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AssigneeMkt10
InventorsHoward Rosen, Robert J. McGovern, Leslie Ferry, Erik Anderson, Pam Koczara, Brent Smith, Brian Farmer, Andrew Evans
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In one embodiment of the present invention, a match-based employment system and method of operation are provided. The match-based employment system collects a plurality of employer seeker and employee seeker profiles, bi-directionally matches the employer seeker and said employee seeker profiles and displays at least a portion of the results to an employer seeker or an employee seeker. The match-based employment system can also order the bi-directional matching results based on a bi-directional match score and display the bi-directional matching results according to the ordering. The match-based employment system can also perform the matching such that approximately 70% of a matching score depends upon the quality of the match between employee seeker desires and employment seeker attributes and approximately 30% of the matching score depends upon the quality of the match between employment seeker desires and employee seeker attributes.
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Administration; Management: office automation; Time management
Human resources: employment or hiring
Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial
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The present invention relates to a match-based employment system and method. More specifically, the present invention relates to an employment system in which job seekers and potential employers are matched without the use of traditional resumes.
An employment system is any electronic system which facilitates those looking for a position (i.e., employment seekers, or job seekers) in finding a position and/or which facilitates those seeking to fill a position (i.e., employee seekers, or employers) in finding someone to fill the position. Typical employment systems enable employers to post available positions, and further enable job seekers to search available positions for positions that meet some search criteria. Some employment systems enable job seekers to post a resume, and further enable employers to search for resumes that contain certain keywords. However, traditional employment systems are inefficient for many reasons.
Employers have difficulty finding desirable candidates for positions by searching resumes on an employment site because information is not necessarily presented in a uniform manner for each resume. Typically, an employer enters one or more keywords and the database of job seeker resumes are searched to determine which resumes contain the keywords. Similarly, job seekers enter keywords upon which the database of available jobs are searched. Thus, if an ideal job seeker leaves pertinent information (e.g., language experience, a certification, security clearance level, etc.) out of a resume or even puts the information into the resume without using the keywords searched upon (e.g., using synonyms or containing a typo), the employer may never find the ideal job seeker's resume. Boolean searches (searches using keywords and/or strings that can be resolved to truth values in addition to Boolean operators such as AND, OR and NOT) may provide improved search results, but still suffers from the same problem. Further, a keyword and/or Boolean search may generate many false-positive results because the keyword is present in a resume but not in the correct context. Such false-positive results waste the potential employer's time.
FIG. 1 is a flow diagram of a preferred process for matching employment seekers with positions in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flow diagram of a preferred process for an employment seeker to seek to fill a position in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of a preferred process for factoring attribute recency when matching in an employment system in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
Match-Based Employment System Overview
Referring now to FIGS. 1-18, in one embodiment of the present invention, a match-based employment system is provided. FIG. 1 shows a preferred process for matching employment seekers with positions. Preferably, at step 100, an employment seeker (i.e., a system user searching for a full or part time job, independent contractor position, volunteer position, etc.) enters relevant qualifications information (e.g., skills, experience, education, etc.) by entering one or more attribute units; however relevant qualifications information can be entered into fields in any suitable manner. Similarly, at step 105, the employment seeker preferably enters attributes that the employment seeker desires in a potential position. It should be noted that steps 100 and 105 can be performed in any order, including simultaneously.
At step 110, an employee seeker (i.e., a system user searching for an employment seeker to fill a job/position) enters relevant information about itself and a position as well as attributes the employee seeker desires in a good match for the position. Then, at step 115, a matching system compares the attributes desired by the employment seeker with the open positions on the system to generate a match level for each position for the employment seeker.