Match-based employment system and method

• US 7,805,382 B2
• Filed: 04/11/2005
• Issued: 09/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (Citizens Financial Group Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: MKT10, Inc.
• Inventors: Evans, Andrew, Rosen, Howard, Smith, Brent, Anderson, Erik, McGovern, Robert J., Ferry, Leslie, Farmer, Brian, Koczara, Pam
• Primary Examiner(s): OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P
• Application Number:
  US11/104,142
• Publication Number:
  US 20060229896A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,996 Days
• Field of Search: 705/1, 705/321
• US Class Current: 705/321
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiring

Abstract

In one embodiment of the present invention, a match-based employment system and method of operation are provided. The match-based employment system collects a plurality of employer seeker and employee seeker profiles, bi-directionally matches the employer seeker and said employee seeker profiles and displays at least a portion of the results to an employer seeker or an employee seeker. The match-based employment system can also order the bi-directional matching results based on a bi-directional match score and display the bi-directional matching results according to the ordering. The match-based employment system can also perform the matching such that approximately 70% of a matching score depends upon the quality of the match between employee seeker desires and employment seeker attributes and approximately 30% of the matching score depends upon the quality of the match between employment seeker desires and employee seeker attributes.

Claims

1. A method of operating an employment system comprising:

receiving an attribute of an employment seeker;

associating said employment seeker and an employee seeker;

receiving a change made to said attribute at a computer; and

causing the computer to notify said employee seeker of said change.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said attribute is work history information.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said attribute is skill information.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said attribute is education history information.

5. A method of operating an employment system comprising:

receiving an attribute of an employment seeker;

associating said employment seeker and an employee seeker;

causing a computer to associate a history with said attribute, said history including any changes made to the attribute on the employment system; and

causing the computer to present said history to said employee seeker.

6. A method of operating an employment system comprising:

enabling an employment seeker to enter a first match profile;

enabling an employee seeker to specify a second match profile;

causing a computer to generate a match score, said match score is determined by matching desires from said first match profile with attributes of said second match profile and matching desires from said second match profile with attributes of said first match profile, wherein the desires of the profiles are disproportionately weighted to generate the match score;

receiving a change in an attribute at a computer; and

causing the computer to notify said employee seeker of said change.

7. A method of operating an employment system comprising:

collecting a plurality of employment seeker profiles;

collecting a plurality of employee seeker profiles;

causing a computer to bi-directionally match said employment seeker profiles and said employee seeker profiles based in part on a disproportionate weighting between the employee seeker profiles and the employment seeker profiles;

displaying at least a portion of the bi-directional matching results to at least one employment seeker and an employee seeker;

receiving a change in an employment seeker profile at a computer; and

causing the computer to notify an employee seeker of said change.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein said displaying includes:

ordering the bi-directional matching results based on a bi-directional match score; and

displaying at least a portion of the bi-directional matching results according to the ordering.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein approximately 70% of any matching score in the bi-directional matching results depends upon the quality of the match between employee seeker desires and employment seeker attributes and approximately 30% of the matching score depends upon the quality of the match between employment seeker desires and employee seeker attributes.

10. An employment system comprising:

a storage device operable to store an attribute of an employment seeker;

an association unit operable to associate said employment seeker and an employee seeker; and

a notification unit operable to notify said employee seeker of a change to said attribute, if said change occurs.

11. The employment system of claim 10 wherein said attribute is work history information.

12. The employment system of claim 10 wherein said attribute is skill information.

13. The employment system of claim 10 wherein said attribute is education history information.

14. An employment system comprising:

a storage device operable to store an attribute of an employment seeker;

a first association unit operable to associate said employment seeker and an employee seeker;

a second association unit operable to associate a history with said attribute, said history including any changes made to the attribute on the employment system; and

a display unit operable to display said history to said employee seeker.

15. An employment system comprising:

a storage unit operable to store a first match profile and a second match profile;

a processor operable to generate a match score, said match score is determined by matching desires from said first match profile with attributes of said second match profile and matching desires from said second match profile with attributes of said first match profile, wherein the desires of the profiles are disproportionately weighted to generate the match score, the processor operable to receive a change in an attribute; and

a notification unit operable to notify an employee seeker of said change.

16. An employment system comprising:

a storage unit operable to store a plurality of employment seeker profiles and a plurality of employee seeker profiles;

a processor operable to bi-directionally match said employment seeker profiles and said employee seeker profiles based in part on a disproportionate weighting between the employee seeker profiles and the employment seeker profiles;

a display unit operable to display at least a portion of the bi-directional matching results to at least one employer seeker and an employee seeker, the processor operable to receive a change in a profile; and

a notification unit operable to notify said employee seeker of said change.

17. The employment system of claim 16, wherein said processor is also operable to order the bi-directional matching results based on a bi-directional match score, and wherein said display unit is also operable to display at least a portion of the bi-directional matching results according to the ordering.

18. The employment system of claim 16, wherein approximately 70% of any matching score in the bi-directional matching results depends upon the quality of the match between employee seeker desires and employment seeker attributes and approximately 30% of the matching score depends upon the quality of the match between employment seeker desires and employee seeker attributes.

19. A computer program product comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein configured to operate an employment system, said computer program product comprising;

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to receive an attribute of an employment seeker;

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to associate said employment seeker and an employee seeker;

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to receive a change made to said attribute; and

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to notify said employee seeker of said change.

20. The computer program product of claim 19 wherein said attribute is work history information.

21. The computer program product of claim 19 wherein said attribute is skill information.

22. The computer program product of claim 19 wherein said attribute is education history information.

23. A computer program product comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein configured to operate an employment system, said computer program product comprising;

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to receive an attribute of an employment seeker;

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to associate said employment seeker and an employee seeker;

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to associate a history with said attribute, said history including any changes made to the attribute on the employment system; and

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to present said history to said employee seeker.

24. A computer program product comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein configured to operate an employment system, said computer program product comprising;

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to enable an employment seeker to enter a first match profile;

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to enable an employee seeker to specify a second match profile; and

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to generate a match score, said match score is determined by matching desires from said first match profile with attributes of said second match profile and matching desires from said second match profile with attributes of said first match profile, wherein the desires of the profiles are disproportionately weighted to generate the match score;

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to receive a change in an attribute; and

computer readable code configured to notify the employee seeker of said change.

25. A computer program product comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein configured to operate an employment system, said computer program product comprising;

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to collect a plurality of employment seeker profiles;

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to collect a plurality of employee seeker profiles;

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to bi-directionally match said employer seeker profiles and said employee seeker profiles based in part on a disproportionate weighting between the employee seeker profiles and the employment seeker profiles;

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to display at least a portion of the bi-directional matching results to at least one employer seeker or at least one employee seeker;

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to receive a change made to a profile; and

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to notify an employee seeker of a change made to a profile.

26. The computer program product of claim 25, wherein said computer readable code configured to cause a computer to display includes:

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to order the bi-directional matching results based on a bi-directional match score; and

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to display at least a portion of the bi-directional matching results according to the ordering.

27. The computer program product of claim 25, wherein approximately 70% of any matching score in the bi-directional matching results depends upon the quality of the match between employee seeker desires and employment seeker attributes and approximately 30% of the matching score depends upon the quality of the match between employment seeker desires and employee seeker attributes.