METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT
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1. A method of assessing a potential workforce, the method comprising the steps of:
- accessing at least one computer readable medium including reserve workforce data regarding a reserve workforce associated with a region, the reserve workforce data including information related to a plurality of individuals spaced apart from the region which have indicated a willingness to relocate to the region, the reserve workforce data including skill information for the plurality of individuals spaced apart from the region which have indicated a willingness to relocate to the region;
determining based on at least one skill criteria a first portion of the reserve workforce which have skill information that satisfy the at least one skill criteria; and
providing an indication regarding the first portion of the reserve workforce.
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Abstract
A method and system is disclosed to assess the potential workforce for a region. The potential workforce may include an actual workforce of the region and/or a reserve workforce of the region. Members of the reserve workforce may by individuals that are spaced apart from a region and have expressed a willingness to relocate to the region.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of assessing a potential workforce, the method comprising the steps of:
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accessing at least one computer readable medium including reserve workforce data regarding a reserve workforce associated with a region, the reserve workforce data including information related to a plurality of individuals spaced apart from the region which have indicated a willingness to relocate to the region, the reserve workforce data including skill information for the plurality of individuals spaced apart from the region which have indicated a willingness to relocate to the region; determining based on at least one skill criteria a first portion of the reserve workforce which have skill information that satisfy the at least one skill criteria; and providing an indication regarding the first portion of the reserve workforce. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of assessing a potential workforce, the method comprising the steps of:
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defining a region; defining a skill criteria; and identifying a plurality of individuals spaced apart from the region which have both indicated a willingness to relocate to the region and which satisfy the skill criteria. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method of assessing a potential workforce, the method comprising the steps of:
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identifying a company for one of relocation to and expansion in a region; defining a skill criteria based on the company; identifying a plurality of individuals spaced apart from the region which have both indicated a willingness to relocate to the region and which satisfy the skill criteria, the identification being performed by searching at least one database; contacting the plurality of individuals to obtain from a first portion commitments for relocating to the region based on the company; and communicating an indication of the commitments to the company. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A computer readable medium, comprising
at least one database including information related to a plurality of individuals, the information including hometown information for each of the plurality of individuals and an indication of a willingness to relocate to the hometown for each of the plurality of individuals; - and
a workforce assessment software which queries the at least one database based on a first region and a skill criteria to identify a first portion of the plurality of individuals which have provided an indication of a willingness to relocate to the first region. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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