Method and apparatus for employment system distributed hiring and co-operative pooling

• US 20080027747A1
• Filed: 08/08/2007
• Published: 01/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (Citizens Financial Group Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: MKT10, Inc.
• Inventors: McGovern, Robert, Ellinger, Richard, Forest, Todd, Anderson, Erik, Hagopian, Matthew
• Granted Patent: US 7,870,079 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• 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

Abstract

A method of operating an employment system is provided. The method includes enabling a first user associated with an employee seeker to enter a shell for a position and enabling a second user associated with the employee seeker to enter additional information about the position. The second user is distinctly identifiable by the employment system from the first user. The method also includes associating an employment seeker with the position. Alternatively, the method includes categorizing a first set of one or more employment seekers as public and categorizing a second set of one or more employment seekers as participants in a co-operative. The method also includes enabling all employee seekers to access or view information about members of the first set and enabling all employee seekers that are members of the co-operative to access or view information about members of the second set.

Claims

1. A method of operating an employment system comprising:

enabling a first user associated with an employee seeker to enter a shell for a position;

enabling a second user associated with the employee seeker to enter additional information about the position, the second user being distinctly identifiable by the employment system from the first user; and

associating an employment seeker with the position.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein associating the employment seeker with the position includes determining a matching score between the employment seeker and the position.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining the matching score includes performing a bi-directional match.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first user is a human resources recruiter and the second user is a hiring manger.

5. A method of operating an employment system comprising:

categorizing a first set of one or more employment seekers as public;

categorizing a second set of one or more employment seekers as participants in a co-operative;

enabling all employee seekers to access or view information about members of the first set; and

enabling all employee seekers that are members of the co-operative to access or view information about members of the second set.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

categorizing a third set of one or more employment seekers as specific to a first employee seeker; and

enabling the first employee seeker to access or view information about members of the third set.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein categorizing the second set includes:

identifying a first employment seeker, the first employment seeker interacting with the employment system through a component, the component being specific to a first employee seeker; and

if the first employee seeker is associated with the co-operative, enabling the first employment seeker to associate with the co-operative.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the employment system bi-directionally matches employment seekers and posted positions.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the employment seeker submits a resume to the component.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein enabling the first employment seeker to associate with the co-operative includes creating a match profile for the first employment seeker.

11. An employment system comprising:

a first interface configured to enable a first user associated with an employee seeker to enter a shell for a position;

a second interface configured to enable a second user associated with the employee seeker to enter additional information about the position, the second user being distinctly identifiable by the employment system from the first user; and

an association unit configured to associate an employment seeker with the position.

12. The employment system of claim 11, wherein the association unit is further configured to determine a matching score between the employment seeker and the position.

13. The employment system of claim 12, wherein the association unit is further configured to perform a bi-directional match.

14. The employment system of claim 11, wherein the first user is a human resources recruiter and the second user is a hiring manger.

15. An employment system comprising:

a first categorization unit configured to categorize a first set of one or more employment seekers as public;

a second categorization unit configured to categorize a second set of one or more employment seekers as participants in a co-operative;

an access unit configured to enable all employee seekers to access or view information about members of the first set and to enable all employee seekers that are members of the co-operative to access or view information about members of the second set.

16. The employment system of claim 15, further comprising:

a third categorization unit configured to categorize a third set of one or more employment seekers as specific to a first employee seeker, wherein the access unit is further configured to enable the first employee seeker to access or view information about members of the third set.

17. The employment system of claim 15, wherein the second categorization unit is further configured to:

identify a first employment seeker, the first employment seeker interacting with the employment system through a component, the component being specific to a first employee seeker; and

if the first employee seeker is associated with the co-operative, enable the first employment seeker to associate with the co-operative.

18. The employment system of claim 17, further comprising a bi-directional matching unit configured to bi-directionally match employment seekers and posted positions.

19. The employment system of claim 17, wherein the component accepts a resume from the employment seeker.

20. The employment system of claim 19, wherein the second categorization unit is further configured to create a match profile for the first employment seeker, if the employment seeker associates with the co-operative.