System and method for internet based procurement and administrative management of workers

• US 8,190,462 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2007
• Issued: 05/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: IQNavigator Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Volt Information Sciences Incorporated
• Inventors: Brief, Victor, Cullen, Andrew III, Zarrelli, Margaret
• Primary Examiner(s): Boswell, Beth V
• Assistant Examiner(s): Anderson, Folashade
• Application Number:
  US11/698,603
• Publication Number:
  US 20070124196A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,951 Days
• Field of Search: 705/7.13, 705/321
• US Class Current: 705/7.13
• 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 10/1053 Employment or hiring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A system for internet-based procurement of non-cataloged goods and services based upon qualified resumes includes a human resources procurement server, an associate vendor terminal, and a hiring manager terminal. The associate vendor terminal is connected to the human resources procurement server. The hiring manager terminal is connected to the human resources procurement server. The human resources procurement server receives at least one job request from the hiring manager terminal. The human resources procurement server also receives at least one qualified resume from the associate vendor terminal and forwards the qualified resume to the hiring manager terminal for review.

Claims

1. A system for Internet based procurement of non-cataloged goods and services based upon qualified resumes, comprising:

a human resources procurement server;

a plurality of associate vendor terminals connected to said human resources procurement server via the Internet, each of the plurality of associate vendor terminals having access to information related to a plurality of job applicants;

a job database connected to the human resources procurement server and the plurality of associate vendor terminals;

a hiring manager terminal connected to the human resources procurement server via the Internet, wherein the hiring manager terminal is associated with an employer;

wherein each associate vendor terminal of the plurality of associate vendor terminals is associated with an associate vendor that is outside the employer;

wherein the human resources procurement server permits a user of the hiring manager terminal to choose between manual entry of a technical non-payroll worker and working on a completed requisition;

wherein, responsive to the user choosing said manual entry, the human resources procurement server is operable to;

receive at least one job request from said hiring manager terminal;

store the at least one job request in the job database;

allow selected associated vendor terminals of the plurality of associate vendor terminals to access the at least one job request via the job database;

wherein the selected associate vendor terminals comprise those associate vendor terminals authorized by the hiring manager terminal to access the at least one job request responsive to criteria submitted from the hiring manager terminal;

receive at least one qualified resume from at least one associate vendor terminal of the selected associate vendor terminals, the at least one qualified resume having been matched to the at least one job request by an associate vendor associated with the at least one associate vendor terminal;

forward said qualified resume to said hiring manager terminal for review; and

transmit a request for an interview to the at least one associate vendor terminal if said qualified resume is acceptable;

wherein, responsive to the user choosing said working on a completed requisition, the human resources procurement server is operable to;

permit the user to choose whether said working on a completed requisition is a change order to an existing engagement or a direct source placement;

wherein said change order to an existing engagement comprises a change to a stored purchase order related to the existing engagement; and

wherein said direct source placement comprises selection of a specific job applicant from a specific one of a plurality of associate vendors for a specific job per information received from the hiring manager terminal.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said hiring manager terminal receives said qualified resume and generates a request to said at least one associate vendor terminal for an interview with said qualified resume applicant if requested by said hiring manager terminal.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein said hiring manager terminal generates a notification message to said at least one associate vendor terminal indicating that said qualified resume applicant has been accepted for employment.

4. The system according to claim 3 further comprising a time and billing server, connected to said human resources procurement server, that receives a plurality of time slips from said at least one associate vendor terminal pertaining to time worked for said accepted qualified resume applicant and generates an invoice to said hiring manager terminal for payment.

5. The system according to claim 4 further comprising a bank server, connected to said human resources procurement server and said hiring manager terminal, that receives authorization from said hiring manager terminal to pay said invoice to said human resources procurement server.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein said human resources procurement server further comprises:

a central processing unit that controls the overall operation of said human resources procurement server;

a memory that stores a control program to operate said human resources procurement server and that temporarily stores said qualified resume; and

a modem, connected to the Internet and to said central processing unit, that facilitates the transfer of said qualified resume from said at least one associate vendor terminal to said hiring manager terminal.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein said central processing unit restricts access of said at least one associate vendor terminal to said job database based upon criteria submitted from said hiring manager terminal.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein said criteria is selected from a group of criteria which includes said at least one associate vendor terminal'"'"'s geographic location and area of expertise.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of associate vendor terminals access said human resources procurement server via the Internet.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein said hiring manager terminal accesses said human resources procurement server via the Internet.

11. The system according to claim 1, wherein the human resources procurement server utilizes data to establish a hiring-manager list of approved associate vendors.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the data utilized comprises:

geographic non-payroll laborer resource provision authority;

skill set non-payroll laborer resource provision authority;

job category non-payroll laborer resource provision authority; and

job title non-payroll laborer resource provision authority.

13. The system according to claim 11, wherein the data utilized comprises:

vendor-preferred tier labor resource provision level; and

client business-unit preferred-vendor sourcing-preference list.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein, responsive to the user choosing said direct source placement, the human resources procurement server processes a direct-source purchase requisition received from the hiring manager terminal.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the human resources procurement server specifies direct-source purchase requisition data comprising at least one of non-payroll worker identity, vendor identity, assignment location, job title, job description, related job skills, assignment start date, assignment end date, temporary laborer billing rate, and anticipated assignment labor hours.

16. A method for Internet based procurement of non-cataloged goods or services based upon qualified resumes, comprising the steps of:

processing, at a human resources procurement server, a first designation from a hiring manager between manual entry of a technical non-payroll worker and working on a completed requisition;

wherein the human resources procurement server is connected to a plurality of associate vendors and the hiring manager via the Internet, each of the plurality of associate vendors having access to information related to a plurality of job applicants;

wherein the hiring manager is associated with an employer;

wherein each associate vendor of the plurality of associate vendors is outside the employer;

responsive to the first designation being said working on a completed requisition;

processing, at the human resources procurement server, a second designation received via the Internet from the hiring manager of whether said working on a completed requisition is a change order to an existing engagement or a direct source placement of a specific employee;

wherein said completed requisition identifies at least one associate vendor selected from the plurality of associate vendors per criteria received from the hiring manager;

wherein said change order to an existing engagement comprises a change to a stored purchase order related to the existing engagement; and

wherein said direct source placement comprises selection of a specific job applicant from a specific one of said plurality of associate vendors for a specific job per information received from the hiring manager;

responsive to the first designation being said manual entry of a technical non-payroll worker;

receiving, at the human resources procurement server, a job description for a temporary employment position from the hiring manager via the Internet;

storing the job description in a job description database;

allowing selected associated vendors of the plurality of associate vendors to access the job description via the job description database;

wherein the selected associate vendors comprise those associate vendors authorized by the hiring manager to access the job description responsive to criteria submitted from the hiring manager;

receiving, at the human resources procurement server, a qualified resume of a job applicant from at least one associate vendor of the selected associate vendors via the Internet, the qualified resume having been matched to the job description by the at least one associate vendor;

transmitting the qualified resume from the human resources procurement server to the hiring manager for approval via the Internet; and

transmitting a request for an interview to the at least one associate vendor if said job applicant is acceptable.

17. The method according to claim 16 further comprising the steps of:

sending notification of a confirmed interview to the hiring manager; and

notifying said at least one associate vendor whether said job applicant is approved for employment.

18. The method according to claim 17, further comprising the steps of:

receiving approval of said job applicant for employment;

requesting necessary employment information regarding said job applicant; and

generating a purchase order for said job applicant to begin work.

19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising the steps of:

accepting at least one time card representing time worked on a particular job;

generating an invoice requesting payment for said at least one time card; and

forwarding said invoice to said hiring manager for approval and payment.

20. The method according to claim 19, further comprising the step of automatically approving said invoice if said hiring manager does not respond within a predetermined period of time.

21. The method according to claim 16, wherein said step of submitting the job description further includes the steps of displaying said job description to the at least one associate vendor and requesting additional information from said hiring manager if said job description is unclear.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein said step of displaying said job description further includes the step of displaying only those job descriptions that said hiring manager has authorized said at least one associate vendor to view.

23. The method according to claim 16, further comprising the steps of:

generating a record that records the status of said job applicant; and

viewing said record to determine the current employment status of said job applicant, the length of time job applicant has been employed at a particular position, and an applicant'"'"'s availability for an interview.

24. The method according to claim 16, further comprising the step of generating a reminder to said hiring manager if no request for an interview is received within a predetermined period of time.

25. The method according to claim 16, wherein said step of transmitting said qualified resume further includes the step of adhering to a plurality of business rules submitted by said hiring manager prior to transmitting said qualified resume.

26. The method according to claim 25, wherein said plurality of business rules is selected from the group consisting of a minimum and a maximum amount of total consecutive time a job applicant may work at a particular employer, the prohibition of hiring a previously discharged job applicant or the standard salary rate for a particular job description.

27. The method of claim 16, wherein the providing comprises utilizing data to establish a client list of approved associate vendors, the approved associate vendors comprising the plurality of associate vendors.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the data utilized comprises:

geographic non-payroll laborer resource provision authority;

skill set non-payroll laborer resource provision authority;

job category non-payroll laborer resource provision authority; and

job title non-payroll laborer resource provision authority.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the data utilized comprises:

vendor-preferred tier labor resource provision level; and

client business-unit preferred-vendor sourcing-preference list.

30. The method of claim 16, further comprising, responsive to the second designation being said direct source placement, the human resources procurement server processing a direct-source purchase requisition received from the hiring manager over the Internet.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the human resources procurement server specifies direct-source purchase requisition data comprising at least one of non-payroll worker identity, vendor identity, assignment location, job title, job description, related job skills, assignment start date, assignment end date, temporary laborer billing rate, and anticipated assignment labor hours.