Career Readiness and Planning System

Abstract

A system and method for matching candidates to employment positions is disclosed. Measures of employee profile and other necessary traits and optionally interests are used to match candidates to employment positions. Opportunities are group into six categories career exposure, professional network connections, skills and training, internship experiences, education and entry-level employment programs. Software and computer systems embodying the method are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method of presenting users with employment career opportunities, wherein the method comprises: an interface allowing user to logged in; an interface allowing user to land on home screen; an interface where the home screen on user screen allows them to select the sign-up option or log in option; a user profile database that includes a plurality of user profiles comprising user specific data including user career interests; a job postings database that includes a plurality of job posting entries; a step of correlating one or more of said plurality of users with one or more of said plurality of job posting entries to increase user competitiveness for employment, wherein the step of correlating determines opportunities based on a category of one or more categories from a group consisting of: increasing user career exposure, expanding and increasing a user's network, enabling a user to obtain skills and/or training, exposing a user to available internships and research programs in order to enhance work experience, enable a user to attain education required for a particular career, and expose a user to entry-level career employment; and, presenting said determined opportunities on a dashboard of said one or more or said plurality of users.

Description

SPECIFICATIONS

[0021] The present invention is a employee recruitment, job matching and job placement system and method for matching individuals with potential employers over a network using traditional employment information. The present invention relates to systems, methods and computer program products used for analyzing, modeling a variety of employment opportunities and employees.

[0022] It has been found out that there is a persistent gap between employer expectations for entry-level employees and the skills and credentials of applicants entering the workforce post-secondary education. The proposed system in its preferred embodiment uses insight from employer job descriptions regarding minimum and desired qualifications to aid users career preparation and planning by matching users with opportunities that will increase their ability to meet potential employer requirements.

[0023] The systems in its additional embodiment uses advance algorithm that correlates the minimum and desired qualifications cited by employers in job descriptions to programs and opportunities for users to attain the qualifications identified by potential employers. Based on user's current academic and career credentials and identified career interests, users are matched with available opportunities that will help increase their competitiveness for desired employment based on employer identified qualifications.

[0024] The system in its further embodiment based on user's career interest selection database queries entry-level job posts for minimum and preferred requirements and returns to user the employment opportunities that qualify for that user based on his/her academic performance (GPA, technical courses and grade level).

[0025] The system in its further embodiment based on users' career interest selection database queries entry level job posts for minimum and preferred requirements and return to user opportunities that will fill into into six categories career exposure, professional network connections, skills and training, internship experiences, education and entry-level employment programs.

[0026] The system in its further embodiment allows social networking which is integrated into the system to facilitate career-planning and get support from adults, mentors, parents and school administrators. Users can also assign categories to those in their network to determine the strength of their network connections. Categories are the Sponsors, that can potentially make hiring decisions; Connectors are those that can potentially connect them to employment opportunities; Mentors are those that can provide professional mentoring but do not fall into Sponsor or Connector categories; and Peers are those who are on a similar career level.

[0027] The system of the software works in this way. For instance, consider a user who creates a profile stating that he/she is a current high school junior interested in studying Management Information Systems in college. The system queries the database and locates a Cyber Information Systems Security Analyst 1 position with Northrop Grumman. The job description cites basic qualifications as: bachelor's degree and current Top Secret/SCI clearance. Preferred qualifications as: DoD 8570 IAM Level 1 Certification, DoD 8570 IAT Level 1 Certification and 1-4 years of experience. The algorithm uses this information to suggest programs and opportunities in six categories identified above for user to attain the recommended qualifications.

[0028] Detailed descriptions of the preferred embodiment are provided herein. It is to be understood, however, that the present invention may be embodied in various forms. Therefore, specific details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but rather as a basis for the claims and as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to employ the present invention in virtually any appropriately detailed system, structure or manner.

[0029] While a specific embodiment has been shown and described, many variations are possible. With time, additional features may be employed. The particular shape or configuration of the platform or the interior configuration may be changed to suit the system or equipment with which it is used.

[0030] Having described the invention in detail, those skilled in the art will appreciate that modifications may be made to the invention without departing from its spirit. Therefore, it is not intended that the scope of the invention be limited to the specific embodiment illustrated and described. Rather, it is intended that the scope of this invention be determined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

[0031] The Abstract of the Disclosure is provided to allow the reader to quickly ascertain the nature of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. In addition, in the foregoing Detailed Description, it can be seen that various features are grouped together in various embodiments for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure. This method of disclosure is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed embodiments require more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive subject matter lies in less than all features of a single disclosed embodiment. Thus, the following claims are hereby incorporated into the Detailed Description, with each claim standing on its own as a separately claimed subject matter.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0032] The accompanying figures, where like reference numerals refer to identical or functionally similar elements throughout the separate views, together with the detailed description below, are incorporated in and form part of the specification, and serve to further illustrate embodiments of concepts that include the claimed invention, and explain various principles and advantages of those embodiments.

[0033] Skilled artisans will appreciate that elements in the figures are illustrated for simplicity and clarity and have not necessarily been drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements in the figures may be exaggerated relative to other elements to help to improve understanding of embodiments of the present invention.

[0034] The apparatus and method components have been represented where appropriate by conventional symbols in the drawings, showing only those specific details that are pertinent to understanding the embodiments of the present invention so as not to obscure the disclosure with details that will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of the description herein.