Job matching system and method
AssigneeClearfit Inc.
InventorsBen Baldwin, George Baldwin
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Abstract
A system for matching employment candidates to employment positions is disclosed. Measures of personality traits and optionally interests are used to match candidates to employment positions. Candidates' traits may be assessed by administering a questionnaire. A similar questionnaire may be provided to suitable employees who are already filling, or have previously filled, employment positions, in order to assess personality traits of suitable employees for each position. Results are preferably received and compared. A list of suitable jobs may then be provided to the candidate. Software and computer systems embodying the method are also disclosed.
Claims19
A method of using a Web server for authenticating a match of an employment candidate with one or more of a plurality of employment positions via a computer processor programmed for executing a set of instructions stored in memory to implement steps, the Web server in communication with an employer computing device and a candidate computing device over the Internet, the employer computing device and the candidate computing device communicating with the Web server over the Internet using network browsers, the steps comprising:
- receiving over the Internet employment position data from the employer computing device measuring a plurality of defined personality traits for suitable employment candidates for each employment position of the plurality of employment positions, the employment position data including a plurality of ranges, each range indicative of a range of values for a respective personality trait of a suitable candidate for said each employment position of the plurality of employment positions, the personality traits containing trait information from employees already employed or previously employed for said each employment position of the plurality of employment positions;
- storing the employment position data in a data storage;
- receiving over the Internet candidate data from the candidate computing device representative of personality traits for the employment candidate;
- implementing a matching process by applying instructions from the set of instructions using the computer processor to compare said candidate data with the plurality of ranges of the employment position data to match the potential employment position from the employment position data in order to compute a tabulated score representative of the match;
- generating a unique identifier for use by the employer in determining authenticity of the employment candidate;
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- based on the tabulated score, providing electronically over the Internet to the candidate computing device a match result including:
- a list of one or more employment positions pertaining to said each employment position, the list including said match;
- and
- the unique identifier for authenticating the employment candidate utilized the matching process of the Web server in order to receive the match result;
- wherein the candidate computing device utilizes the unique identifier to directly initiate contact with the employer computing device electronically over the Internet concerning the one or more employment positions from the list, such that the employer computing device is withheld information by the Web server of the match result.
A computer readable tangible medium for implementation by a Web server for authenticating a match of an employment candidate with one or more of a plurality of employment positions, the Web server in communication with an employer computing device and a candidate computing device over the Internet, the employer computing device and the candidate computing device communicating with the Web server over the Internet using network browsers, the computer readable tangible medium storing computer software as a set of instructions that when loaded into the Web server, programs the Web server via execution of the set of instructions by a computer processor to:
- receive over the Internet employment position data from the employer computing device measuring a plurality of defined personality traits for suitable employment candidates for each of the plurality of employment positions of a plurality of employment positions, the employment position data including a plurality of ranges, each range indicative of a range of values for a respective personality trait of a suitable candidate for said each employment position of the plurality of employment positions, the personality traits containing trait information from employees already employed or previously employed for said each employment position of the plurality of employment positions;
- store the employment position data in a data storage at said computing device;
- receive over the Internet candidate data from the candidate computing device representative of personality traits for the employment candidate;
- implement a matching process by applying instructions from the set of instructions using the computer processor to compare said candidate data with the plurality of ranges of the employment position data to match the potential employment position from the employment position data in order to compute a tabulated score representative of the match;
- generating a unique identifier for use by the employer in determining authenticity of the employment candidate;
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- based on the tabulated score, provide over the Internet to the candidate computing device a match result including:
- a list of one or more employment positions pertaining to said each employment position, the list including said match;
- and
- the unique identifier for authenticating the employment candidate utilized the matching process of the Web server in order to receive the match result;
- wherein the candidate computing device utilizes the unique identifier to directly initiate contact with the employer computing device electronically over the Internet concerning the one or more employment positions from the list, such that the employer computing device is withheld information by the Web server of the match result.
A Web server, for interconnection with the Internet, for authenticating a match of an employment candidate with one or more of a plurality of employment positions, the Web server in communication with an employer computing device and a candidate computing device over the Internet, the employer computing device and the candidate computing device communicating with the Web server over the Internet using network browsers, said Web server comprising:
- a computer processor;
- computer memory in communication with said computer processor, said computer memory storing processor readable instructions programming said Web Server via execution of the set of instructions to:
- receive over the Internet employment position data from the employer computing device measuring a plurality of defined personality traits for suitable employment candidates for each of the plurality of employment positions of a plurality of employment positions, the employment position data including a plurality of ranges, each range indicative of a range of values for a respective personality trait of a suitable candidate for said each employment position of the plurality of employment positions, the personality traits containing trait information from employees already employed or previously employed for said each employment position of the plurality of employment positions;
- store the employment position data in a data storage at said computing device;
- receive over the Internet candidate data from the candidate computing device representative of personality traits for the employment candidate;
- implement a matching process by applying instructions from the set of instructions using the computer processor to compare said candidate data with the plurality of ranges of the employment position data to match the potential employment position from the employment position data in order to compute a tabulated score representative of the match;
- generating a unique identifier for use by the employer in determining authenticity of the employment candidate;
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- based on the tabulated score, provide over the Internet to the candidate computing device a match result including:
- a list of one or more employment positions pertaining to said each employment position, the list including said match;
- and
- the unique identifier for authenticating the employment candidate utilized the matching process of the Web server in order to receive the match result;
- wherein the candidate computing device utilizes the unique identifier to directly initiate contact with the employer computing device electronically over the Internet concerning the one or more employment positions from the list, such that the employer computing device is withheld information by the Web server of the match result.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.