Patent ID: 7464036

Claim:
A method of selecting a job post site, comprising: obtaining at least one job post site selection criterion; automatically ranking a plurality of job post sites based on the at least one job post site selection criterion, comprising: accessing a fact table that contains data relevant to the at least one job post site selection criterion; and using an inference engine to process the at least one job post site selection criterion and the fact table to rank the plurality of job post sites based on the at least one job post site selection criterion; selecting the job post site from the plurality of job post sites based on the ranking of the plurality of job post sites; and combining the geographic location and job post site performance ranked list of job post sites with the skill set and job post site performance ranked list of job post sites to generate a geographic location, skill set, and job post site performance ranked list of job post sites, wherein obtaining the at least one job post site selection criterion comprises: obtaining a geographic location criterion; obtaining a skill set criterion; and obtaining a job post site performance criterion that is indicative of a value of a job post site in acting as a source for candidates, wherein automatically ranking the plurality of job post sites based on the at least one job post site selection criterion comprises: identifying job post sites of the plurality of job post sites that satisfy the geographic location criterion; ranking the identified job post sites that satisfy the geographic location criterion based on the job post site performance criterion to generate a geographic location and job post site performance ranked list of job post sites; identifying job post sites of the plurality of job post sites that satisfy the skill set criterion; and ranking the identified job post sites that satisfy the skill set criterion based on the job post site performance criterion to generate a skill set and job post site performance ranked list of job post sites, and wherein combining the geographic location and job post site performance ranked list of job post sites with the skill set and job post site performance ranked list of job post sites to generate the geographic location, skill set, and job post site performance ranked list of job post sites comprises: computing, for each respective job post site in the geographic location and job post site performance ranked list of job post sites and the skill set and job post site performance ranked list of job post sites, a weighted average using ranks assigned to the respective job post site in the geographic location and job post site performance ranked list of job post sites and the skill set and job post site performance ranked list of job post sites; and using the computed weighted averages to generate the geographic location, skill set, and job post site performance ranked list.