Method, system, and computer program product for employment market statistics generation and analysis

• US 8,015,047 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2001
• Issued: 09/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Benhov GmbH, LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Archeron Ltd LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Luu, Michael Sea, van Gorder, Peter B., Foulger, Michael G., Cooper, Jeremy S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Boswell; Beth V
• Application Number:
  US09/841,167
• Publication Number:
  US 20020016730A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,786 Days
• Field of Search: 705/1, 705/8, 705/9, 705/10, 705/7.13, 705/7.14, 705/320, 705/321, 709230-235
• US Class Current: 705/7.14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06311 Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063112 Skill-based matching of a person or a group to a task
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/105 Human resources
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0205 Location or geographical consideration

Abstract

A method of generating employment market characteristics from a network includes the steps of accessing an employment resource including data via a network, matching the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories, and updating at least one statistical indicator associated with the matched employment market category.

Claims

1. A method of generating employment market statistics via a network, comprising:

accessing, by a data processing device, an employment resource via the network, the employment resource comprising data;

matching, by the data processing device, the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories, wherein the matching includes matching resources to the plurality of employment market categories according to a multi-tiered matching strategy; and

updating, by the data processing device, at least one statistical indicator associated with a matched employment market category, wherein the updating comprises calculating a ratio of resumes associated with the matched employment market category to job listings associated with the matched employment market category.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of market categories corresponds to a particular labor type and region.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the matching comprises:

matching the employment resource to a raw category;

matching the employment resource to an interim category; and

matching the employment resource to an employment market category.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the accessing an employment resource comprises:

sending a client request across the network to a server; and

receiving the employment resource via the network.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

repeating the accessing, matching, and updating for each of a plurality of employment resources; and

for each of the plurality of market categories, plotting the associated statistical indicator.

6. A method of generating employment market statistics from a network, comprising:

accessing, by a data processing device, an employment resource via the network, the employment resource comprising data;

matching, by the data processing device, the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories, wherein the matching includes matching resources to the plurality of employment market categories according to a multi-tiered matching strategy; and

updating, by the data processing device, at least one statistical indicator associated with a matched employment market category;

wherein the updating comprises;

incrementing a first counter associated with the matched employment market category in response to determining the employment resource is a resume; and

incrementing a second counter associated with the matched employment market category in response to determining the employment resource is a job listing.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein each of the plurality of market categories corresponds to a particular labor type and region.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the matching comprises:

matching the employment resource to a raw category;

matching the employment resource to an interim category; and

matching the employment resource to an employment market category.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the accessing comprises:

sending a client request across the network to a server; and

receiving the employment resource via the network.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

repeating the accessing, matching, and updating for each of a plurality of employment resources; and

for each of the plurality of market categories, plotting the associated statistical indicator.

11. A system for generating employment market statistics from a network, comprising:

means for accessing an employment resource via the network, the employment resource comprising data;

means for matching the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories, wherein the matching includes matching resources to the plurality of employment market categories according to a multi-tiered matching strategy; and

means for updating at least one statistical indicator associated with the matched employment market category;

wherein said means for updating at least one statistical indicator comprises means for calculating a ratio of resumes associated with the matched employment market category to job listings associated with the matched employment market category.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of market categories corresponds to a particular labor type and region.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein said means for matching the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories comprises:

means for matching, the employment resource to a raw category;

means for matching the employment resource to an interim category; and

means for matching the employment resource to an employment market category.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein said means for accessing an employment resource comprises:

means for sending a client request across the network to a server; and

means for receiving the employment resource via the network.

15. The system of claim 11, further comprising means for plotting the associated statistical indicator for each of the plurality of market categories.

16. A system for generating employment market statistics from a network, comprising:

means for accessing an employment resource via the network, the employment resource comprising data;

means for matching the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories, wherein the matching includes matching resources to the plurality of employment market categories according to a multi-tiered matching strategy; and

means for updating at least one statistical indicator associated with the matched employment market category;

wherein said means for updating at least one statistical indicator comprises;

means for incrementing a first counter associated with the matched employment market category in response to determining the employment resource is a resume; and

means for incrementing a second counter associated with the matched employment market category in response to determining the employment resource is a job listing.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein each of the plurality of market categories corresponds to a particular labor type and region.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein said means for matching the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories comprises:

means for matching the employment resource to a raw category;

means for matching the employment resource to an interim category; and

means for matching the employment resource to an employment market category.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein said means for accessing an employment resource comprises:

means for sending a client request across the network to a server; and

means for receiving the employment resource via the network.

20. The system of claim 16, further comprising means for plotting the associated statistical indicator for each of the plurality of market categories.

21. A system for generating employment market statistics from a network, comprising:

a data processing device configured with;

a spider engine that accesses an employment resource via the network, the employment resource comprising data; and

a statistical analysis engine that matches the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories, wherein the matching includes matching resources to the plurality of employment market categories according to a multi-tiered matching strategy, and that calculates a ratio of resumes associated with the matched employment market category to job listings associated with the matched employment market category.

22. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, execution of which by a data processing device causes the data processing device to perform operations for generating employment market statistics from a network, the operations comprising:

accessing an employment resource via the network, the employment resource comprising data;

matching the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories, wherein the matching includes matching resources to the plurality of employment market categories according to a multi-tiered matching strategy; and

updating at least one statistical indicator associated with the matched employment market category;

wherein the updating at least one statistical indicator comprises calculating a ratio of resumes associated with the matched employment market category to job listings associated with the matched employment market category.

23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein each of the plurality of market categories corresponds to a particular labor type and region.

24. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein the operation of matching the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories comprises:

matching the employment resource to a raw category;

matching the employment resource to an interim category; and

matching the employment resource to an employment market category.

25. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein the operation of accessing an employment resource comprises:

sending a client request across the network to a server; and

receiving the employment resource via the network.

26. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein the operations further comprise plotting the associated statistical indicator for each of the plurality of market categories.

27. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, execution of which by a data processing device causes the data processing device to perform operations for generating employment market statistics from a network, the operations comprising:

accessing an employment resource via the network, the employment resource comprising data;

matching the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories, wherein the matching includes matching resources to the plurality of employment market categories according to a multi-tiered matching strategy; and

updating at least one statistical indicator associated with the matched employment market category;

wherein the updating at least one statistical indicator comprises;

incrementing a first counter associated with the matched employment market category in response to determining the employment resource is a resume; and

incrementing a second counter associated with the matched employment market category in response to determining the employment resource is a job listing.

28. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 27, wherein each of the plurality of market categories corresponds to a particular labor type and region.

29. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 27, wherein the operation of matching the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories comprises:

matching the employment resource to a raw category;

matching the employment resource to an interim category; and

matching the employment resource to an employment market category.

30. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 27, wherein the operation of accessing an employment resource comprises:

sending a client request across the network to a server; and

receiving the employment resource via the network.

31. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 27, the operations further comprising plotting the associated statistical indicator for each of the plurality of market categories.

32. A system for generating employment market statistics from a network, comprising:

a processing device configured with;

a spider engine that accesses an employment resource via the network, the employment resource comprising data; and

a statistical analysis engine that matches the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories, wherein the matching includes matching resources to the plurality of employment market categories according to a multi-tiered matching strategy, and wherein the statistical analysis engine increments a first counter associated with the matched employment market category in response to determining the employment resource is a resume and increments a second counter associated with the matched employment market category in response to determining the employment resource is a job listing.