Appeal No. 2002-2078
Application No. 09/209,211
Representative independent claim 1, reproduced as follows,
is indicative of the invention:
1. A method for recruiting personnel for a business entity
including a plurality of distinct business units each having
individual hiring requirements, wherein at least some of said
distinct business units’ hiring requirements compete for common
applicants, said method comprising the steps of:
determining a plurality of hiring needs associated with a
business entity including a plurality of distinct business units
each having individual hiring requirements;
entering information related to a plurality of hiring needs,
each of said plurality of hiring needs being respectively
associated with one of said plurality of distinct business units,
and information related to a plurality of candidates into a
database, respectively;
automatically cross-referencing said information related to
said plurality of hiring needs with said information related to
said plurality of candidates to identify candidates selected from
said plurality of candidates who satisfy entered information
indicative of hiring needs; and,
determining whether one of said identified candidates should
be offered a job or more than one job associated with said hiring
needs;
wherein, when it is determined that one of said identified
candidates should be offered more than one job as determined by
said hiring needs, all jobs pertinent to said one of said
identified candidates are offered substantially simultaneously to
said one of said identified candidates for employment within said
business entity including a plurality of distinct business units.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Stipanovich et al. (Stipanovich) 5,117,353 May 26, 1992
Parrish et al. (Parrish) 5,416,694 May 16, 1995
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