Method, system, and computer program product for employment market statistics generation and analysis
View Patent ↗A method of generating employment market characteristics from a network includes the steps of accessing an employment resource including data via a network, matching the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories, and updating at least one statistical indicator associated with the matched employment market category.
1. A method of generating employment market statistics via a network, comprising:
accessing, by a data processing device, an employment resource via the network, the employment resource comprising data;
matching, by the data processing device, the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories, wherein the matching includes matching resources to the plurality of employment market categories according to a multi-tiered matching strategy; and
updating, by the data processing device, at least one statistical indicator associated with a matched employment market category, wherein the updating comprises calculating a ratio of resumes associated with the matched employment market category to job listings associated with the matched employment market category.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of market categories corresponds to a particular labor type and region.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the matching comprises:
matching the employment resource to a raw category;
matching the employment resource to an interim category; and
matching the employment resource to an employment market category.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the accessing an employment resource comprises:
sending a client request across the network to a server; and
receiving the employment resource via the network.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
repeating the accessing, matching, and updating for each of a plurality of employment resources; and
for each of the plurality of market categories, plotting the associated statistical indicator.
6. A method of generating employment market statistics from a network, comprising:
accessing, by a data processing device, an employment resource via the network, the employment resource comprising data;
matching, by the data processing device, the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories, wherein the matching includes matching resources to the plurality of employment market categories according to a multi-tiered matching strategy; and
updating, by the data processing device, at least one statistical indicator associated with a matched employment market category;
wherein the updating comprises:
incrementing a first counter associated with the matched employment market category in response to determining the employment resource is a resume; and
incrementing a second counter associated with the matched employment market category in response to determining the employment resource is a job listing.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein each of the plurality of market categories corresponds to a particular labor type and region.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the matching comprises:
matching the employment resource to a raw category;
matching the employment resource to an interim category; and
matching the employment resource to an employment market category.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the accessing comprises:
sending a client request across the network to a server; and
receiving the employment resource via the network.
10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
repeating the accessing, matching, and updating for each of a plurality of employment resources; and
for each of the plurality of market categories, plotting the associated statistical indicator.
11. A system for generating employment market statistics from a network, comprising:
means for accessing an employment resource via the network, the employment resource comprising data;
means for matching the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories, wherein the matching includes matching resources to the plurality of employment market categories according to a multi-tiered matching strategy; and
means for updating at least one statistical indicator associated with the matched employment market category;
wherein said means for updating at least one statistical indicator comprises means for calculating a ratio of resumes associated with the matched employment market category to job listings associated with the matched employment market category.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of market categories corresponds to a particular labor type and region.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein said means for matching the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories comprises:
means for matching, the employment resource to a raw category;
means for matching the employment resource to an interim category; and
means for matching the employment resource to an employment market category.
14. The system of claim 11 , wherein said means for accessing an employment resource comprises:
means for sending a client request across the network to a server; and
means for receiving the employment resource via the network.
15. The system of claim 11 , further comprising means for plotting the associated statistical indicator for each of the plurality of market categories.
16. A system for generating employment market statistics from a network, comprising:
means for accessing an employment resource via the network, the employment resource comprising data;
means for matching the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories, wherein the matching includes matching resources to the plurality of employment market categories according to a multi-tiered matching strategy; and
means for updating at least one statistical indicator associated with the matched employment market category;
wherein said means for updating at least one statistical indicator comprises:
means for incrementing a first counter associated with the matched employment market category in response to determining the employment resource is a resume; and
means for incrementing a second counter associated with the matched employment market category in response to determining the employment resource is a job listing.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein each of the plurality of market categories corresponds to a particular labor type and region.
18. The system of claim 16 , wherein said means for matching the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories comprises:
means for matching the employment resource to a raw category;
means for matching the employment resource to an interim category; and
means for matching the employment resource to an employment market category.
19. The system of claim 16 , wherein said means for accessing an employment resource comprises:
means for sending a client request across the network to a server; and
means for receiving the employment resource via the network.
20. The system of claim 16 , further comprising means for plotting the associated statistical indicator for each of the plurality of market categories.
21. A system for generating employment market statistics from a network, comprising:
a data processing device configured with:
a spider engine that accesses an employment resource via the network, the employment resource comprising data; and
a statistical analysis engine that matches the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories, wherein the matching includes matching resources to the plurality of employment market categories according to a multi-tiered matching strategy, and that calculates a ratio of resumes associated with the matched employment market category to job listings associated with the matched employment market category.
22. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, execution of which by a data processing device causes the data processing device to perform operations for generating employment market statistics from a network, the operations comprising:
accessing an employment resource via the network, the employment resource comprising data;
matching the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories, wherein the matching includes matching resources to the plurality of employment market categories according to a multi-tiered matching strategy; and
updating at least one statistical indicator associated with the matched employment market category;
wherein the updating at least one statistical indicator comprises calculating a ratio of resumes associated with the matched employment market category to job listings associated with the matched employment market category.
23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 22 , wherein each of the plurality of market categories corresponds to a particular labor type and region.
24. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 22 , wherein the operation of matching the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories comprises:
matching the employment resource to a raw category;
matching the employment resource to an interim category; and
matching the employment resource to an employment market category.
25. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 22 , wherein the operation of accessing an employment resource comprises:
sending a client request across the network to a server; and
receiving the employment resource via the network.
26. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 22 , wherein the operations further comprise plotting the associated statistical indicator for each of the plurality of market categories.
27. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, execution of which by a data processing device causes the data processing device to perform operations for generating employment market statistics from a network, the operations comprising:
accessing an employment resource via the network, the employment resource comprising data;
matching the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories, wherein the matching includes matching resources to the plurality of employment market categories according to a multi-tiered matching strategy; and
updating at least one statistical indicator associated with the matched employment market category;
wherein the updating at least one statistical indicator comprises:
incrementing a first counter associated with the matched employment market category in response to determining the employment resource is a resume; and
incrementing a second counter associated with the matched employment market category in response to determining the employment resource is a job listing.
28. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 27 , wherein each of the plurality of market categories corresponds to a particular labor type and region.
29. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 27 , wherein the operation of matching the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories comprises:
matching the employment resource to a raw category;
matching the employment resource to an interim category; and
matching the employment resource to an employment market category.
30. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 27 , wherein the operation of accessing an employment resource comprises:
sending a client request across the network to a server; and
receiving the employment resource via the network.
31. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 27 , the operations further comprising plotting the associated statistical indicator for each of the plurality of market categories.
32. A system for generating employment market statistics from a network, comprising:
a processing device configured with:
a spider engine that accesses an employment resource via the network, the employment resource comprising data; and
a statistical analysis engine that matches the data to one of a plurality of employment market categories, wherein the matching includes matching resources to the plurality of employment market categories according to a multi-tiered matching strategy, and wherein the statistical analysis engine increments a first counter associated with the matched employment market category in response to determining the employment resource is a resume and increments a second counter associated with the matched employment market category in response to determining the employment resource is a job listing.