Patent ID: 7797181

Claim:
A method of searching a plurality of job descriptions having respective job-threshold requirements and being stored in a computer system within a computer network and comprising a computer with a processor for performing the following steps, said method performed by a talent-user using said computer system, and said method comprising: entering at least one talent profile related to said talent-user into said computer system; receiving search parameters within said computer system from said talent-user; identifying target job descriptions associated with prospective employers by said computer system based on said search parameters; comparing said talent profile with said job-threshold requirements of said target job descriptions by said computer system, whereby a threshold comparison results; determining by said computer system whether at least one of said target job descriptions is compatible with said talent profile, based on said threshold comparison; upon said one of said target job descriptions being compatible with said talent profile, receiving from said talent-user a request in said computer system for interview with a target employer associated with said one of said target job descriptions; transmitting said request for interview to said target employer over said computer network; receiving a request-acceptance indication from said target employer over said computer network regarding whether said target employer accepts said request for interview; and providing a questionnaire to said target employer over said computer network regarding said request-acceptance indication based on a negative value of said request-acceptance indication.