HIRING PROCESS BY USING SOCIAL NETWORKING TECHNIQUES TO VERIFY JOB SEEKER INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A network accessible software application comprising:
- an interface permitting a set of profile providers to input personal biographical information, which includes job history information and education information;
an interface enabling a set of commentators to view biographical information provided by the set of profile providers and to add input regarding this information;
software configured to compute at least one verification score against the personal biographical information based at least in part upon the added input from the set of commentators; and
software configured to convey personal information along with the verification score to a set of profile consumers, wherein said interfaces are created by software, and wherein software used in this claim is stored upon a machine readable medium and is configured to be executed by at least one computing device causing the computing device to behave in the claimed manner.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a network accessible software application that includes an interface permitting a set of profile providers to input personal biographical information, which includes job history information and education information. The application can also include an interface enabling a set of commentators to view biographical information provided by the set of profile providers and to add input regarding this information. Software of the application can establish/calculate at least one verification score against the personal biographical information based at least in part upon the added input from the set of commentators. Further software can convey the personal information along with the verification score to a set of profile consumers. At least a portion of the commentators can have a social networking connection to the profile providers for whom the added input is provided.
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20 Claims
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1. A network accessible software application comprising:
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an interface permitting a set of profile providers to input personal biographical information, which includes job history information and education information; an interface enabling a set of commentators to view biographical information provided by the set of profile providers and to add input regarding this information; software configured to compute at least one verification score against the personal biographical information based at least in part upon the added input from the set of commentators; and software configured to convey personal information along with the verification score to a set of profile consumers, wherein said interfaces are created by software, and wherein software used in this claim is stored upon a machine readable medium and is configured to be executed by at least one computing device causing the computing device to behave in the claimed manner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for utilizing social networking technology for job application purposes comprising:
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a network element receiving a personal profile from a person comprising biographical information of that person, said biographical data including job history information and education information; verifying said biographical information based at least in part upon social networking connections associated with the person; and providing verified biographical information for the person to at least one hiring entity. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for leveraging social networking information for an employment context comprising:
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extracting from a social networking Web site information relating to biographical data provided as part of a resume by a profile provider; algorithmically determining a set of verification scores for discrete entries contained in the biographical data using the extracted information; utilizing additional input from at least one authority source to further refine the set of verification scores; and providing the verification scores along with the biographical data to a plurality of hiring entities. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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