Apparatuses, methods and systems for advancement path benchmarking

• US 9,779,390 B1
• Filed: 04/21/2009
• Issued: 10/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Monster Worldwide Incorporated (Randstad NV)
• Original Assignee: Monster Worldwide Incorporated (Randstad NV)
• Inventors: Mund, Matthew, Sargent, Julie
• Primary Examiner(s): Ouellette, Jonathan
• Application Number:
  US12/427,714
• Time in Patent Office: 3,087 Days
• Field of Search: 705 11-912
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/105 Human resources
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiring

Abstract

The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADVANCEMENT PATH BENCHMARKING (“APB”) provides mechanisms allowing advancement seekers to identify, map out, structure and interact with various advancement paths to the seeker'"'"'s goals. In one embodiment, the seekers are career advancement seekers, and the APB provides mechanisms allowing the seeker to explore various career paths and opportunities. In one embodiment, the APB interacts with a statistical engine, which allows seekers to map their experiences to various advancement states in the statistical engines state structure. By so doing, it allows seeker to explore multiple paths based on various criteria, and allows seekers to plan their career goals. In the process, the APB obtains and tracks information from a number of seekers allowing any one seeker to benchmark attributes of their advancement path against other seekers. In other embodiments, the seekers may be students wishing to advance their academic advancements. In yet other embodiments, the seekers are financial seekers who wish to achieve their financial goals.

Claims

1. An objective advancement benchmark processor-implemented method, comprising:

obtaining a seeker identifier;

identifying a desired current advancement state for the seeker identifier;

obtaining a selection for a characteristic for benchmarking the desired current advancement state;

querying a vocational graph state structure with the desired current advancement state to identify other seekers having experienced the desired current advancement state wherein the vocational graph state structure is a datastructure comprised of an interconnected graph topology of state nodes;

querying an attributes database with identifiers of the other seekers and the characteristic;

aggregating attributes query results from the attributes database and computing a base line value for the selected characteristic;

querying an attributes database with the selected characteristic for the seeker for seeker characteristic results;

comparing the seeker characteristic results to the aggregated query results;

generating a datastructure for visualization of the comparison of the seeker characteristic results to the aggregated query results; and

providing the generated datastructure to a requester.

2. The method of claim 1, further, comprising:

displaying the generated datastructure for visualization of the comparison of the seeker characteristic results to the aggregated query results to the requester.

3. The method of claim 2, further, comprising:

determining if more than one characteristic is selected;

obtaining weights for the more than one characteristic if more than one characteristic is selected; and

affecting comparison based on the weights.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the weights are default weights.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the weights are provided by a seeker.

6. An objective advancement benchmark processor-implemented system, comprising:

means to obtain a seeker identifier;

means to identify a desired current advancement state for the seeker identifier;

means to obtain a selection for a characteristic for benchmarking the desired current advancement state;

means to query a vocational graph state structure with the desired current advancement state to identify other seekers have experienced the desired current advancement state wherein the vocational graph state structure is a datastructure comprised of an interconnected graph topology of state nodes;

means to query an attributes database with identifiers of the other seekers and the characteristic;

means to aggregate attributes query results from the attributes database and compute a base line value for the selected characteristic;

means to query an attributes database with the selected characteristic for the seeker for seeker characteristic results;

means to compare the seeker characteristic results to the aggregated query results;

means to generate a datastructure for visualization of the comparison of the seeker characteristic results to the aggregated query results; and

means to provide the generated datastructure to a requester.

7. The system of claim 6, further, comprising:

means to display the generated datastructure for visualization of the comparison of the seeker characteristic results to the aggregated query results to the requester.

8. The system of claim 7, further, comprising:

means to determine if more than one characteristic is selected;

means to obtain weights for the more than one characteristic if more than one characteristic is selected; and

means to affect comparison based on the weights.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the weights are default weights.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the weights are provided by a seeker.

11. An objective advancement benchmark processor-readable non-transitory medium storing a plurality of processing instructions, comprising issuable instructions by a processor to:

obtain a seeker identifier;

identify a desired current advancement state for the seeker identifier;

obtain a selection for a characteristic for benchmarking the desired current advancement state;

query a vocational graph state structure with the desired current advancement state to identify other seekers have experienced the desired current advancement state wherein the vocational graph state structure is a datastructure comprised of an interconnected graph topology of state nodes;

query an attributes database with identifiers of the other seekers and the characteristic;

aggregate attributes query results from the attributes database and compute a base line value for the selected characteristic;

query an attributes database with the selected characteristic for the seeker for seeker characteristic results;

compare the seeker characteristic results to the aggregated query results;

generate a datastructure for visualization of the comparison of the seeker characteristic results to the aggregated query results; and

provide the generated datastructure to a requester.

12. The medium of claim 11, further, comprising:

display the generated datastructure for visualization of the comparison of the seeker characteristic results to the aggregated query results to the requester.

13. The medium of claim 12, further, comprising:

determine if more than one characteristic is selected;

obtain weights for the more than one characteristic if more than one characteristic is selected; and

affect comparison based on the weights.

14. The medium of claim 13, wherein the weights are default weights.

15. The medium of claim 13, wherein the weights are provided by a seeker.

16. An objective advancement benchmark apparatus, comprising:

a memory;

a processor disposed in communication with said memory, and configured to issue a plurality of processing instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor issues instructions to;

obtain a seeker identifier;

identify a desired current advancement state for the seeker identifier;

obtain a selection for a characteristic for benchmarking the desired current advancement state;

query a vocational graph state structure with the desired current advancement state to identify other seekers have experienced the desired current advancement state wherein the vocational graph state structure is a datastructure comprised of an interconnected graph topology of state nodes;

query an attributes database with identifiers of the other seekers and the characteristic;

aggregate attributes query results from the attributes database and compute a base line value for the selected characteristic;

query an attributes database with the selected characteristic for the seeker for seeker characteristic results;

compare the seeker characteristic results to the aggregated query results;

generate a datastructure for visualization of the comparison of the seeker characteristic results to the aggregated query results; and

provide the generated datastructure to a requester.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, further, comprising:

display the generated datastructure for visualization of the comparison of the seeker characteristic results to the aggregated query results to the requester.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, further, comprising:

determine if more than one characteristic is selected;

obtain weights for the more than one characteristic if more than one characteristic is selected; and

affect comparison based on the weights.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the weights are default weights.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the weights are provided by a seeker.