APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SOCIAL NETWORK JOB APPLICATIONS

• US 20120023030A1
• Filed: 09/28/2011
• Published: 01/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: James Jeffries
• Original Assignee: James Jeffries
• Inventors: Jeffries, James
• Granted Patent: US 9,773,225 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/319
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for social network job applications. A method for submitting a job includes receiving details for a job posting from a job poster and the job posting corresponds to an employment position. The method includes providing the job posting for viewing on a job board by one or more users of a social network. Each account includes a user profile storing user information. The method includes receiving a request from a user to apply for the employment position corresponding to the job board posting. The method also includes submitting a job application for viewing by the job poster. The job application includes at least a portion of the user information from the user profile corresponding to the user. At least a portion of the user information included in the job application is pulled from the user profile.

Claims

1. A method for submitting a job application on a social network, the method comprising:

receiving details for a job posting from a job poster, the job posting corresponding to an employment position;

providing the job posting for viewing on a job board by one or more users of a social network, the one or more users having accounts on the social network, the accounts each comprising a user profile storing user information, wherein the social network allows the forming of connections between specific accounts;

receiving a request from a user to apply for the employment position corresponding to the job board posting; and

submitting a job application for viewing by the job poster, the job application comprising at least a portion of the user information from the user profile corresponding to the user, wherein the at least a portion of the user information is pulled from the user profile.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the social network comprises the job board.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the job posting comprises a job posting on a job board independent of the social network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user information comprises one or more of work qualification information, work experience information, a cover letter, and a resume of the user.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a draft view of the job application.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising allowing the user to modify a portion of the draft view of the job application prior to submission.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising allowing the user to upload one or more files to be included as part of the job application.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the submitting of the job application comprises logging an identifier of the user account corresponding to the user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein after the job application is submitted at least a portion of the job application is dynamically updated after submission to reflect changes made to the user information stored in the user profile corresponding to the user.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the account and the user profile corresponds to a single individual.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the account and the user profile corresponds to one of a team and a firm.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the request from the user to apply for the employment position comprises receiving a request from one or more users to apply as a team.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the job application comprises information from a plurality of user accounts corresponding to the team.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the job application comprises a resume created from the user profile of the user.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the job application comprises one or more media files.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the job application includes information linking to an online file or website.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the user information from the user and storing the received information in the user profile corresponding to the user.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the first set of data corresponds to one or both of data entered based on a search for individuals by a potential employer;

and data in a job posting.

18. A method of comparing two sets of data on a social network, the method comprising:

receiving a first set of data, the first set of data comprising details regarding a job position, the details comprising two or more job requirements;

receiving a second set of data, the second set of data comprising user information pulled from a user profile of an account on a social network;

comparing two or more items of information in the first set of data to two or more items of information in the second set of data and determining a degree of match; and

returning two or more indicators, the two or more indicators visually conveying the degree of match between the two or more items of information in the first set of data and the two or more items of information in the second set of data.

20. A method for displaying work experience of a team or individual on a social network, the method comprising:

pulling work experience information from a user profile of an account on a social network, wherein the work experience information comprises work experience stored in abstracted levels;

displaying a first abstract level of work experience, the first abstract level comprising one or more broad descriptions of work experience at the first abstract level and a duration corresponding to each broad description;

displaying a second abstract level of work experience, the second abstract level comprising one or more specific descriptions of work experience at the second abstract level and a duration corresponding to each specific description;

wherein the first abstract level and second abstract level are grouped separately from each other and simultaneously displayed as a portion of a job application, and wherein the first abstract level of work experience comprises a higher level of abstraction while the second level of work experience comprises a lower level of abstraction.