US 2003/0195786 A1 · Computer-implemented system for human resources management

Abstract

A system and method for testing and/or evaluating employees or potential employees is disclosed. A computer arranges a plurality of applicants in a stack ranked table. The table may rank or re-rank applicants against each other, from best to worst, after successive screening, selecting, and/or interviewing stages for a particular job. Performance evaluations of hired workers may be fed back to the computer for adjusting the system and method. Competencies shown to be predictive of successful performance of a given type of job are tested for at various stages in an online testing system.

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A computer system employing a stack ranked table means, said computer system comprising:

identification means for identifying to a computer user a first uniform resource locator;
first computer means for determining whether said computer user has previously completed a screening solution;
second computer means for providing a second uniform resource locator to said computer user if said first computer means determines that said computer user has not previously completed a screening solution;
screening solution means for screening computer users, the screening solution means being implemented on a website identified by said second uniform resource locator and eliciting screening answers from said computer user;
stack ranked table means implemented by a computer for ranking said computer user in order against a plurality of other computer users, said stack ranked table means initially ranking said computer user and said other computer users in order from first to last as soon as said applicant inputs said screening answers;
selection solution means for selecting advancing computer users from said stack ranked table, said selection solution means eliciting selection answers from said computer user and said plurality of other computer users responsive to selection questions, said selecting being accomplished by said selection means evaluating said selection answers and said stack ranked table means re-ranking said computer user and said plurality of other computer users;
interview solution means for providing a structured interview of said advancing computer users, said structured interview comprising interview questions provided via computer, said stack ranked table means receiving interview scores from said interview solution means, and said stack ranked table means re-ranking said advancing computer users upon receiving said interview scores;
performance evaluation recordation means for subsequently recording a performance evaluation of said computer user;
correlation means for correlating said performance evaluation with said screening answers and said selection answers;
system adjustment means for adjusting said computer system in response to said correlating.

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A computer system for human resources management comprising:

a first computer terminal 102 associated with a first computer user;
a second computer terminal 116 associated with a second computer user;
a third computer terminal 120 associated with a third computer user;
a database 110;
and
a first server 106 configured to:
communicate via an Internet 104 with the first computer terminal 102 and collect first identifying information;
host a screening website 524;
display on the screening website 524 screening questions eliciting first screening information from the first computer user;
receive over the Internet 104 from the first computer terminal 102 the first screening information;
evaluate the first screening information and calculate therefrom a first screening score;
associate the first screening score with the first identifying information;
store in a stack ranked table 530 of database 110 the first screening score in association with the first identifying information;
communicate via the Internet 104 with the second computer terminal 116 and collect second identifying information regarding the second computer user from the second computer terminal 116 via the Internet 104;
compare the second identifying information to data stored in the database 110 and determine whether database 110 has previously stored screening data regarding the second computer user;
display on the screening website 524 screening questions eliciting second screening information from the second user;
receive over the Internet 104 from the second computer terminal 116 the second screening information;
evaluate the second screening information and calculate therefrom a second screening score;
associate the second screening score with the second identifying information;
store in the stack ranked table 530 of database 110 the second screening score in association with the second identifying information;
communicate via the Internet 104 with the third computer terminal 120 and collect third identifying information regarding the third computer user from the third computer terminal 120 via the Internet 104;
compare the third identifying information to data stored in the database 110 and determine whether database 110 has previously stored screening data regarding the third computer user;
display on the screening website 524 screening questions eliciting third screening information from the third computer user;
receive over the Internet 104 from the third computer terminal 120 the third screening information;
evaluate the third screening information and calculate therefrom a third screening score;
associate the third screening score with the third identifying information;
store in the stack ranked table 530 of database 110 the third screening score in association with the third identifying information;
rank in the stack ranked table 530 a relative ranking of the first computer user, the second computer user, and third computer user based at least in part on the first screening score, the second screening score, and the third screening score;
provide a selection display 538;
provide access to the selection display 538 by the first computer user and the second computer user but not by the third computer user, based on the relative ranking;
display on the selection display 538 selection questions eliciting first selection information from the first computer user;
receive from a fourth computer terminal 124 the first selection information;
evaluate the first selection information and calculate therefrom a first selection score;
associate the first selection score with the first identifying information;
store in the stack ranked table 530 the first selection score in association with the first identifying information;
display on the selection display 538 selection questions eliciting second selection information from the second computer user;
receive from the fourth computer terminal 124 the second selection information;
evaluate the second selection information and calculate therefrom a second selection score;
associate the second selection score with the second identifying information;
store in the stack ranked table 530 the second selection score in association with the second identifying information;
re-rank in the stack ranked table 530 a relative re-ranking of the first computer user and the second computer user based at least in part on the first selection score and the second selection score;
select a successful employment candidate from among the first computer user and the second computer user based on the re-ranking;
and
provide an indication of the identity of the successful employment candidate.

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A computer-implemented method for managing human resources in a computer system comprising a first computer terminal 102 associated with a first computer user, a second computer terminal 116 associated with a second computer user, a third computer terminal 120 associated with a third computer user, a database 110, and a first server 106, the method comprising:

communicating via an Internet 104 with the first computer terminal 102 and obtaining first identifying information;
hosting a screening website 524;
displaying on the screening website 524 screening questions eliciting first screening information from the first user;
receiving over the Internet 104 from the first computer terminal 102 the first screening information;
evaluating the first screening information and calculating therefrom a first screening score;
associating the first screening score with the first identifying information;
storing in a stack ranked table 530 of database 110 the first screening score in association with the first identifying information;
communicating via the Internet 104 with the second computer terminal 116 and collecting second identifying information regarding the second computer user from the second computer terminal 116 via the Internet 104;
comparing the second identifying information to data stored in the database 110 and determine whether database 110 has previously stored screening data regarding the second computer user;
displaying on the screening website 524 screening questions eliciting second screening information from the second user;
receiving over the Internet 104 from the second computer terminal 116 the second screening information;
evaluating the second screening information and calculating therefrom a second screening score;
associating the second screening score with the second identifying information;
storing in the stack ranked table 530 of database 110 the second screening score in association with the second identifying information;
communicating via the Internet 104 with the third computer terminal 120 and collecting third identifying information regarding the third computer user from the third computer terminal 120 via the Internet 104;
comparing the third identifying information to data stored in the database 110 and determine whether database 110 has previously stored screening data regarding the third computer user;
displaying on the screening website 524 screening questions eliciting third screening information from the third user;
receiving over the Internet 104 from the third computer terminal 120 the third screening information;
evaluating the third screening information and calculate therefrom a third screening score;
associating the third screening score with the third identifying information;
storing in the stack ranked table 530 of database 110 the third screening score in association with the third identifying information;
ranking in the stack ranked table 530 a relative ranking of the first computer user, the second computer user, and third computer user based at least in part on the first screening score, the second screening score, and the third screening score;
providing a selection display 538;
providing access to the selection display 538 by the first computer user and the second computer user but not by the third computer user, based on the relative ranking;
displaying on the selection display 538 selection questions eliciting first selection information from the first user;
receiving from a fourth computer terminal 124 the first selection information;
evaluating the first selection information and calculating therefrom a first selection score;
associating the first selection score with the first identifying information;
storing in the stack ranked table 530 the first selection score in association with the first identifying information;
displaying on the selection display 538 selection questions eliciting second selection information from the second user;
receiving from the fourth computer terminal 124 the second selection information;
evaluating the second selection information and calculating therefrom a second selection score;
associating the second selection score with the second identifying information;
storing in the stack ranked table 530 the second selection score in association with the second identifying information;
re-ranking in the stack ranked table 530 a relative re-ranking of the first computer user and the second computer user based at least in part on the first selection score and the second selection score;
selecting a successful employment candidate from among the first computer user and the second computer user based on the re-ranking;
and
providing an indication of the identity of the successful employment candidate.

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Description9,156 words

Summary208 words

#FIG. 1 provides a block diagram of an exemplary system in accordance with the present invention.

#FIG. 2 illustrates a process for testing and evaluating job applicants in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

#FIG. 3 depicts a hiring procedure in accordance with one embodiment of the invention.

Detailed description8,948 words

#A system for testing a job applicant provides a computerized stack ranking of multiple applicants, predictive of the comparative levels of successful job performance. The predictive stack ranking may be used as a dynamic interactive filter with a pool of applicants over the course of the evaluation or employment process. The system may utilize a communications network to communicate between an applicant terminal and a system server.

#The system may be used for example for screening, selecting, retaining, assigning, or analyzing the job applicant. The job applicant can for example be a new job applicant, an employee seeking to retain a job, an employee seeking a different job in the same organization, or an employee being evaluated for retention, re-assignment, or promotion. Applicants may or may not know they are being evaluated.

#Once an applicant becomes an employee, the system may collect data regarding the employee for use in a feedback loop informing the online hiring process and improving the accuracy of the predictive stack ranking. For example, the data may indicate the employer's rating of the employee's actual job performance. Such a rating can be cross-checked against the answers that the employee gave during the application process. The cross-checking can be used as feedback to refine the questions and evaluation criteria used at each stage of the hiring process. For example, the cross-checking may be analyzed to select from among many questions a small subset having high predictive value. The small subset can then be used in a quick initial screening stage. Or, the small subset can be given greater weight than other questions in a computerized stack ranking of candidates.

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Application

10/410,184Filed 10 Apr 2003

Priority

12 Jun 2000

Published

16 Oct 2003

Term ends

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Classification8 codes

G06Q 10/10
Administration; Management: office automation; Time management
G06Q 10/063112
Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group: skill-based matching of a person or a group to a task
G06Q 10/0639
Operations research, analysis or management: performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
G06Q 10/1053
Human resources: employment or hiring

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Application60/211,044Us provisional application · filed 12 Jun 2000

Application09/878,245Continuation · filed 12 Jun 2001

Application10/410,184Continuation · filed 10 Apr 2003

US 2002/0055866 A1Published application

US 7,606,778 B2Related patent

US 2003/0195786 A1This patent

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Timeline

12 Jun 2000Priority claimedParent application 60/211,044
10 Apr 2003Application filedUS 10/410,184
16 Oct 2003Published
11 Feb 2005Assigned to Epredix, Inc.assignment of assignor's interest
2 Sep 2005Assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., AS Administrative Agentsecurity agreement
28 Nov 2012Assigned to Previsor Inc. (Successor By Merger To Epredix, Inc.)release of patent collateral recorded at reel/frame 016490/0907

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