Employment recruiting system and method using a computer network for posting job openings and which provides for automatic periodic searching of the posted job openings

• US 6,370,510 B1
• Filed: 09/07/1999
• Issued: 04/09/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: CareerBuilder LLC (Nexstar Media Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: CareerBuilder LLC (Nexstar Media Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: McGovern, Robert J., Winchester, James A. Jr., Koffman, Jennie A., Evans, Andrew B., Walker, Aaron P., Farmer, Brian E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Millin, Vincent
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kazimi, Hani M.
• Application Number:
  US09/389,752
• Time in Patent Office: 945 Days
• Field of Search: 705/2, 705/10, 705/26, 705/27, 707/10, 707/104, 709/201, 709/203, 709/219
• US Class Current: 705/321
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiring

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing an interactive computer-driven employment recruiting service. The method and apparatus enables an employer to advertise available positions on the Internet, directly receive resumes from prospective candidates, and efficiently organize and screen the received resumes. The method and apparatus further is capable of monitoring employment advertisements for a job seeker and automatically notifying the job seeker when a position for which the job seeker is suitable becomes available. The method and apparatus further enables a plurality of companies to advertise job positions at a single location accessible via the Internet by a job seeker, and enables the job seeker to communicate directly with a company via the Internet if the job seeker is interested in exploring further information pertaining to an available position at that company.

Claims

1. An employment recruiting method, comprising the steps of:

receiving first computer readable data, representing information pertaining to a job, provided by a job seeker user via a computer network;

automatically periodically comparing said first computer readable data to second computer readable data including job opening data representing information pertaining to at least one job opening; and

sending said job seeker user a message informing said job seeker user when said comparing step determines that said first computer readable data matches at least a portion of said second computer readable data, said message including a link to a site at which additional data pertaining to said job opening is accessible by said job seeker user via said link.

2. An employment recruiting method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

said message is an e-mail message.

3. An employment recruiting method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

said comparing step compares said first computer readable data to said second computer readable data at periodic intervals as designated by said job seeker user.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

said comparing step compares said first computer readable data to said second computer readable data in response to a request by said job seeker.

5. A system for performing employment recruiting via a computer network, comprising:

a data receiving component, adapted to receive first computer readable data, representing information pertaining to a job, is provided by a job seeker user via said computer network;

a comparator, adapted to automatically periodically compare said first computer readable data to second computer readable data including job opening data representing information pertaining to at least one job opening; and

an informing component, adapted to provide a message to said job seeker user to inform said job seeker user when said comparator determines that said first computer readable data matches at least a portion of said second computer readable data, said message including a link to a site at which additional data pertaining to said job opening is accessible by said job seeker user via said link.

6. A system as claimed in claim 5, wherein:

said message is an e-mail message.

7. A system as claimed in claim 5, wherein:

said comparator compares said first computer readable data to said second computer readable data at periodic intervals as designated by said job seeker user.

8. A system as claimed in claim 5, wherein:

said comparator is adapted to compare said first computer readable data to said second computer readable data in response to a request by said job seeker.

9. A computer readable medium of instructions, comprising:

a first set of instructions, adapted to control a computer system to receive first computer readable data, representing information pertaining to a job, provided by a job seeker user via a computer network;

a second set of instructions, adapted to control said computer system to automatically periodically compare said first computer readable data to second computer readable data including job opening, data representing information pertaining to at least one job opening; and

a third set of instructions, adapted to control said computer system to send a message to said job seeker user to inform said job seeker user when said first computer readable data is determined to match at least a portion of said second computer readable data, said message including a link to a site at which additional data pertaining to said job opening is accessible by said job seeker user via said link.

10. A computer readable medium of instructions as claimed in claim 9, wherein:

said message is an e-mail message.

11. A computer readable medium of instructions as claimed in claim 9, wherein:

said second set of instructions controls said computer system to compare said first computer readable data to said second computer readable data at periodic intervals as designated by said job seeker user.

12. A computer readable medium of instructions as claimed in claim 9, wherein:

said second set of instructions is adapted to control said computer system to compare said job seeker.