Patent ID: 7346535
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system generating referrals for at least one job position, comprising: a server coupled to a memory; said server communicatively accessibly an employee of a corporate entity and a job hunter; said server operated by a program residing in said memory and executing the steps of: maintaining a reservoir of at least two identified people, wherein each of said identified people is attributed a name, a virtual address, a background description, a geographic locale, and a history; receiving at least one job position request including a job position description containing a work location and including a referral specification; creating a virtual community of at least one member based upon said job position request; generating a referral request for said job position description based upon said referral specification to each of said members of said virtual community; and sending said referral request for said job position description to said member, for each of said members of said virtual community; wherein the step of creating said virtual community further comprises the steps of: wherein the step of selecting said members from said identified people is further comprised of the step of: selecting a first of said members from said identified people whose said background description nearly matches said job description; wherein the step of sending said referral request for said job position description to said member is further comprised of the steps of: queuing at least said referral request to create a member referral request queue: processing said referral request queue to create a referral request message for said member; sending said referral request message to said member based upon said virtual address attribute to said member; and