Patent ID: 7505919
Filing Date: 2009-03-17
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for placing applicants into jobs comprising the steps of: broadcasting job listings of employers to the applicants, wherein an employment placement service provider broadcasts the job listings, wherein broadcasting the job listings comprises posting the job listings on a global computer network; denoting each job listing as being a listing for one of either a critical or a non-critical position, wherein denoting each job listing comprises: identifying, using a computer, an applicant who is hired to fill a job listing of the broadcast job listings, wherein the job listing is for an employer; if the filled job listing has been denoted as for a critical position, awarding a signing bonus to the applicant, wherein the employment placement service provider pays the signing bonus if the filled job listing has been denoted as for a non-critical position, entering the applicant in a pool of applicants for a prize drawing, wherein the pool of applicants only includes applicants that have been hired for non-critical hire positions daring a specified period; collecting an advertising fee from the employer, wherein the employment placement service provider collects the advertising fee, wherein the advertising fee includes a fee for the employment placement service provider and a fee for the signing bonus, and wherein the employment placement service provider pays the signing bonus from the advertising fee, wherein the job listings comprise non-critical positions and critical positions, and wherein the advertising fee is paid only for the critical hire positions that are filled and no advertising fees are paid by the employer in relation to the listing or filling of non-critical positions; allowing employers to search a database of job applicants; storing search queries made by employers searching the database of job applicants; analyzing the stored search queries made by employers to provide information as to demand for certain specialties or qualifications; and using the analysis of the stored search queries to determine appropriate signing bonus amounts.