System and method for teaching job skills to individuals via a network
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDimitri Kanevsky, Peter G. Fairweather, Sara H. Basson
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for educating an individual with the skills necessary to perform a new job, as well as providing the individual with practical work experience by providing the individual with work to perform, where the work is capable of being performed by someone having the individual's skill level.
Claims20
A method for educating an individual with skills necessary to complete a job and for providing the individual with practical work experience by providing the individual with work to perform related to the job, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving the job to be completed from a job provider over a network;
- separating the job to be completed into a plurality of tasks;
- receiving a job request from the individual over a network;
- and
- matching the individual with at least one of the plurality of tasks and an education process for educating the individual with skills necessary on completing the at least one of the plurality of tasks.
A work offering system for providing a task to a learning user and an education process, comprising:
- a job center for receiving a plurality of tasks that need to be completed from a plurality of job providers, separating the received tasks into a plurality of job tasks, and providing the learning user with the education process for completing at least one of the plurality of job tasks;
- a disability center for providing the learning user with at least one tool for completing the at least one of the plurality of job tasks if the learning user has a disability;
- and
- at least one user interface for accessing the job and disability centers.
A system for educating an individual with skills necessary to complete a job and for providing the individual with practical work experience by providing the individual with work to perform related to the job, the system comprises:
- means for receiving the job to be completed from a job provider over a network;
- means for separating the job to be completed into a plurality of tasks;
- means for receiving a job request from the individual over a network;
- and
- means for matching the individual with at least one of the plurality of tasks and an education process for educating the individual with skills necessary on completing the at least one of the plurality of tasks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.