Patent ID: 8903832
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a virtual job market within industries on a network comprising an application server and clients or electronic message systems allowing to input and output information, using a career goal input by a user, a personal history input by said user, or both, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) Providing primary dimensions information based on segmented industries, career levels and functional areas, wherein each segmented industry is segmented into multiple levels, said career levels are established by segmenting careers within a target market for job positions into a ranked series of levels to establish a hierarchy of career levels in said market, and said functional areas are established by segmenting job functions within firms in said industry into multiple defined functional areas; b) Providing secondary dimensions information that includes one or more factors selected from the group of salary ranges, geo-data, educational information, languages, and special expertises, c) Entering the primary and secondary dimensions information in a three dimensional data base on the application server; d) Collecting information chunks of open job positions, e) Collecting candidate profiles, f) Placing the information chunks in a distinct cell or number of cells in the three dimensional database, g) applying said secondary dimension information to said information chunks in said cells of said matrix to rank competing information chunks in at least the same career level and functional area, h) performing a matching process for said user comprising scoring each job position by comparing criteria comprising said segmented industry levels, position levels, functional areas, and secondary dimension data to one or more items of personal information input by said user using a weighting process based on a perceived importance and relevance of said criteria to obtain a score and using a full text index of job positions containing all information on the job positions, and i) using one or more resulting scores, reporting a result list of job positions derived from said matching process to the user.