A system for career matching assessment, comprising in combination:
- for accessing on an application on a target network device with one or more processors from a server network device with one or more processors via a communications network, one or more electronic questionnaires created for a selected job opening for a first job seeker, the one or more electronic questionnaires including:
- (1) a plurality of non-self assessment questions for the first job seeker that are answered by the seekers as if the first job seeker were actually an employer offering the selected job opening instead of the job seeker seeking the selected job opening and (2) a plurality of general questions that focus on different aspects of a working environment and working relationships and do not access any underlying personality traits of the first job seekers;
- for sending the one or more electronic questionnaires completed on the application on the target network device for the first job seeker to the server network device via the communications network for the selected job opening;
- for processing the completed one or more electronic questionnaires from first job seeker on the server network device to create a first electronic profile for the first job seeker, wherein the created first electronic profile measures attributes of models of working environments, problem solving, communication and inter-personal skills related to job performance and job satisfaction for the first job seeker for the selected job opening;
- for invoking a matching process to assess an amount of overlap between the created first electronic profile for the first job seeker and a plurality of other electronic profiles of created by a plurality of other job seekers and the employer profile created by an employer for the selected job opening;
- for creating an electronic priority list from the assessed amount of overlap to list job seeker candidates in rank order for the selected job opening most desirable to the employer, wherein the priority list includes a prediction of job performance, job satisfaction and long term job retention for the job seeker candidates for the selected job opening for the employer;
- for sending an automatic notification from the server network device to the application on the target network device via the communications network to indicate a priority ranking for the selected job opening for the job seeker;
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- for displaying with the application on the target network device the automatic notification to indicate a priority ranking for the selected job opening for the job seeker, wherein the automatic notification includes a first component comprising a graphical thermometer and a second component comprising a priority list, wherein the graphical thermometer provides a visual indication with a plurality of colors of how qualified the job seeker is for the selected job opening based on the one or more electronic questionnaires completed on the application on the target network device by the job seeker and wherein the priority lists a list of all job seeking candidates in a priority order for the selected job opening.