Method and apparatus for employment system distributed hiring and co-operative pooling
First Claim
1. A method of operating an employment system comprising:
- receiving a request at a computer from at least two employee seekers from among a plurality of employee seekers to create a co-operative pooling agreement to share resumes;
causing the computer to categorize a first set of one or more employment seekers as public;
causing the computer to categorize a second set of one or more employment seekers as participants in the co-operative pooling agreement, wherein categorizing the second set includesidentifying a first employment seeker, the first employment seeker interacting with the employment system through a component, the component associated with a first employee seeker; and
if the first employee seeker is associated with the co-operative pooling agreement, enabling the first employment seeker to associate with the co-operative pooling agreement;
causing the computer to provide all employee seekers with access to information about the employment seekers of the first public set; and
causing the computer to restrict access to information about the employment seekers in the second co-operative pooling agreement set to the at least two employee seekers that requested the co-operative pooling agreement.
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Abstract
A method of operating an employment system is provided. The method includes enabling a first user associated with an employee seeker to enter a shell for a position and enabling a second user associated with the employee seeker to enter additional information about the position. The second user is distinctly identifiable by the employment system from the first user. The method also includes associating an employment seeker with the position. Alternatively, the method includes categorizing a first set of one or more employment seekers as public and categorizing a second set of one or more employment seekers as participants in a co-operative. The method also includes enabling all employee seekers to access or view information about members of the first set and enabling all employee seekers that are members of the co-operative to access or view information about members of the second set.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of operating an employment system comprising:
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receiving a request at a computer from at least two employee seekers from among a plurality of employee seekers to create a co-operative pooling agreement to share resumes; causing the computer to categorize a first set of one or more employment seekers as public; causing the computer to categorize a second set of one or more employment seekers as participants in the co-operative pooling agreement, wherein categorizing the second set includes identifying a first employment seeker, the first employment seeker interacting with the employment system through a component, the component associated with a first employee seeker; and if the first employee seeker is associated with the co-operative pooling agreement, enabling the first employment seeker to associate with the co-operative pooling agreement; causing the computer to provide all employee seekers with access to information about the employment seekers of the first public set; and causing the computer to restrict access to information about the employment seekers in the second co-operative pooling agreement set to the at least two employee seekers that requested the co-operative pooling agreement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An employment system comprising:
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an access unit configured to receive a request at a computer from at least two employee seekers from among a plurality of employee seekers to create a co-operative pooling agreement to share resumes; a first categorization unit configured to categorize a first set of one or more employment seekers as public; a second categorization unit configured to categorize a second set of one or more employment seekers as participants in the co-operative pooling agreement, and is further configured to; identify a first employment seeker, the first employment seeker interacting with the employment system through a component, the component associated with a first employee seeker; and if the first employee seeker is associated with the co-operative pooling agreement, enable the first employment seeker to associate with the co-operative pooling agreement; the access unit providing all employee seekers with access to information about the employee seekers of the first public set, and the access unit restricting access to information about the employment seekers in the second co-operative pooling agreement set to the at least two employee seekers that requested the co-operative pooling agreement. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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