WEB-BASED EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE NETWORKING SYSTEM

摘要

A computer-based networking method and system connects individuals and businesses within a trade to match work assignments with availability for work assignments and relevant qualifications. Both employers and individuals job seekers/employees set up and manage their own individual profiles which provide information to others in the network. Members of the network who share a common trade are placed into trade pools. The job seekers within a given trade pools are placed into an employment pool for that trade, and employers are placed into sub-trade pools. The employment pool is graphically associated with the sub-trade pools. Employers view job seeker profiles and availability and can offer work assignments to job seekers in the employment pool. Network members who have worked together can post reviews which can be viewed by others in the network.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for connecting employers with job seekers for work assignments via a networking website, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) collecting profile information from a plurality of members belonging to a network, the members comprising employers having work assignments in a trade and job-seekers seeking work assignments in said trade; (b) forming a graphical representation for each member of an employment pool comprising job seekers, said graphical representation comprising an avatar for each job seeker of the employment pool, the avatar linked to said job seeker's profile information; (c) enabling employers of the network to individualize their employment pool by removing selected job seekers from their employment pool; (d) collecting availability dates and/or times for future work assignments from job seekers and representing a work availability date and/or time collected from a job seeker in a calendar associated with the job seeker's avatar; and (e) enabling an employer to offer a work assignment to a job seeker in the employer's member pool by associating the offer with the job seeker's calendar.