Employment sourcing system

Abstract

An automated system and method for storing information from employment seeking candidates, evaluating each candidate's job-related qualifications based on criteria set by the employer, quickly eliminating unqualified candidates, and tracking the source that referred the candidate.

1 . An automated system for qualifying employment seeking candidates, comprising: 
 a) a server having a memory and a database defined in the memory;    b) a candidate in communication with said server, said server communicating a plurality of form fields to said candidate, said form fields requesting input data from said candidate, said input data being added to the database; and    d) a first computer program, whereby said program processes the input data and associates an alphanumeric score with the candidate, said score being added to the database.    
     
     
         2 . A system as in  claim 1 , wherein said communication with said server takes place on the world wide web.  
     
     
         3 . A system as in  claim 2 , wherein said plurality of form fields comprise at least one home web page.  
     
     
         4 . A system as in  claim 3 , further comprising hyperlinks located on a plurality of web pages, said hyperlinks linking said plurality of web pages with said home web page.  
     
     
         5 . A system as in  claim 4 , wherein said hyperlinks are graphical representations of three-dimensional buttons.  
     
     
         6 . A system as in  claim 4 , wherein a candidate links to said home web page via a hyperlink on one of said plurality of web pages, further comprising referral data associated with said candidate, said referral data identifying the one of said plurality of web pages.  
     
     
         7 . A method of assessing the qualifications of employment seeking candidates in terms of criteria set by employers, comprising the steps of: 
 (a) requesting information from an employment seeking candidate using a computer associated with said employment seeking candidate, said computer associated with said employment seeking candidate communicating with a central computer facility over a communication system;    (b) receiving information from said employment seeking candidate;    (c) scoring a portion of the information received based on criteria established by the employer;    (d) sending said information received from the employment seeking candidate and score to a database;    (e) sending notification of said information received to the employer;    
     
     
         8 . A method as in  claim 7 , wherein said requesting of information is done by presenting a blank form as a computer screen, and in said receiving information is done by the client using an alphanumeric input device such as a keyboard or voice recognition program to input data.  
     
     
         9 . A method as in  claim 7 , wherein said communication system is the world wide web.  
     
     
         10 . A method as in  claim 9 , wherein said requesting of information is done by presenting a blank form as a web page.  
     
     
         11 . A method as in  claim 10 , wherein the employment seeking candidate begins communicating with the web page via a second web page.  
     
     
         12 . A method as in  claim 11 , wherein the universal resource locator of the second web page becomes associated with the employment seeking candidate, said universal resource locator of the second web page being stored in the database.