Patent ID: 7660723

Claim:
A ranking method comprising: presenting, by a computing system, a first list of candidate skills to a first user, said computing system comprising a memory device, said memory device comprising said first list and a second list of predetermined criteria, at least one predetermined criteria of said second list associated with each candidate skill of said first list; first receiving from said first user, by said computing system, a selection of a first candidate skill from said first list; presenting to said first user in response to said first receiving, by said computing system, a first group of predetermined criteria from said second list, said first group associated with said first candidate skill; second receiving from said first user, by said computing system, first assigned ranking percentage data associated with said first group of predetermined criteria; generating, by said computing system, a third list comprising portions of said first assigned ranking percentage data assigned to each predetermined criteria of said first group of predetermined criteria, wherein said third list further comprises said first group of predetermined criteria; transmitting, by said computing system, said third list to a second user; first receiving from said second user, by said computing system, a fourth list of candidates and responses to each said predetermined criteria of said first group, each candidate of said fourth list associated with said first group of predetermined criteria of said third list; presenting, by said computing system, said fourth list to said first user; third receiving from said first user, by said computing system, first evaluation data related to said responses to each said predetermined criteria of said first group; ranking, by said computing system, said candidates of said fourth list, said ranking based on said first assigned ranking percentage data and said first evaluation data, wherein said ranking comprises calculating ranking scores (RS) for said candidates from said fourth list; generating, by said computing system, an average score comprising an average of said ranking scores (RS); and presenting, by said computing system to said first user, said average score.