System and method for creating a dynamic customized employment profile and subsequent use thereof

• US 8,346,569 B2
• Filed: 03/09/2009
• Issued: 01/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ClearFit, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ClearFit, Inc.
• Inventors: Schneiderman, Jamie, Baldwin, Ben
• Primary Examiner(s): OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P
• Application Number:
  US12/400,569
• Publication Number:
  US 20100153289A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,394 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 705/1.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/105 Human resources
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A system and method for dynamically generating a customized profile for a company for a selected profile type, the customized profile including a set of attribute types, each of the attribute types having a customized attribute range. The system comprises a receipt module for receiving a predefined profile having predefined attribute types corresponding to the set of attribute types. Each of the predefined attribute types has a predefined attribute range representing a range of attribute values for the selected profile type, and for receiving personal assessments of individuals related to the company. Each of the personal assessments has questions related to attributes. Each of the questions has a value assigned by the respective related individual.

Claims

1. A system for dynamically generating a customized profile for a company for a selected profile type, the customized profile including a set of attribute types, each of the attribute types having a customized attribute range, the system comprising:

a receipt module for receiving a standard profile corresponding to the selected profile type, the standard profile having standard attribute types corresponding to the set of attribute types, each of the standard attribute types having a standard attribute range representing a standard range of attribute values for the selected profile type, such that each of the standard range of attribute values of the standard profile is based on industry wide employee profiles representing an industry benchmark for a plurality of companies, and for receiving a plurality of personal assessments of individuals related to the company, each of the personal assessments having questions related to one or more attributes of the set of attribute types, each of the questions having a value assigned by the respective related individual;

a profile module for calculating determined attribute ranges for each of the standard attribute types of the set of attribute types based on the values of the questions, the determined attribute ranges corresponding to the standard attribute types, and for generating customized attribute ranges by combining the determined attribute ranges with the standard attribute ranges; and

an output module adapted for storing the generated customized ranges as the customized profile.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the weighted combination is based on a number of related individuals of the company represented in the plurality of personal assessments, such that the profile uses the actual number of related individuals represented in the plurality of personal assessments or a reduced or otherwise revised number of related individuals based on comparison of the number of related individuals to a determined inclusion number threshold.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising a plurality of filter settings for use by the profile module in affecting the combination of the determined attribute ranges with the predefined attribute ranges.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the plurality of filter settings is selected from the group comprising:

a weighted combination based on minimum number of the related individuals providing the plurality of personal assessments;

an indication of one or more of the related individuals to include in the combination;

an indication of one or more of the related individuals to exclude in the combination; and

an indication of a performance rating assigned to one or more of the related individuals for use in either excluding or including the respective related individual in the combination.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the indication is assigned by the company to the one or more related individuals.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the related individuals are current or past employees of the company and the predefined attribute range represents the range of attribute values for individuals outside of the company.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the selected profile type is selected from the group comprising:

a defined employment position; and

a representative employment position as a combination of defined employment definitions.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the representative employment position is a company department or grouping of company departments.

9. The system of claim 1 further comprising the profile module adapted for selecting personal assessments corresponding to one or more of the related individuals and removing the corresponding attribute values from the combination.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the removal is based on the selected one or more related individuals considered as outside of a representative value of the determined attribute ranges.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the representative value is an average.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the customized profile is one of a plurality of customized profiles stored in a memory.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising an aggregator module adapted for combining two or more of the plurality of customized profiles to generate an aggregated customized profile.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the aggregator module is adapted for comparing at least one of a plurality of aggregated customized profiles with one another or a selected customized profile with one or more aggregated profiles, the comparison for identifying a dynamic shift in time in general company staff values associated with the personal assessments.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the comparison includes historical aggregate customized profiles or a minimum company desired attribute value for specified key attribute.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the aggregator module is operated periodically for facilitating monitoring the dynamic shift in time in general company staff values associated with the personal assessments.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the customized profile has an arcuate shape and a plurality of wedges distributed around a central region of the arcuate shape, such that each of the plurality of wedges represents one of the predefined attribute ranges.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein each of the predefined attribute ranges extends from an inner boundary to an outer boundary in the respective wedge, such that the inner boundary is distanced from the central region towards a periphery of the arcuate shape and the outer boundary is distanced from the periphery of the arcuate shape towards the central region.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the arcuate shape is a circle.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein said combining the determined attribute ranges with the standard attribute ranges uses a weighted combination of the determined attribute ranges and the standard attribute ranges.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the weighted combination includes an unequal weighting between the determined attribute ranges and the standard attribute ranges.

22. A method for dynamically generating a customized profile for a company for a selected profile type, the customized profile including a set of attribute types, each of the attribute types having a customized attribute range, the method comprising instructions stored on a memory and executable by a computer processor, the instructions comprising:

receiving a standard profile corresponding to the selected profile type, the standard profile having standard attribute types corresponding to the set of attribute types, each of the standard attribute types having a standard attribute range representing a standard range of attribute values for the selected profile type, such that each of the standard range of attribute values of the standard profile is based on industry wide employee profiles representing an industry benchmark for a plurality of companies;

receiving a plurality of personal assessments of individuals related to the company, each of the personal assessments having questions related to one or more attributes of the set of attribute types, each of the questions having a value assigned by the respective related individual;

calculating, using the computer processor, determined attribute ranges for each of the standard attribute types of the set of attribute types based on the values of the questions, the determined attribute ranges corresponding to the standard attribute types;

generating, using the computer processor, customized attribute ranges by combining the determined attribute ranges with the standard attribute ranges; and

storing the generated customized ranges as the customized profile.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein said combining the determined attribute ranges with the standard attribute ranges uses a weighted combination of the determined attribute ranges and the standard attribute ranges.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the weighted combination includes an unequal weighting between the determined attribute ranges and the standard attribute ranges.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein the weighted combination is determined based only on the determined attribute ranges obtained from the values of the questions.