Patent ID: 7555441

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for finding a plurality of job candidates suitable for a position, the job candidates resembling a single particular employee who previously performed well in the position, the method comprising: via at least one ontology-based extractor and at least one ontology-independent extractor, conceptualizing job candidate data for a plurality of job candidates to generate conceptualized job candidate data, wherein the conceptualized job candidate data comprises, for each job candidate, a set of concept scores defining a respective point in an n-dimensional concept space, the concept scores including concept scores for at least one job title, and at least one job skill for the job candidate, whereby the job candidates are represented by job candidate points in the n-dimensional concept space; generating desired job candidate criteria via extraction of concepts from job candidate data for the single particular employee who previously performed well in the position, wherein the job candidate data for the single particular employee who previously performed well in the position comprises a resume of the single particular employee who previously performed well in the position; receiving the desired job candidate criteria, wherein the desired job candidate criteria comprises a desired job candidate criteria point in the n-dimensional concept space; matching, by a computer, the desired job candidate criteria generated from the single particular employee who previously performed well in the position to the plurality of job candidates, wherein the matching comprises finding m job candidate points closest to the desired job candidate criteria point in the n-dimensional concept space; and in a graphical user interface, indicating job candidates associated with the m job candidate points as job candidates matching the desired job candidate criteria, whereby job candidates suitable for the position resembling the single particular employee who previously performed well in the position are indicated.