Methods of matching job profiles and candidate profiles

• US 20100153290A1
• Filed: 12/12/2008
• Published: 06/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Paul Duggan
• Original Assignee: Paul Duggan
• Inventors: Duggan, Paul
• Application Number:
  US12/314,550
• Publication Number:
  US 20100153290A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/321
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions

Abstract

Methods and computer program products are described for matching candidate profiles and job profiles during a job search or a people search. Methods of matching of a candidate profile with a plurality of job profiles, or a job profile with a plurality of candidate profiles are disclosed. During the disclosed methods a strict initial match between a candidate profile and a plurality of job profiles, or between a job profile and a candidate profile is initially undertaken in order to select matched profiles. Thereafter a fuzzy match between the candidate profile and the matched job profiles, or between a job profile and the matched candidate profile based on the degree of similarity between the respective profiles is used to determine the relevance of the matched profiles. A job or candidate profile and/or a matched job or candidate profile may be forwarded using a social network. The profiles preferably include psychometric information or criteria.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of matching a job profile including therein psychometric profile data regarding the desired prospective candidate, the job profile having an associated full text jobs index, with a candidate profile including therein psychometric profile data relating to the candidate, the candidate profile having an associated candidate full text digest, comprising the steps of:

comparing a plurality of job profiles with a candidate profile to determine one or more matches;

determining, for the or each job profile matched with the candidate profile, the degree of matching between the candidate full text digest and the respective full text jobs index; and

providing information relating to at least one job profile matched to the candidate profile together with information relating to the degree of matching.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

the step of receiving job search information from a prospective candidate; and

the step of extracting data included in a candidate profile therefrom.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 further comprising the step of generating a candidate full text digest based on the job search information.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising the step of generating a candidate full text digest based on the candidate profile.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising the step of generating a job full text index based on the respective job profile.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising the step of ordering the matched job profiles by degree of matching.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the step of providing information relating to the matched jobs comprises providing the matched jobs ordered in accordance with the degree of matching.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the step of providing information comprises the step of displaying information on a display.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising the step of referring a job profile and/or a candidate profile used in or resulting from the method as claimed in claim 1 to at least one social network contact.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the job profile also includes factual job data.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1 where the candidate profile also includes factual job data regarding a desired prospective job.

12. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising the method as claimed in claim 1.

13. A computer-implemented method of matching a candidate profile including therein psychometric profile data relating to the candidate, the candidate profile having an associated candidate full text digest, with a job profile including therein psychometric profile data regarding the desired prospective candidate, the job profile having an associated full text jobs index, comprising the steps of:

comparing a plurality of candidate profiles with a job profile to determine one or more matches;

determining, for the or each candidate profile matched with the job profile, the degree of matching between the full text jobs index and the respective candidate full text digest; and

providing information relating to at least one candidate profile matched to the job profile together with information relating to the degree of matching.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13 further comprising:

the step of receiving people search information; and

the step of extracting data included in a job profile therefrom.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14 further comprising the step of generating an associated full text jobs index based on the people search information.

16. The method as claimed in claim 13 further comprising the step of generating a full text jobs index based on the job profile.

17. The method as claimed in claim 13 further comprising the step of generating a candidate full text digest based on the candidate profile.

18. The method as claimed in claim 13 further comprising the step of ordering the matched candidate profiles by degree of matching.

19. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein the step of providing information relating to the matched candidates comprises providing the matched candidates ordered in accordance with the degree of matching.

20. The method as claimed in claim 13 wherein the step of providing information comprises the step of displaying information on a display.

21. The method as claimed in claim 13 further comprising the step of referring a job profile and/or a candidate profile used in or resulting from the method as claimed in claim 13 to at least one social network contact.

22. The method as claimed in claim 13 wherein the job profile includes factual job data.

23. The method as claimed in claim 13 where the candidate profile includes factual job data regarding a desired prospective job.

24. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising the method as claimed in claim 13.