Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
So far very less attention has been given at the first
step of the employer and employee interaction in the
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hiring process, which is how the job description is
written to attract the qualified candidates. This
invention's focus is to devise a simple and easy to
use method to attract qualified candidates.
A number of methods have been utilized to attract the
qualified candidates however majority of them have
been extremely cumbersome and time consuming as
a result passive candidates, who are happily
employed and are considered best candidates do not
apply for the job because of the complexity of the
process. Employers ask candidates to put their
profile on line where they have to create a user name
and password first. After creating the user name and
the password; they have to fill out a lengthy
application and finally attach their resume as a result
it makes the process very complicated and time
consuming hence a large number of qualified
candidates who are happily employed do no bather to
apply at all.
Employers also use totally non-human interactive
methods; means use intelligent software packages to
do the screening of resumes received or in the
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company resume database; which is not accurate
because the key word searched, does not give them
the accurate number of years of professional
experience. Candidates in their technical skill section
of the resume put number of technology and tools
they have just read about; having no professional or
project related experience. When the search is
conducted based on the key words then those
candidates who do not have any professional or
project related experience in a particular area also
come during the query as a qualified candidate
because they have written that technology or tool in
their technical skill section.
Hiring managers have their quota to hire a number of
candidates in a given period of time hence always
crunched with the time; therefore they having an
access to an audio or video version of resume will be
highly advantageous to save the time. They can
always here or see the audio or video version of the
resume and can make a determination of meeting
with the candidate along with a hard copy of the
resume.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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The ease of internet and other means have facilitated
qualified as well as non-qualified applicants to submit
their applications to the prospective employers
causing an unprecedented delay in the screening and
hiring process. A simplified form of job advertisement
and the screening process is introduced where
following step will be taken:
JOB DESCRIPTION:
= The Job Title
= Corporation's web site to access the company
info
= Project information and the required skills set
= A set of qualifying questions will be asked
which will allow only qualified candidates to
answer hence the system will filter qualified
candidates only for the said job advertised and
the non-qualified candidates will be routed to
the company database for numerous other
upcoming opportunities
= Candidate will attach his/her resume
= Candidate will attach a short/long audio or
video to present himself/herself
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= Candidates can also send an audio or video
version of their resume to the employer and
then present a hard copy at the time of the
interview
COMPANY RESPONSE:
= Based on the answers to the qualifying
questions; the system will filter applicants and
the resume along with the audio and video will
be sent to the hiring manager
= An automated interview request will be sent to
the applicant along with the hiring manager's
availability calendar
= Applicants will respond to the hiring manager
with his/her availability and the confirmation
will be sent out to the applicants again for the
interview with the location and the driving
directions
= In person interview and the
reference/background check will be conducted
= An offer will be extended with a start date
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This hiring process eliminates non-qualified
candidates and accelerates the completion of
hiring process from start to finish. Reasons:
= Candidates do not have to read the whole
paragraph to find out about the company
rather with they will immediately know the
company with the web address
= Elimination of non-qualified candidates
based on the skill set
= Elimination of candidates based on poor
communication skills
= Elimination of candidates based on poor
presentation skills
= An automated response will be sent to the
candidate for interview time
= Candidate can get an automated
confirmation for the interview
= Majority of the process is automated and
qualifying is completed before candidate
meets with the hiring manager or the
interview panel
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= Non-qualifies candidates still have the
opportunity for numerous up coming
positions in the company
The candidates who are not qualified for the
current position are routed by the system to the
company resume database where they are
archived based on their area of expertise for
numerous upcoming opportunities within the
company hence every candidate can apply for the
position and no candidate will be rejected.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is designed to simplify the job
description and accelerate the hiring process by
attracting all types of candidates and filtering the
qualified candidates for the said job and storing rest of
the candidates for other opportunities. In the time of
internet, TV, newspaper and numerous networking
events, employers are inedited with unprecedented
number of non-qualified candidates which slows down
the hiring process tremendously and is often an
expensive proposition for the employer. The present
invention simplifies the hiring process for both
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employer and the employee hence accelerate the
candidate's evaluation and makes the employer hiring
efforts less cumbersome and less time consuming.
The present invention is designed to increase the
effectiveness of the hiring process while dramatically
reducing hiring costs and the time. There are number
of foreign trained professionals who possess great
communication and presentation skills and could
prove to be excellent employees for the company
based on their foreign training background, are often
rejected and ignored based on the presumption that
they might not have good communication and
presentation skills. The introduction of audio/video
presentation will effectively eliminate the doubt of the
poor communication and presentation skills.
Job description as described in the "Sample of the
Job Description" below will be advertised on our job
board www.advancerun.com, where potential
candidates will seek the employment opportunities.
The employers from any area of expertise like
accounting/finance, engineering, technology,
manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, research and
sales/marketing etc (not limited to), will advertise their
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positions on the job board in the prescribed fashion.
The title could be just a title like "Java Developer" or
with the location like "Java Developer, Toronto, ON".
Based on candidate's field and geographical interest,
they will go to the next step in the job description.
The title should be simple and informative so that
applicants can get a clear picture of what a potential
employer is looking for. Simple as well as informative
job titles are less confusing and time saving.
Company website, if the candidate knows about the
company then he/she does not have to invest time in
reading the company information which is generally
whole paragraph, again saving the time. If candidate
does not know about the company then he/she can
get the company information through the web address
provided here. Based on his/her interest candidate
can go on the next step.
It's imperative to explain the project details to attract
the potential candidates. There will be a complete
project description along with the advantages of
working on the project. The project detail will include
project description, technology/methodology invoived
and the approximate team size.
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Following the project details will be required skills,
number of years of experience in a particular area of
interest. The required skills means candidate have to
have those skills to be qualified for the position.
Following the required skills section will be nice to
have means if the candidate has the said
technology/tools or the experience it's preferred.
Depending on the complexity of the requirement there
will be number of qualifying questions, following the
question space will be provided to answer those
questions. To further clarify, each question and
answer will be provided simultaneously for the ease of
answering the questions and for system to recognize
the answers.
Following the qualifying questions will be nature of the
job like permanent, contract or contract to hire.
Following that will be compensation details.
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The potential candidates can attach their resumes
and a short/long audio or video to present
himself/herself send to the employer.
Sample of the Job Description
Senior Java Developer, Toronto, ON
www.epicsqroup.com
Job Details:
In this role, you will work within the Financial and
Administrative Application Services Department. This
department supports and provides development
services for the corporate-wide Oracle Financials
including Procurement and Projects, a Real Estate
Lease Management System and other Java, BEA
WebLogic based applications. You will be responsible
for analysis, design, development, implementation
and post production support of the application.
Required:
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= University degree in Computer Sciences or
related field
= 5-6 years experience with Java and J2EE
technologies
= 3-4 years experience with WebLogic
= Experience with development tools such as
Developer Suite, Oracle XML Publisher, TOAD
and SQL/PLSQL
Nice to have:
= Experience with ASP, NET, IIS, WebSphere,
WSAD and LDAP
= Knowledge of SOA and ESB
Please answer the following:
Q. How many years have you been working in the
finance arena?
A.
Q. How many years of Java experience do you
have?
A.
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Q. How many years of J2EE experience do you
have?
A.
Q. Have many years of WebLogic experience do
you have?
A.
Q. Have you worked with Fortune 100
organizations?
A.
Q. What is your current salary?
A.
Permanent/Contract
Salary/hourly rate plus bonuses, profit sharing and
benefits etc
Please attach an updated version of your resume and
an audio/video and press send.
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Candidates can also send an audio or video version
of their resume to the employer and then present a
hard copy at the time of the interview. Having an
audio or the video version of candidates resume will
save lot of time for the hiring managers because the
ease of listening or watching while they are engaged
in other activities.
10. The candidates who are not qualified for the
current position, the system will rout them to the
company resume database for future opportunities.
The qualified candidates based on their suitability (A,
B and C), for the said position, the system will
generate an automated response that will be sent to
the candidate along with the hiring managers
calendar and the interview will happen and after the
reference/background check the offer will be
extended.
THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH
AN EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS
CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
