Todd M Forest

US Patent:

20080027747, Jan 31, 2008

Filed:

Aug 8, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/835758

Inventors:

Robert McGovern - Potomac MD, US
Erik Anderson - Olney MD, US
Richard Ellinger - Great Falls VA, US
Todd Forest - Arlington VA, US
Matthew Hagopian - Arlington VA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705001000

Abstract:

A method of operating an employment system is provided. The method includes enabling a first user associated with an employee seeker to enter a shell for a position and enabling a second user associated with the employee seeker to enter additional information about the position. The second user is distinctly identifiable by the employment system from the first user. The method also includes associating an employment seeker with the position. Alternatively, the method includes categorizing a first set of one or more employment seekers as public and categorizing a second set of one or more employment seekers as participants in a co-operative. The method also includes enabling all employee seekers to access or view information about members of the first set and enabling all employee seekers that are members of the co-operative to access or view information about members of the second set.