Patent ID: 8712819
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for procurement and administrative management of non-payroll workers, the method comprising: providing a procurement network comprising a human resources procurement server, at least one hiring manager terminal, and a plurality of associated vendor terminals; wherein the providing comprises utilizing data to establish a list of approved associated vendor terminals selected from the plurality of associated vendor terminals; wherein each of the plurality of associated vendor terminals has access to information related to a plurality of job candidates; wherein each of the at least one hiring manager terminal is associated with an employer; wherein each associated vendor terminal of the plurality of associated vendor terminals is associated with a vendor that is outside the employer; processing, by the human resources procurement server, a competitive request-for-quote from a hiring manager terminal of the at least one hiring manager terminal; wherein the processing of the competitive request-for-quote comprises: wherein the storing of the competitive request-for-quote comprises: wherein the determining of whether mandatory request-for-quote template variable input has occurred comprises: processing, by the human resources procurement server, a completed request for quote response from each of at least a portion of the approved associated vendor terminals; wherein the processing of the completed request for quote response comprises processing at least one job-candidate record; receiving, by the human resources procurement server, an approval of the request for quote response from the hiring manager terminal; and processing, by the human resources procurement server, engagement of a non-payroll worker responsive to the approval.