information concerning procedures for said Job position that the candidate is expected to observe on the job;
h. thereafter, providing said candidate with an on-line examination concerning said procedures for said job position, including a predetermined set of test questions, wherein said candidate completes said examination by answering said test questions on line;
i. automatically scoring said on-line examination and recording a test score for said candidate;
j. comparing said test score with a predetermined passing threshold;
k. if said test score is below said passing threshold, notifying said candidate of failure to pass said examination;
l. if said test score equals or exceeds said passing threshold, notifying said candidate of success in obtaining certification for said job position; and
m. providing identification data of said candidate haying obtained certification to one or more of said business owners in or near the geographic location of the candidate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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