Computing device for determining and providing ratings of the skills of a contractor

A computer-implemented method of compiling and weighting disparate types of data associated with contracting skill levels for generating a data storage structure comprising a determined skill rating of each of a plurality of contractors, the method comprising:

• receiving experience data and training data regarding each contractor's professional experience;
• determining a discipline of each contractor;
• determining, for each contractor, whether there is any training data;
• if there is no training data, then determining, for each contractor, the respective skill rating as a product of a years active factor and a years active filter;
• if there is some training data, then performing the following for each contractor:
• verifying that the training data is accurate,
• verifying that the training data is approved,
• determining a plurality of training scores, each training score determined for a respective one of a plurality of activities related to the training data,
• determining a plurality of category training scores, each category training score being a sum of the training scores for a respective one of a plurality of categories,
• determining a plurality of filtered category training scores, each filtered category training score being a product of a respective one of the category training scores and a respective one of a plurality of filters,
• determining an experience total score as a sum of the filtered category training scores,
• determining an experience factor using the experience total score as an input, and
• determining the skill rating as a product of the maximum value of the skill rating and the experience factor;
• and
• inputting the determined skill rating into a data storage structure of skill rating entries associated with each of the contractors.

A computer-implemented method of compiling and weighting disparate types of data associated with contracting skill levels for generating a data storage structure comprising a determined skill rating of each of a plurality of contractors, the method comprising:

• receiving experience data and training data regarding each contractor's professional experience;
• determining a discipline of each contractor;
• determining, for each contractor, whether there is any training data;
• if there is no training data, then determining, for each contractor, the respective skill rating as a product of a years active factor and a years active filter;
• if there is some training data, then performing the following for each contractor:
• verifying that the training data is accurate,
• removing any training data that is not accurate,
• verifying that the training data is approved,
• removing any training data that is not approved,
• determining a plurality of training scores, each training score determined for a respective one of a plurality of activities related to the training data, a value of each training score varying according to the discipline,
• determining a plurality of category training scores, each category training score being a sum of the training scores for a respective one of a plurality of categories,
• determining a plurality of filtered category training scores, each filtered category training score being a product of a respective one of the category training scores and a respective one of a plurality of filters, a value of each filter varying according to the category,
• determining an experience total score as a sum of the filtered category training scores,
• determining an experience factor using the experience total score as an input,
• determining the skill rating as a product of the maximum value of the skill rating and the experience factor;
• and
• inputting the determined skill rating into a data storage structure of skill rating entries associated with each of the contractors.