# US 2014/0207698 A1 · System, method and computer program product for automatically evaluating prospective employees

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- Number: US 2014/0207698 A1
- Document ID: US20140207698A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/160,470
- Filed: 2014-01-21
- Published: 2014-07-24
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-21
- Assignees: salesforce.com, inc.
- Applicants: Salesforce.com, Inc.
- Inventors: Taylor Geisse; Neal Narayani
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140207698A1

## CPC

- G06Q 10/1053: Employment or hiring
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for automatically evaluating prospective employees. These mechanisms and methods for automatically evaluating prospective employees can reduce the amount of time to evaluate prospective employees, as opposed to evaluation techniques the include manual processes, as well as to provide consistent evaluation standards.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method, the method comprising:
identifying profile information for at least one prospective employee;
automatically evaluating the profile information for each prospective employee, using a preconfigured algorithm;
returning identification information for at least a subset of the prospective employees, based on the evaluation.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the profile information is identified from records of a multi-tenant database system that performs the automatic evaluation.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the profile information is identified from a third party repository separate from a multi-tenant database system that performs the automatic evaluation.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the profile information for each of the prospective employees is identified from a resume of the prospective employee.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the profile information describes previous work experience of the prospective employee.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising receiving a request for the evaluation of the profile information.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the request includes requirements for the evaluation of the profile information.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The computer program product of claim 6, further comprising receiving a query responsive to the request.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the automatic evaluation is performed in response to the receipt of the query.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the algorithm is preconfigured by an administrator.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the preconfigured algorithm is customized for an employer for which the automatic evaluation is performed.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the algorithm includes parameters that are preconfigured by the administrator.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The computer program product of claim 12, wherein weights are configured for the parameters included in the algorithm.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The computer program product of claim 1, wherein automatically evaluating the profile information includes automatically executing the preconfigured algorithm using the profile information.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The computer program product of claim 1, wherein a score is returned from the automatic evaluation of the profile information for each prospective employee.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the prospective employee are ranked based on the scores returned from the automatic evaluation of the profile information for each prospective employee.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the identification information for the prospective employees is returned in an order based on the ranking.

### Claim 18 (depends on 1)

The computer program product of claim 1, wherein identification information is returned for a threshold number of the prospective employees.

### Claim 19

A method, comprising:
identifying profile information for at least one prospective employee;
automatically evaluating, by a processor, the profile information for each prospective employee, using a preconfigured algorithm;
returning identification information for at least a subset of the prospective employees, based on the evaluation.

### Claim 20

An apparatus, comprising:
a processor for:
identifying profile information for at least one prospective employee;
automatically evaluating the profile information for each prospective employee, using a preconfigured algorithm;
returning identification information for at least a subset of the prospective employees, based on the evaluation.

### Claim 21

A method for transmitting code, comprising:
transmitting code for identifying profile information for at least one prospective employee;
transmitting code for automatically evaluating, by a processor, the profile information for each prospective employee, using a preconfigured algorithm;
transmitting code for returning identification information for at least a subset of the prospective employees, based on the evaluation