Career Framework
AssigneeProject Management Institute
InventorJohn T. Roecker
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for assessing eligibility for a job including providing a job description to a user of a general purpose computer, providing a plurality of skills to a user of the general purpose computer, wherein the plurality of skills is particular to the job description, providing a plurality of skill levels for each of the plurality of skills to a user of a general purpose computer, the user performing an evaluation the user's abilities against each of the plurality of skills by assigning one of the plurality of skill levels to each of the plurality of skills, and the general purpose computer determining a user suitability for a particular job.
Claims20
A method of assessing eligibility for a job, the method comprising:
- providing a job description to a user of a general purpose computer;
- providing a plurality of skills to the user of the general purpose computer, wherein the plurality of skills is particular to the job description;
- providing a plurality of skill levels for each of the plurality of skills to the user of the general purpose computer;
- the user performing an evaluation the user's abilities against each of the plurality of skills by assigning one of the plurality of skill levels to each of the plurality of skills;
- and
- the general purpose computer determining a user suitability for a particular job.
A method to enable an organization to identify organizational developmental needs, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of job descriptions to users of a general purpose computer;
- providing a plurality of skills to the users of the general purpose computer, wherein the plurality of skills is particular to each of the plurality of job descriptions;
- providing a plurality of skill levels for each of the plurality of skills to the users of a general purpose computer;
- the users performing an evaluation of each of the users' abilities against each of the plurality of skills by assigning one of the plurality of skill levels to each of the plurality of skills;
- and
- the general purpose computer determining at least one skill requiring improvement based on the evaluations.
A computer configured to determine a candidate pool for a particular employment opportunity;
- the computer comprising:
- a memory unit configured to hold:
- a plurality of job descriptions;
- a plurality of skills particular to each of the plurality of job descriptions;
- and
- a plurality of skill levels for each of the plurality of skills;
- an input/output unit, coupled to the memory unit, the input/output unit configured to allow a plurality of users to:
- perform an evaluation of each of the users' abilities against each of the plurality of skills by assigning one of the plurality of skill levels to each of the plurality of skills;
- and
- a processor unit configured to compare the evaluations to the particular employment opportunity and determine a candidate pool based on the comparison.
A computer configured to determine a career path;
- the computer comprising:
- a memory unit configured to hold:
- a plurality of job descriptions;
- a plurality of skills particular to each of the plurality of job descriptions;
- and
- a plurality of skill levels for each of the plurality of skills;
- an input/output unit, coupled to the memory unit, the input/output unit configured to allow a user to:
- perform an evaluation of the user's abilities against each of the plurality of skills by assigning one of the plurality of skill levels to each of the plurality of skills;
- and
- a processor unit configured to compare the evaluations to the plurality of jobs descriptions to determine the user's career path and training requirements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.