CANDIDATE AND JOB TRENDING IN EMPLOYMENT SYSTEM

• US 20140244532A1
• Filed: 02/27/2013
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Monster Worldwide Incorporated (Randstad NV)
• Original Assignee: Gozaik LLC (Randstad NV)
• Inventors: Budzienski, Joe, Janapareddy, Venkat Naidu, Zimmerman, Ken, Curtis, Kelsey A., Simonelli, Lauren
• Application Number:
  US13/778,410
• Publication Number:
  US 20140244532A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/321
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiring

Abstract

Systems and methods described herein provide an application through which social media can accelerate communication between a job seeker and a talent seeker (e.g., an employer).

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

identifying, by a computer system, a plurality of trending job posts from job posts maintained in a social networking platform based at least in part on a number of individuals who have responded to the job post;

associating a user-selectable control with the trending job posts;

sending data to a user device to cause the user device to display at least some of the trending job posts and the associated selectable controls;

receiving, at the computer system from the user device, an indication of interest in a particular one of the trending job posts based on selection of the selectable control associated with the particular one of the trending job posts by the user device; and

generating, by the computer system, a post in the social networking platform of an employer associated with the particular trending job post for which the indication of interest was received, the post including response text and a link to a resume of a user associated with the user device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the plurality of trending job posts comprises identifying the trending job posts based on a score calculated based on a first component indicative of user interest related to a job posting and a second component indicative of employer activity associated with the job posting.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the plurality of trending job posts comprises:

for a plurality of job postings, calculating a trending score based at least in part on a number of times the job posting has been viewed and a number of users who have responded to the job posting; and

selecting from the job postings the trending job posts based on the calculated trending scores.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the plurality of trending job posts comprises identifying trending posts based on a score calculated according to score=Σ

(a*AR_post+b*SR_post+c*VR_post+d*A_emp+e*CF_emp) where a, b, c, d, and e are weighting factors, AR_post is a measure of how many users have applied for the job posting, SR_post is a measure of how many users have shared the job posting with other users, VR_post is a measure of how many users have viewed the job posting, A_emp is a measure of the employer'"'"'s activity level in the job posting system, and CF_emp is a measure related to the company.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the plurality of trending job posts comprises identifying trending posts based on a score calculated based at least in part on a measure of how many users have applied for the job posting, a measure of how many users have shared the job posting, a measure of how many users have viewed the job posting, and a measure of the employer'"'"'s activity.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending data to a user device to cause the user device to display a visual indicia of viewing and application rate information for the trending job posts.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

prior to identifying the plurality of trending job posts, filtering a set of job posts to remove job posts having an activity level below a threshold.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving from the employer at the computer system a request to view a resume of a user associated with the post in the social networking platform of the employer; and

enabling access to the employer to view the resume of the user.

9. A computer implemented method comprising:

identifying, by a job posting system, a plurality of trending users from a plurality of users of the job posting system based at least in part on a number of employers who have viewed the user'"'"'s resume;

associating a selectable control with the trending users;

sending data to an employer device to cause the employer device to display at least some of the trending users and the associated selectable controls;

receiving, at the job posting system from the employer device, a request to view a resume of a trending user based on selection of the selectable control associated with a particular one of the trending users; and

enabling access to the employer to view the resume of the trending user.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein identifying the plurality of trending users comprises identifying a trending users based on a score calculated based on a first component indicative of employer interest related to particular user and a second component indicative of user activity.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein identifying the plurality of trending users comprises:

for a plurality of users, calculating a trending score based at least in part on a number of times the user'"'"'s resume has been viewed; and

selecting the trending users based on the calculated trending scores.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein identifying the plurality of trending users comprises identifying trending users based on a score calculated according to score=Σ

(a*CR_emp+b*SR_emp+c*IR_emp+d*L_user+e*SR_user+f*AC_user) where a, b, c, d, e, and f are weighting factors, CR_emp is a measure of how frequently the user'"'"'s resume is viewed by an employer, SR_emp is a measure of how frequently an employer shares a user'"'"'s resume, IR_emp is a measure of how often employer initiates an interview with the user, L_user is a measure of how frequently the user logs into the job posting system, SR_user is a measure of how frequently the user shares job postings with other users, and AC_user is a measure of how many times the user has applied for a job using the job posting system.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein identifying the plurality of trending users comprises identifying trending users based on a score calculated based at least in part on resume viewing information;

interview request information;

resume sharing information; and

user activity information.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising sending data to the employer device to cause the employer device to display a visual indicator of factors influencing identification of the user as a trending user.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

prior to identifying the plurality of trending users, filtering a set of users to remove users having an activity level below a threshold.

16. A computer program product tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising instructions to cause a processor to:

identify a plurality of trending job posts from job posts maintained in a social networking platform based at least in part on a number of individuals who have responded to the job post;

associate a user-selectable control with the trending job posts;

send data to a user device to cause the user device to display at least some of the trending job posts and the associated selectable controls;

receive an indication of interest in a particular one of the trending job posts based on selection of the selectable control associated with the particular one of the trending job posts by the user device; and

generate a post in the social networking platform of an employer associated with the particular trending job post for which the indication of interest was received, the post including response text and a link to a resume of a user associated with the user device.

17. A computer program product tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising instructions to cause a processor to:

identify a plurality of trending users from a plurality of users of the job posting system based at least in part on a number of employers who have viewed the user'"'"'s resume;

associate a selectable control with the trending users;

send data to an employer device to cause the employer device to display at least some of the trending users and the associated selectable controls;

receive a request to view a resume of a trending user based on selection of the selectable control associated with a particular one of the trending users; and

enable access to the employer to view the resume of the trending user.