METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING JOB RECRUITING
A recruitment enhancement system is disclosed that can be used by job recruiters to assess job applicant's suitability for particular jobs. The recruitment enhancement system includes a module for generating and encouraging individuals to participate in recruitment enhancement activities, such as knowledge-based contests. An individual may be able to participate in the activities via their mobile device. One purpose of the activities can be to increase awareness about a particular company. Thus, the activities can be branded. In one embodiment, information derived from the activities can be used to assess the participant's suitability for various job positions.
1 . A method of electronic job recruiting in a server including a processor and memory, the method comprising:
determining in the processor a recruitment enhancement activity useful for filtering job candidates in a recruiting process is to be generated;
generating in the processor an interface state that allows a participant to grant access to social media information from a social media site;
retrieving in the processor the social media information from the social media site;
generating in the processor a plurality of interface states that allow the participant to participate in the recruitment enhancement activity;
scoring in the processor the participant's participation in the recruitment enhancement activity;
based upon the participant's score, ranking in the processor the participant's performance; and
generating in the processor an interface state that allows a job recruiter to view the participant's score, ranking and the social media information retrieved about the participant from the social media site.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the recruitment enhancement activity is a knowledge-based test.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the recruitment enhancement activity is generated in response to the participant applying for a job position and the knowledge-based test is related to a skill associated with the job position.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the recruitment enhancement activity includes or more of a knowledge-based questions for the participant to answer, a problem for the participant to solve, a game for the participant to play or combinations thereof.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the recruitment enhancement activity is generated as part of contest.
6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising: receiving a description of one or more prizes associated with the contest.
7 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising: notifying the participant based upon their score and/or ranking that they have won a prize in the contest.
8 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising: generating a leader board for the contest.
9 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising: receiving a time period during which the contest is to be implemented.
10 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising: receiving a location for the contest wherein the participant's eligibility for the contest is based upon the participant's proximity to the location.
11 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising: receiving a format for a message that can be posted to a social media site after the participant has participated in the contest.
12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising: after generating the recruitment enhancement activity is completed, generating an interface state including a pre-formatted message and a selectable button for posting the pre-formatted message to a social media site wherein the pre-formatted message includes information about the recruitment enhancement activity and the participant's performance in the recruitment enhancement activity.
13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising, posting the pre-formatted message in response to detecting a selection of the selectable button.
14 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising: determining whether the participant is eligible to participate in the recruitment enhancement activity.
15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the determination of the eligibility is based upon whether the participant has previously participated in the recruitment enhancement activity.
16 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the determination of the eligibility is based upon whether the participant is located with a particular geographic location.
17 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising: generating a list of recruitment enhancement activities in which the participant is eligible to participate.
18 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving information indicating a claim of a skill that the participant possesses; and
selecting a recruitment enhancement activity for the participant wherein the participant's performance in the recruitment enhancement activity is predictive of whether the participant possesses the claimed skill.
19 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising: receiving information indicating a skill level for the claimed skill and
based upon the claimed skill level, selecting the recruitment enhancement activity and/or scoring the recruitment enhancement activity.
20 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the participant is ranked by comparing their performance to a performance a group of other participants that have participated in the recruitment enhancement activity.
21 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the participant is ranked according to a scale developed for the recruitment enhancement activity.
22 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising: generating in the processor an interface state that allows a job recruiter to view the participant's score and ranking from a plurality of different recruitment enhancement activities.
23 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving a request from a recruiter for the participant to participate in the recruitment enhancement activity and notifying the participant of the recruiter's request to participate in the recruitment enhancement activity.