Systems and Methods for Interaction Between Employers and Professional Recruiters

• US 20090094239A1
• Filed: 10/08/2007
• Published: 04/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dayak, Inc. (RecruitHire LLC)
• Original Assignee: Dayak, Inc. (RecruitHire LLC)
• Inventors: Cepeda, Salvador, Sabol, Allan
• Application Number:
  US11/868,961
• Publication Number:
  US 20090094239A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions

Abstract

An automated system with multiple databases and communication methods designed to promote the sharing and transfer of useful information and data between two parties. Specifically, the system is designed for use by employers to communicate more effectively with professional recruiters in order to dramatically increase the effectiveness of matching job candidates with job requisitions. The system creates an online virtual marketplace for employers and professional recruiters to interact and conduct all phases of the recruiting process from start to finish, and thus replaces the need for other forms for recruitment. The two primary users of this system are employers and Recruiters, but there is also some interaction with the system from other entities such as job candidates. For professional recruiters the system allows for the personal tracking, search, storage, matching, and submission of job candidate information and job candidate resumes, and the ability to search, view, track, match, and submit resumes against open job requisitions nationwide. For employers, the system provides a method to post detailed job descriptions, select recruiters to work with, determine recruiting fees, receive and process resumes, coordinate and track the interview process, schedule interviews and employment testing, and receive automated invoices for successful placements.

Claims

1. A method of selecting a candidate for a job offered by an employer, comprising:

matching at least one candidate profile, comprising information describing the candidate, from a candidate database that comprises a plurality of candidate profiles with at least one job listing, comprising information describing a job offered by the employer and specifying a first offer of compensation to a recruiter who refers a candidate whom the employer hires for the job, from a job database that comprises a plurality of job listings; and

sending information comprised by the candidate profile to the employer.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising storing at least one matched job listing in a job list.

3. The method of claim 2, comprising receiving a notice that the employer associated with one of the job listings on the job list has made a second offer of compensation to the recruiter who refers a candidate whom the employer hires for the job.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein matching comprises comparing the information in at least of the candidate profiles within the candidate database with information in at least one of the job profiles within the job database, based upon a plurality of weighted criteria.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein matching comprises comparing information in exactly one candidate profile with information in a plurality of the job profiles.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein matching comprises comparing information in exactly one job profile with information in a plurality of the candidate profiles.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising providing information comprising a rating of the employer.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein at least one job listing comprises information based on the rating of the employer.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving notification that the employer wishes to interview the candidate;

wherein any indicia within the job listing of the identity of the employer omits the true identity of the employer; and

wherein the true identity of the employer is disclosed only contemporaneously with or after receipt of notification that the employer wishes to interview the candidate.

10. A method of identifying a candidate, represented by a recruiter, for a job offered by an employer, comprising:

creating a job listing, comprising information describing the offered job and specifying a first offer of compensation to a recruiter who refers a candidate whom the employer hires for the job, within a job database that comprises a plurality of job listings; and

receiving from a recruiter at least one candidate profile, comprising information describing the candidate, from a candidate database that comprises a plurality of candidate profiles.

11. The method of claim 10, comprising receiving a suggested value for the first offer of compensation, the value having been computed according to an algorithm based at least in part upon the information in the job listing.

12. The method of claim 10, comprising recording at least one rating of at least one recruiter.

13. The method of claim 12, comprising:

designating at least one of the rated recruiters as a preferred recruiter; and

sending a notification of the job listing to at least one designated preferred recruiter.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein designating at least one of the rated recruiters as a preferred recruiter is based at least in part on at least one of the ratings recorded for the recruiter.

15. The method of claim 12, comprising:

designating at least one of the rated recruiters as a blocked recruiter; and

sending a notification of the job listing to a plurality of recruiters that excludes the at least one blocked recruiter.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein designating at least one of the rated recruiters as a blocked recruiter is based at least in part on at least one of the ratings recorded for the recruiter.

17. The method of claim 12, comprising:

designating at least one of the rated recruiters as a blocked recruiter; and

publishing the job listing to a job database accessible by at least one recruiter;

wherein no blocked recruiter may retrieve the job listing.

18. The method of claim 10, comprising editing the job listing by replacing the first offer of compensation with a second offer of compensation to a recruiter who refers a candidate whom the employer hires for the job.

19. The method of claim 18, comprising receiving a suggested value for the second offer of compensation, the value having been computed according to an algorithm based at least in part upon the information in the job listing.

20. A computerized system for matching candidates with job openings, comprising:

an input/output module;

an employer interface, coupled to the input/output module;

a recruiter interface, coupled to the input/output module;

a job database;

a candidate database;

a controller module, coupled to the input/output module, the job database, and the candidate database; and

a search engine, coupled to the controller module, the job database, and the candidate database;

wherein the controller module is operative to cause the system to carry out a method that comprises

creating a job listing, comprising information describing an offered job and specifying a first offer of compensation to a recruiter who refers a candidate whom the employer hires for the job, in the job database in response to input received through the employer interface;

creating a candidate profile in the candidate database in response to input received through the recruiter interface;

searching within the job database, the candidate database, or both;

identifying at least one of the job listings that matches at least one of the candidate profiles, based on the results of searching;

providing information related to at least one of the matching job listings or candidate profiles through the recruiter interface; and

in response to input received through the recruiter interface, providing information related to at least one of the matching job listings or candidate profiles through the employer interface.