Patent ID: 8190462

Claim:
A system for Internet based procurement of non-cataloged goods and services based upon qualified resumes, comprising: a human resources procurement server; a plurality of associate vendor terminals connected to said human resources procurement server via the Internet, each of the plurality of associate vendor terminals having access to information related to a plurality of job applicants; a job database connected to the human resources procurement server and the plurality of associate vendor terminals; a hiring manager terminal connected to the human resources procurement server via the Internet, wherein the hiring manager terminal is associated with an employer; wherein each associate vendor terminal of the plurality of associate vendor terminals is associated with an associate vendor that is outside the employer; wherein the human resources procurement server permits a user of the hiring manager terminal to choose between manual entry of a technical non-payroll worker and working on a completed requisition; wherein, responsive to the user choosing said manual entry, the human resources procurement server is operable to: receive at least one job request from said hiring manager terminal; store the at least one job request in the job database; allow selected associated vendor terminals of the plurality of associate vendor terminals to access the at least one job request via the job database; wherein the selected associate vendor terminals comprise those associate vendor terminals authorized by the hiring manager terminal to access the at least one job request responsive to criteria submitted from the hiring manager terminal; receive at least one qualified resume from at least one associate vendor terminal of the selected associate vendor terminals, the at least one qualified resume having been matched to the at least one job request by an associate vendor associated with the at least one associate vendor terminal; forward said qualified resume to said hiring manager terminal for review; and transmit a request for an interview to the at least one associate vendor terminal if said qualified resume is acceptable; wherein, responsive to the user choosing said working on a completed requisition, the human resources procurement server is operable to: permit the user to choose whether said working on a completed requisition is a change order to an existing engagement or a direct source placement; wherein said change order to an existing engagement comprises a change to a stored purchase order related to the existing engagement; and wherein said direct source placement comprises selection of a specific job applicant from a specific one of a plurality of associate vendors for a specific job per information received from the hiring manager terminal.