Employee success prediction system

• US 5,551,880 A
• Filed: 04/21/1995
• Issued: 09/03/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bonnstetter, Bill J., Jon C. Hall
• Original Assignee: Bonnstetter, Bill J., Jon C. Hall
• Inventors: Bonnstetter, Bill J., Hall, Jon C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Apley, Richard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Richman, Glenn E.
• Application Number:
  US08/428,354
• Time in Patent Office: 501 Days
• Field of Search: 434/236-238, 434/362, 434/322, 434/323
• US Class Current: 434/236
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student

Abstract

A system for predicting potential of success of an individual for a particular job or task. Behavioral and values information is derived from the individual. This information is then analyzed and compared against standards for behavior and values previously calculated for the specific job. An evaluation can then be made of the applicant'"'"'s responses to the standards to predict success of a perspective employee for the particular job, or to attempt to improve performance of a current employee for a specific job.

Claims

1. A method of using behavioral and value characteristics of an individual to evaluate potential for a specific job comprising:

presenting to the individual selected questions related to behavior characteristics relevent to the job;

presenting to the individual selected question related to values characteristics relevant to the job;

recording and relating answers to the questions related to the behavior characteristics to a plurality of behavior categories relevant to the job;

recording and relating answers to the question related to values to a plurality of values categories relevant to the job;

recording and scoring the related answers to a predetermined score on a pre-selected scale or scores based on determination on the importance of the behavioral and value characteristic to the job;

recording and correlating the related answers to specific predetermined numerical values in the predetermined range for a plurality of behavior factors relevant to the job and to values related to the job;

averaging the numerical values by the number of behavior characteristics and value characteristics to maintain an average score within the range for behavior and values;

adding the behavior numerical value and values numerical values for the specific behavioral factor;

dividing the sum of the numerical value by two to weight behavior and values approximately equally for each behavior factor; and

presenting in a report the results of the weighted calculation of each behavioral factor based on behavior and values.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the specific job is a management job.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the specific job is a sales job.

4. A method of predicting success of an individual for a particular job comprising:

determining a plurality of overall behavioral characteristics for individual'"'"'s relevant to work environment;

determining a plurality of overall values characteristics for individual'"'"'s relevant to work environment;

presenting questions to the individual based on the overall behavioral and values characteristics, the questions including answers options correlated to the overall behavioral values characteristics;

deriving and recordings, from answers of the individuals to the questions, an overall rating of the individual for each behavior characteristic and correlating each rating to a common scale, and each value characteristic;

determining the interrelationship between the overall behavioral and values characteristics and a plurality of behavior factors specifically identified as being relevant to a particular job;

assigning numerical ratings based on said interrelationship so that overall behavior characteristics are weighed with respect to their effect on said specific behavior factors for said particular job, and overall values characteristics are weighed with respect to their effects on said specific behavior factors for the particular job;

creating averages on a common scale of the numerical ratings for each overall behavior and value characteristic for a specific behavior factor;

combining the averages into a merged score of behavior and values for each behavior factor and generating a report; and

analyzing the work environment of the particular job and predicting the individuals success for the particular job by comparing the merged score for each behavior factor with the actual work environment.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein overall behavioral characteristics are analyzed with respect to basic behavior and response to work environment behavior based on the individual'"'"'s answers.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the steps of determining the interrelationship, assigning numerical ratings, creating averages, and combining averages are applied to basic behavior and response to work environment behavior to produced two merged behavior and values scores for each behavior factor.