Patent ID: 8204778
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of selecting potential hires for progression through a hiring process, comprising: selecting at least one measured performance indicator for a position; obtaining the at least one measured performance indicator for a plurality of incumbents in the position; placing each incumbent in the plurality of incumbents along a performance continuum according to their measured performance indicator; surveying incumbents from at least a portion of a top half and a portion of a bottom half of the performance continuum; generating, by a processor, an optimal profile for the position based upon a plurality of the incumbent surveys from the portion of the top half of the performance continuum, a plurality of the incumbent surveys from the portion of the bottom half of the performance continuum, and the at least one measured performance indicator of the incumbents, wherein the optimal profile increases a probability of success and reduces a probability of failure of potential hires by considering the plurality of the incumbent surveys from the portion of the top half of the performance continuum and the plurality of the incumbent surveys from the portion of the bottom half of the performance continuum in relationship to the measured performance indicators of the incumbents completing the plurality of the incumbent surveys; generating, by a processor, a candidate profile of a potential hire based on a survey administered to the potential hire; comparing, by a processor, the candidate profile of the potential hire with the optimal profile for the position to determine a result for the potential hire; and determining whether to progress the potential hire to a next stage in the hiring process based upon the result.