System and method for social recruiting

• US 8,543,515 B2
• Filed: 02/21/2012
• Issued: 09/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Career Management Solutions, LLC
• Original Assignee: Career Management Solutions, LLC
• Inventors: McGovern, Robert, Ellinger, Richard, Hagopian, Matthew, Krosschell, Jonathan, Padalino, Margaret
• Primary Examiner(s): Norman, Samica L
• Application Number:
  US13/400,961
• Publication Number:
  US 20120330822A1
• Time in Patent Office: 581 Days
• Field of Search: 705/321, 705/10
• US Class Current: 705/321
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A system for social recruiting including an employment system server including a user database, where the user database includes a recruiter profile and a job seeker profile, and a recruiter network for the recruiter profile includes the recruiter profile associated with the job seeker profile.

Claims

1. A system for social recruiting comprising:

an employment system server comprising at least one user database;

the user database comprising at least one recruiter profile and at least one job seeker profile, wherein a recruiter network for the at least one recruiter profile comprises the at least one recruiter profile associated with the at least one job seeker profile,

wherein the employment server is configured to hide the recruiter network from a job seeker profile that does not match a criteria for the recruiter network so that a request cannot be made to associate the job seeker profile with the recruiter profile.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one job seeker profile in the recruiter network is not associated with another job seeker profile in the recruiter network.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein a house network comprises the at least one job seeker profile associated with the house network.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein a first job seeker profile and a second job seeker associated with the house network share a common attribute.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the employment system server is configured to receive a referral request and send the referral request to at least one job seeker profile associated with the recruiter profile.

6. The system of claim 5, where the referral request is a request for boost.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the referral request includes a spiff.

8. The system of claim 5 wherein the referral request includes a job opening.

9. The system of claim 5, wherein the employment system server is configured receive a referral in response to the referral request of a party with no job seeker profile or with a job seeker profile that is not associated with the recruiter profile.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the referral is anonymous.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the employment system server is configured to pay a spiff to a job seeker associated with the job seeker profile that sent the referral is the referred party is hired.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the employment system server is configured to receive a request to associate a job seeker profile with a recruiter profile.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the employment system server is configured to decide on the request using at least one auto-acceptance rule.