System and method for evaluating job candidates
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method being implemented by an improved computer system programmed for reference checking in accordance with the computer-implemented method, comprising:
- generating, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, a plurality of position specific surveys;
wherein each position specific survey comprises a plurality of survey questions specific to competency skills related to performance of at least one position;
wherein each response received, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, to each survey question of the plurality of survey questions corresponds to a number on a numerical extent scale;
wherein each position specific survey is configured for calculating an statistical score in each competency skills group of the competency skills based on statistical analysis of numbers on the numerical extent scale across responses received from the plurality of reference providers to the plurality of survey questions so that the responses from the plurality of reference providers are confidential from employers and job candidates;
receiving, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, through at least one first computer programmed graphical user interface, from at least one first employer, at least the following information;
i) job information, wherein the job information is related to at least one first position,ii) an identity of each job candidate applying to be interviewed, andiii) a selection identifying, from the plurality of position specific surveys, at least one first position specific survey related to at least one first position;
wherein the at least one first employer requires references from a plurality of reference providers to be received for each job candidate before the at least one first employer decides whether or not to conduct a job interview;
wherein the improved computer system programmed for reference checking is independent from each job candidate and the at least one first employer;
receiving, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, through at least one second computer programmed graphical user interface, from a first job candidate from a plurality of job candidates applying to be interviewed, first contact information identifying the plurality of reference providers,automatically assigning, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, a first unique identifier to a first reference provider of the plurality of reference providers;
automatically assigning, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, a second unique identifier to a second reference provider of the plurality of reference providers;
automatically assigning, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, a third unique identifier to a third reference provider of the plurality of reference providers;
automatically transmitting, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, at least one first personalized request to complete the at least one first position specific survey to the first reference provider, wherein the at least one first personalized request comprises;
i) a first URL link to access the at least one first position specific survey, andii) the first unique identifier, andiii) information informing that responses obtained in response to the at least one first position specific survey are kept confidential from the at least one first employer and the first job candidate;
automatically transmitting, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, at least one second personalized request to complete the at least one first position specific survey to the second reference provider, wherein the at least one second personalized request comprises;
i) a second URL link to access the at least one first position specific survey, andii) the second unique identifier, andiii) the information informing that the responses obtained in response to the at least one first position specific survey are kept confidential from the at least one first employer and the first job candidate;
automatically transmitting, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, at least one third personalized request to complete the at least one first position specific survey to the third reference provider, wherein the at least one third personalized request comprises;
i) a third URL link to access the at least one first position specific survey, andii) the third unique identifier, andiii) the information informing that the responses obtained in response to the at least one first position specific survey are kept confidential from the at least one first employer and the first job candidate;
causing to display, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, through at least one third computer graphical user interface, the at least one first position specific survey to the first, the second and the third reference providers respectively in response to;
i) the first, the second and the third URL links being activated respectively andii) the first, the second and the third unique identifiers being supplied respectively;
respectively receiving, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, from the first, the second and the third reference providers, the responses to the at least one first position specific survey;
calculating, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, each statistical score of the first job candidate in each competency skills group of the competency skills based on the responses, being respectively received from the first, the second and the third reference providers;
generating, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, for the at least one first employer, at least one reference report related to the first job candidate, wherein the at least one reference report comprises the statistical scores of the first job candidate in the competency skills groups of the at least one first position specific survey, being calculated based on the responses of the first, the second and the third reference providers so as to maintain the confidentiality of the responses of the plurality of reference providers from the at least one first employer and the first job candidate;
wherein the statistical scores of the first job candidate are benchmarked against statistical scores of other job candidates who applied to a specific position that is at least similar to the at least one first position; and
wherein the at least one reference report is configured to allow the at least one first employer to decide whether or not to conduct the job interview with the first job candidate who has applied to be interviewed.
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Abstract
Human resource system for collecting and analyzing survey data from reference providers identified by a job candidate for use by an employer. The system sends an electronic communication to the reference providers to request completion of survey questions and electronically receives the survey data from the reference providers, preferably through webpages. An analysis module combines the received survey data from the reference providers and generates a confidential candidate report for an employer which excludes identification of any ratings or comments by any reference providers. The system also generates customized interview probe questions for use during job interviews and coaching tactics for use after the hiring, based on the weak areas that have been identified from the completed surveys in order to assist the hiring manager to bring the new hires up to speed quickly and effectively.
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10 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method being implemented by an improved computer system programmed for reference checking in accordance with the computer-implemented method, comprising:
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generating, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, a plurality of position specific surveys; wherein each position specific survey comprises a plurality of survey questions specific to competency skills related to performance of at least one position; wherein each response received, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, to each survey question of the plurality of survey questions corresponds to a number on a numerical extent scale; wherein each position specific survey is configured for calculating an statistical score in each competency skills group of the competency skills based on statistical analysis of numbers on the numerical extent scale across responses received from the plurality of reference providers to the plurality of survey questions so that the responses from the plurality of reference providers are confidential from employers and job candidates; receiving, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, through at least one first computer programmed graphical user interface, from at least one first employer, at least the following information; i) job information, wherein the job information is related to at least one first position, ii) an identity of each job candidate applying to be interviewed, and iii) a selection identifying, from the plurality of position specific surveys, at least one first position specific survey related to at least one first position; wherein the at least one first employer requires references from a plurality of reference providers to be received for each job candidate before the at least one first employer decides whether or not to conduct a job interview; wherein the improved computer system programmed for reference checking is independent from each job candidate and the at least one first employer; receiving, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, through at least one second computer programmed graphical user interface, from a first job candidate from a plurality of job candidates applying to be interviewed, first contact information identifying the plurality of reference providers, automatically assigning, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, a first unique identifier to a first reference provider of the plurality of reference providers; automatically assigning, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, a second unique identifier to a second reference provider of the plurality of reference providers; automatically assigning, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, a third unique identifier to a third reference provider of the plurality of reference providers; automatically transmitting, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, at least one first personalized request to complete the at least one first position specific survey to the first reference provider, wherein the at least one first personalized request comprises; i) a first URL link to access the at least one first position specific survey, and ii) the first unique identifier, and iii) information informing that responses obtained in response to the at least one first position specific survey are kept confidential from the at least one first employer and the first job candidate; automatically transmitting, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, at least one second personalized request to complete the at least one first position specific survey to the second reference provider, wherein the at least one second personalized request comprises; i) a second URL link to access the at least one first position specific survey, and ii) the second unique identifier, and iii) the information informing that the responses obtained in response to the at least one first position specific survey are kept confidential from the at least one first employer and the first job candidate; automatically transmitting, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, at least one third personalized request to complete the at least one first position specific survey to the third reference provider, wherein the at least one third personalized request comprises; i) a third URL link to access the at least one first position specific survey, and ii) the third unique identifier, and iii) the information informing that the responses obtained in response to the at least one first position specific survey are kept confidential from the at least one first employer and the first job candidate; causing to display, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, through at least one third computer graphical user interface, the at least one first position specific survey to the first, the second and the third reference providers respectively in response to; i) the first, the second and the third URL links being activated respectively and ii) the first, the second and the third unique identifiers being supplied respectively; respectively receiving, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, from the first, the second and the third reference providers, the responses to the at least one first position specific survey; calculating, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, each statistical score of the first job candidate in each competency skills group of the competency skills based on the responses, being respectively received from the first, the second and the third reference providers; generating, by the improved computer system programmed for reference checking, for the at least one first employer, at least one reference report related to the first job candidate, wherein the at least one reference report comprises the statistical scores of the first job candidate in the competency skills groups of the at least one first position specific survey, being calculated based on the responses of the first, the second and the third reference providers so as to maintain the confidentiality of the responses of the plurality of reference providers from the at least one first employer and the first job candidate; wherein the statistical scores of the first job candidate are benchmarked against statistical scores of other job candidates who applied to a specific position that is at least similar to the at least one first position; and wherein the at least one reference report is configured to allow the at least one first employer to decide whether or not to conduct the job interview with the first job candidate who has applied to be interviewed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An improved computer system programmed for reference checking, comprising:
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at least one specialize computer machine, comprising; a non-transient memory having at least one region for storing particular computer executable program code; and at least one processor for executing the particular program code stored in the memory, wherein the particular program code is configured to at least perform the following operations upon the execution; generating a plurality of position specific surveys; wherein each position specific survey comprises a plurality of survey questions specific to competency skills related to performance of at least one position; wherein each response being received to each survey question of the plurality of survey questions corresponds to a number on a numerical extent scale; wherein each position specific survey is configured for calculating an statistical score in each competency skills group of the competency skills based on statistical analysis of numbers of the numerical extent scale across responses received from the plurality of reference providers to the plurality of survey questions so that the responses from the plurality of reference providers are confidential from employers and job candidates; receiving, through at least one first computer programmed graphical user interface, from at least one first employer, at least the following information; i) job information, wherein the job information is related to at least one first position, ii) an identity of each job candidate applying to be interviewed, and iii) a selection identifying, from the plurality of position specific surveys, at least one first position specific survey related to at least one first position; wherein the at least one first employer requires references from a plurality of reference providers to be received for each job candidate before the at least one first employer decides whether or not to conduct a job interview; wherein the improved computer system programmed for reference checking is independent from each job candidate and the at least one first employer; receiving, through at least one second computer programmed graphical user interface, from a first job candidate from a plurality of job candidates applying to be interviewed, first contact information identifying the plurality of reference providers, automatically assigning a first unique identifier to a first reference provider of the plurality of reference providers; automatically assigning a second unique identifier to a second reference provider of the plurality of reference providers; automatically assigning a third unique identifier to a third reference provider of the plurality of reference providers; automatically transmitting at least one first personalized request to complete the at least one first position specific survey to the first reference provider, wherein the at least one first personalized request comprises; i) a first URL link to access the at least one first position specific survey, and ii) the first unique identifier, and iii) information informing that responses obtained in response to the at least one first position specific survey are kept confidential from the at least one first employer and the first job candidate; automatically transmitting at least one second personalized request to complete the at least one first position specific survey to the second reference provider, wherein the at least one second personalized request comprises; i) a second URL link to access the at least one first position specific survey, and ii) the second unique identifier, and iii) the information informing that the responses obtained in response to the at least one first position specific survey are kept confidential from the at least one first employer and the first job candidate; automatically transmitting at least one third personalized request to complete the at least one first position specific survey to the third reference provider, wherein the at least one third personalized request comprises; i) a third URL link to access the at least one first position specific survey, and ii) the third unique identifier, and iii) the information informing that the responses obtained in response to the at least one first position specific survey are kept confidential from the at least one first employer and the first job candidate; causing to display, through at least one third computer graphical user interface, the at least one first position specific survey to the first, the second and the third reference providers respectively in response to; i) the first, the second and the third URL links being activated respectively and ii) the first, the second and the third unique identifiers being supplied respectively; respectively receiving, from the first, the second and the third reference providers, the responses to the at least one first position specific survey; calculating each statistical score of the first job candidate in each competency skills group of the competency skills based on the responses, being respectively received from the first, the second and the third reference providers; generating, for the at least one first employer, at least one reference report related to the first job candidate, wherein the at least one reference report comprises the statistical scores of the first job candidate in the competency skills groups of the at least one first position specific survey, being calculated based on the responses of the first, the second and the third reference providers so as to maintain the confidentiality of the responses of the plurality of reference providers from the at least one first employer and the first job candidate; wherein the statistical scores of the first job candidate are benchmarked against statistical scores of other job candidates who applied to a specific position that is at least similar to the at least one first position; and wherein the at least one reference report is configured to allow the at least one first employer to decide whether or not to conduct the job interview with the first job candidate who has applied to be interviewed. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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