Job search in a geo-spatial enviornment

• US 20090063565A1
• Filed: 08/28/2007
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Fatdoor Incorporated
• Inventors: Abhyanker, Raj Vasant
• Application Number:
  US11/897,053
• Publication Number:
  US 20090063565A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

A method and system of a job search in a geo-spatial environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of conducting a job search includes obtaining candidate data (e.g., may be a name, a resume, an experience level, an education level and/or an employment preference, etc.) corresponding to a job search profile, determining a location associated with the job search profile based on the candidate data, storing the job search profile in a candidate repository, processing a search request from a user associated with the job search profile, obtaining a search radius associated with the location from the user, obtaining at least one employer profile based on the search radius, and displaying the employer profile to the user on a geo-spatial map. The method may further include obtaining a search parameter from the user, and obtaining the employer profile based on the search radius and the search parameter.

Claims

1. A method of conducting a job search, comprising:

obtaining candidate data corresponding to a job search profile;

determining a location associated with the job search profile based on the candidate data;

storing the job search profile in a candidate repository;

processing a search request from a user associated with the job search profile;

obtaining a search radius associated with the location from the user;

obtaining at least one employer profile based on the search radius; and

displaying the at least one employer profile to the user on a geo-spatial map.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining a search parameter from the user; and

obtaining the at least one employer profile based on the search radius and the search parameter.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the search parameter is at least one of a job category, a job type, a keyword, a salary range, an experience level, and an education level.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the candidate data is at least one of a name, a resume, a cover letter, an experience level, an education level, and an employment preference.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the search radius is at least one of a distance from the location and a commute time from the location.

6. The method of claim 1 in a form of a machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform the method of claim 1.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the location comprises a non-residential location.

12. The community network of claim 11, wherein the job management module is further configured to:

obtain a second search parameter from the second user; and

obtain the at least one of the plurality of job search profiles based on the second search radius and the second search parameter.

8. A community network, comprising:

a candidate repository comprising a plurality of job search profiles;

an employer repository comprising a plurality of employer profiles;

a geo-spatial repository comprising a plurality of locations on a geo-spatial map; and

a job management module configured to;

determine a first of the plurality of locations associated with one of the plurality of job search profiles;

process a search request from a first user associated with the one of the plurality of job search profiles;

obtain a first search radius associated with the first of the plurality of locations from the first user;

obtain at least one of the plurality of employer profiles based on the first search radius; and

display the at least one of the plurality of employer profiles to the first user on the geo-spatial map.

9. The community network of claim 8, wherein the job management module is further configured to:

obtain a first search parameter from the first user; and

obtain the at least one of the plurality of employer profiles based on the first search radius and the first search parameter.

10. The community network of claim 9, wherein the first search parameter is at least one of a job category, a job type, a keyword, a salary range, an experience level, and an education level.

11. The community network of claim 8, wherein the job management module is further configured to:

determine a second of the plurality of locations associated with one of the plurality of employer profiles;

process a search request from a second user associated with the one of the plurality of employer profiles;

obtain a second search radius associated with the second of the plurality of locations from the second user;

obtain at least one of the plurality of job search profiles based on the second search radius; and

display the at least one of the plurality of job search profiles to the second user on the geo-spatial map.

13. The community network of claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of employer profiles is at least one of an employer name, an employer description, a location, an education level, an experience level, a job title, a job description, a compensation, and a candidate preference.

14. The community network of claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of job search profiles is at least one of a name, a resume, a cover letter, an experience level, an education level, and an employment preference.

15. The community network of claim 8, wherein the first search radius is at least one of a distance from the location and a commute time from the first of the plurality of locations.

16. A method of conducting a job candidate search, comprising:

obtaining employer data corresponding to an employer profile;

determining a location associated with the employer profile based on the employer data;

storing the employer profile in an employer repository;

processing a search request from a user associated with the employer profile;

obtaining a search radius associated with the location from the user;

obtaining at least one job search profile based on the search radius; and

displaying the at least one job search profile to the user on a geo-spatial map.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

obtaining a search parameter from the user; and

obtaining the at least one job search profile based on the search radius and the search parameter.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the search parameter is at least one of a job category, a job type, a keyword, a salary range, an experience level, and an education level.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the employer data is at least one of an employer name, an employer description, a location, an education level, an experience level, a job title, a job description, a compensation, and a candidate preference.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the search radius is at least one of a distance from the location and a commute time from the location.