System and method of identifying options for employment transfers across different industries

A computerized method of recommending industries in which an employer may find a population of potential employees, the method comprising:

• in a first digital computer process, receiving input from a user, over a communications network, related to the employer's industry and to a job function of interest to the employer;
• in a second digital computer process, using the job function input to access an industry correlation data structure, stored on a digital storage medium, that correlates, for the job function, a first industry with a set of second industries with respect to which a job function capability of the job function is potentially transferable;
• in a third digital computer process, determining a set of recommended industries in which the employer may find a population of qualified potential employees by consulting the industry correlation data structure using the industry input;
• and
• in a fourth digital computer process, communicating an identification of the set of recommended industries to the user over the communications network.

A computerized method of identifying industries for potential transfer of a job function capability with respect to a first industry, the method comprising:

• a. in a first digital computer process, identifying a job function in the first industry;
• b. in a second digital computer process, accessing a database, stored on a digital storage medium, that correlates, for the job function, the first industry with a set of second industries with respect to which the job function capability is potentially transferable;
• and
• c. in a third digital computer process, using the database to identify the second industries.

A method of recommending industries for a job seeker's job search, the method comprising:

• in a first digital computer process, receiving input from a user, over a communications network, related to the job seeker's educational background;
• in a second digital computer process, determining a set of recommended industries for the job seeker's job search by consulting a data structure correlating educational background with a set of industries, using the educational background input;
• and
• in a third digital computer process, communicating an identification of the set of recommended industries to the user over the communications network.

A method of recommending educational backgrounds from which an employer may find a population of potential employees, the method comprising:

• in a first digital computer process, receiving input from a user, over a communications network, related to the employer's industry and to a job function of interest to the employer;
• in a second digital computer process, determining a set of educational backgrounds from which the employer may find a population of qualified potential employees, by accessing a data structure correlating the employer's industry with a set of educational backgrounds using the job function and industry input;
• and
• in a third digital computer process, communicating an identification of the set of educational backgrounds to the user over the communications network.

A method of recommending industries in which an employer may find a population of potential employees, the method comprising:

• in a first digital computer process, receiving input from a user, over a communications network, related to a desired skill set of interest to the employer;
• in a second digital computer process, using the desired skill set input to access a data structure that correlates skill sets with industries;
• in a third digital computer process, determining a set of recommended industries in which the employer may find a population of qualified potential employees by consulting the correlating data structure using the desired skill set input;
• and
• in a fourth digital computer process, communicating an identification of the set of recommended industries to the user over the communications network.