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System and Method For Intelligent Job Hunt

  • US 20120215795A1
  • Filed: 05/03/2012
  • Published: 08/23/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer-implemented method for sorting a set of job openings according to their relevance to a user, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by a computer system, profile information related to a user'"'"'s career;

    determining, by the computer system, target job criteria related to the user'"'"'s career based on the profile information, the target job criteria including a first target job criteria and as second target job criteria;

    determining, by the computer system, a set of current job openings from a web-based job openings index;

    mapping, by the computer system, a job opening from the set of current job openings to a standardized job description from a standardized job description index, the standardized job description obtained from a different source than the job openings index and the standardized job description including at least some information fields relevant to the job opening that is not included in the job opening;

    determining, by the computer system, a first matching score between a job opening from the set of current job openings and the first target job criteria;

    determining, by the computer system, a second matching score between the job opening and the second target job criteria;

    weighting, by the computer system, and combining the first and second matching scores to generate an overall score for the job opening;

    sorting, by the computer system, the set of job openings according to their overall scores; and

    outputting, by the computer system, the sorted set of job openings and information pertaining to each job opening including at least one information field from the job opening description and at least one information field from the mapped standardized job description that was not present in the job opening.

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