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Method and system for operating a personnel workflow tool

  • US 7,346,535 B2
  • Filed: 03/20/2006
  • Issued: 03/18/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system generating referrals for at least one job position, comprising:

  • a server coupled to a memory;

    said server communicatively accessibly an employee of a corporate entity and a job hunter;

    said server operated by a program residing in said memory and executing the steps of;

    maintaining a reservoir of at least two identified people, wherein each of said identified people is attributed a name, a virtual address, a background description, a geographic locale, and a history;

    receiving at least one job position request including a job position description containing a work location and including a referral specification;

    creating a virtual community of at least one member based upon said job position request;

    generating a referral request for said job position description based upon said referral specification to each of said members of said virtual community; and

    sending said referral request for said job position description to said member, for each of said members of said virtual community;

    wherein the step of creating said virtual community further comprises the steps of;

    selecting said members from said identified people based upon said job position description; and

    collecting said members to create said virtual community based upon said job position request;

    wherein the step of selecting said members from said identified people is further comprised of the step of;

    selecting a first of said members from said identified people whose said background description nearly matches said job description;

    wherein the step of sending said referral request for said job position description to said member is further comprised of the steps of;

    queuing at least said referral request to create a member referral request queue;

    processing said referral request queue to create a referral request message for said member;

    sending said referral request message to said member based upon said virtual address attribute to said member; and

    flushing said member referral request queue.

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