Apparatus, method and program for collecting information about applicants

Abstract

To reduce time up to collecting data representing actions taken by applicants in a method for collecting information on the applicants.SOLUTION: When an applicant uses an applicant terminal 120 to generate a message on a job offer of a job offer company on a job offer site 111, a server managed by an operating company of the job offer site 111 transmits the message to a contact e-mail address registered in association with the job offer company. The transmitted e-mail is transmitted from a server 130 to an apparatus 100 for collecting information on the applicant (S201). The apparatus 100 acquires, based on contents of the received e-mail, action data representing an action taken by the applicant associated with new arrival notification from the job offer site 111 (S202). The apparatus 100 stores the acquired action data in a storage unit 100-3 or a database 101 accessible from the apparatus 100 so that the job offer company can view it (S203).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus, a method, and a program for collecting information about applicants. [Background technology]

[0002] The mainstream of job advertisements is shifting from paper to online job sites. Due to the diversification of working styles, there are many different types of job sites, and companies are increasingly using multiple job sites at the same time.

[0003] The company's recruiting staff opens the administration screen of each job site they are using in a separate tab in a web browser, and if there are any changes in the application status, etc., they enter the information into the recruitment management system used by their company.

[0004] In addition to the labor required for manual input, this administrative work also requires labor to check the input results to prevent mistakes, as the information is sensitive and related to recruitment. Therefore, the applicant is developing technology that automatically links with multiple recruitment sites to centrally manage the application status for each company (see Reference 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0005] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 6397099 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0006] The applicant's technology is useful for significantly reducing the administrative burden on recruiters at each company, and if it can instantly convey applicant actions such as applications and messages to recruiters, it can increase the likelihood of applicants changing jobs, in an era when the development of communication tools has led to a trend toward requiring prompt responses. In particular, prompt responses are desired for messages sent by applicants after communication has begun.

[0007] The present invention has been made in consideration of these problems, and its object is to reduce the time it takes to collect data representing actions by applicants in an apparatus, method, and program for collecting information about applicants. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] A first aspect of the present invention for achieving this objective is a method for collecting information about applicants, characterized in that it includes the steps of receiving a new notification or a corresponding notification about the hiring company that has posted the job, generated by a server managed by an operating company of a job site on which the job is posted, obtaining action data representing actions taken by the applicant from the job site based on the content of the new notification or the corresponding notification, and storing the action data so that it can be viewed by the hiring company.

[0009] A second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the method of the first aspect further includes a step of notifying a contact point of the recruiting company that the action data has been stored so as to be viewable.

[0010] A third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that in the first or second aspect, the new arrival notification is a notification to an email address registered in advance with the job site.

[0011] A fourth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that in the third aspect, the email address is an email address of a mailing list used by the recruiting company.

[0012] A fifth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that in the fourth aspect, the reception is reception of the new arrival notification at an email address registered as a receiving address of the mailing address.

[0013] A sixth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that in the first or second aspect, the new arrival notification is a notification to a chat service that is registered in advance on the job site.

[0014] Furthermore, a seventh aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the sixth aspect, the reception is a reception of a notification corresponding to the new arrival notification, generated by a server managed by a company operating the chat service.

[0015] Moreover, an eighth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to seventh aspects, is characterized in that the action is the applicant sending a message.

[0016] In addition, a ninth aspect of the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute a method for collecting information about an applicant, the method being characterized in including the steps of receiving a new notification or a corresponding notification to the hiring company that posted the job, generated by a server managed by an operating company of a job site on which the job for which the applicant is applying is posted; acquiring action data representing an action by the applicant from the job site based on the content of the new notification or the corresponding notification; and storing the action data so that it can be viewed by the hiring company.

[0017] A tenth aspect of the present invention is a device for collecting information about an applicant, which includes receiving a new notification or a corresponding notification generated by a server managed by an operating company of a job site on which a job for which the applicant is applying is posted, to the hiring company that posted the job, obtaining action data representing an action taken by the applicant from the job site based on the content of the new notification or the corresponding notification, and storing the action data so that it can be viewed by the hiring company. Effect of the Invention

[0018] According to one aspect of the present invention, when an applicant takes action on a job site, a new arrival notification or a corresponding notification is sent from the site to the hiring company, and this is used as a hook to obtain action data representing that action from the site, thereby shortening the time it takes to collect action data representing applicant actions. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0019] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 shows an apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] 1 is a flow diagram of a method according to a first embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a new arrival notification according to the first embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0020] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[0021] (First embodiment) 1 is a diagram showing an apparatus according to the first embodiment. An apparatus 100 for collecting information on applicants can access a first recruitment site 111, a second recruitment site 112, and a third recruitment site 113 via a computer network such as the Internet. The apparatus 100 collects information on applicants for each recruiting company that uses the recruitment management service provided by the apparatus 100 from these multiple recruitment sites, and stores the information in a storage unit 100-3 or a database 101 that can be accessed from the apparatus 100 via the computer network.

[0022] In order for the device 100 to collect information on applicants for recruiting companies from the recruitment site 111, it is necessary to log in to the recruiting company's account for the recruitment site 111, and login information for each recruiting company's recruitment site is stored in the storage unit 100-3 or in the database 101 accessible from the device 100 via a computer network. The login information generally consists of an ID and a password. The login information may more generally be authentication information, such as a token or API key for authenticating access to the recruiting company's account on the recruitment site 111.

[0023] The device 100 includes a communication unit 100-1 such as a communication interface, a processing unit 100-2 such as a processor or CPU, and a storage unit 100-3 including a storage device or storage medium such as a memory or a hard disk, and can be configured by executing a program for performing each process, and may include one or more devices or servers. The program may include one or more programs, and may be recorded in a computer-readable storage medium to form a non-transient program product. The program may be stored in a storage device or storage medium accessible from the storage unit 100-3 or the device 100, and may be executed by the processing unit 100-2.

[0024] The device 100 can operate a web browser stored in the storage unit 100-3 or a storage device or storage medium accessible from the device 100, and can operate the web browser by executing code written using a library for operating the web browser as necessary. An example of the web browser is Chrome (registered trademark). Since information collection from the job site 111 is performed automatically, the web browser can be operated headlessly.

[0025] One possible measure to grasp an action by an applicant shortly after it occurs is to periodically access the job site 111 from the device 100, but in the present invention, the action is grasped immediately by using a notification of a new message from the job site 111 to the hiring company that is the target of the action. That is, the inventors have noticed that many job sites or recruitment media send a notification from the site to a server 130 that operates a communication tool used by the hiring company when an action by an applicant, such as an application from an applicant to a job or a message from an applicant to the hiring company, occurs using the applicant terminal 120, and have found that by using the notification as a trigger, it is possible to quickly detect the occurrence of an action.

[0026] In this specification, such notifications from job site 111 to server 130 are called "new arrival notifications," which may broadly include notifications of information that each site determines to be beneficial to each hiring company, such as introductions of recommended personnel, in addition to notifications of actions taken by applicants. More precisely, new arrival notifications are notifications about a hiring company that are generated by a server managed by the operating company of the job site on which a job is posted, and sent to a server operating a communication tool used by the hiring company that posted the job.

[0027] In this embodiment, a mail server will be used as an example of server 130. When an applicant creates a message about a job offer by a hiring company on job site 111 using applicant terminal 120 such as a PC or mobile terminal, a server managed by the operating company of job site 111 sends the message to the email address of a contact person registered in association with the hiring company.

[0028] Here, it goes without saying that the server managed by the company operating the job site 111 may include multiple servers such as a web server and a mail server depending on their roles. For simplicity, in FIG. 1, no distinction is made between the job site and the server.

[0029] The sent email or a corresponding email is sent from server 130 to device 100 for collecting information on applicants (S201). The email address registered with job site 111 is preferably an email address on a mailing list that includes, for example, recruiting personnel at companies that are hiring. Companies often use mailing lists for recruitment, and simply adding an email address that device 100 can receive to the multiple receiving addresses on the mailing list enables device 100 to receive new arrival notifications.

[0030] Here, it goes without saying that the device 100 may include multiple servers such as a web server, a mail server, etc., depending on the role of the device 100. Specifically, it is conceivable to include, as separate servers, a first server that receives e-mail from the server 130, a second server that accesses the job site 111 depending on the contents of the e-mail, and a third server that makes it possible to view action data acquired from the job site 111 as described later.

[0031] Other than using the email address of the mailing list, it is conceivable that server 130 forwards emails addressed to the contact email address registered by the recruiting company on job site 111 to an email address that can be received by device 100, or that a recruiter at the recruiting company manually forwards emails received by server 130 to an email address that can be received by device 100, or that the contact email address itself is set as an email address that can be received by device 100. When emails received by server 130 are forwarded, strictly speaking the email received by device 100 is not the same as the email sent by the server managed by the company operating job site 111 as a new arrival notification, but is an email with content corresponding to the email.

[0032] The device 100 may, as necessary, determine whether the new arrival notification or a notification corresponding thereto is a notification regarding the occurrence of an action by the applicant. This is because the new arrival notification may include an introduction of recommended personnel, etc. Furthermore, when the new arrival notification is a notification regarding the occurrence of an action by the applicant, the device 100 may, as necessary, determine whether the notification includes data that should be stored in the storage unit 100-3 or in the database 101 accessible from the device 100 via a computer network. This is because unnecessary access to the job site 111 can be suppressed.

[0033] 3 shows an example of a new arrival notification email according to this embodiment. As shown in email 300, the new arrival notification contains content informing the user that an applicant has taken the action of sending a message, and may further contain information about who the applicant or candidate is, or may contain all or part of the message. In many cases, the new arrival notification does not contain all of the data that the device 100 should obtain, making it necessary to access the job site 111 that sent the new arrival notification.

[0034] Therefore, based on the contents of the received e-mail, device 100 acquires from job site 111 action data representing an action by the applicant associated with the new arrival notification (S202). The action data can be acquired by operating a web browser on device 100. It is possible to specify which job site the action occurred on by using sending address 301 of e-mail 300, and to specify which hiring company the action is related to by using receiving address 302 of e-mail 300. It is also possible to specify which hiring company the action is related to by using addressee 303 of e-mail 300. In addition, when receiving address 302 is an e-mail address of a mailing list, it is also possible to specify which hiring company the action is related to by using the address by associating an e-mail address that device 100 can receive, which is added as a receiving address of the mailing list, with each hiring company. When URL 304 of a web page on which a message is displayed is described in e-mail 300, the message displayed on the web page can be acquired as action data.

[0035] The device 100 stores the acquired action data in the storage unit 100-3 or in a database 101 accessible from the device 100 via a computer network so that the data can be viewed by the hiring company (S203). The device 100 provides a recruitment management service, and each hiring company can view updated applicant information by logging into the service on a web browser.

[0036] After storing the action data, device 100 notifies the hiring company that the information about the applicant has been updated as necessary. If the contact for the notification is the same as the contact for the new arrival notification, communication will be sent to the same server 130, but this does not necessarily have to be the same. Also, since the hiring company has already received the new arrival notification, it may choose not to notify device 100 again that the applicant information has been updated.

[0037] In the above description, a mail server has been used as an example of server 130, but it may also be a server that provides a chat service. In this case, the new arrival notification may be a notification to a chat service registered in advance in job site 111, and the reception of the arrival notification or a notification corresponding thereto by device 100 may be a reception of a notification corresponding to the new arrival notification that is generated by a server that provides the chat service, i.e., a server managed by the company that operates the chat service.

[0038] It should also be noted that, unless the word "only" is used, such as "based only on," "in response to," or "only when," the specification contemplates that additional information may be taken into consideration. As an example, it should also be noted that a statement such as "if a, then do b" does not necessarily mean "if a, then always do b," unless expressly stated otherwise.

[0039] Also, just to be clear, even if there is an aspect of a method, program, terminal, device, server or system (hereinafter referred to as a "method, etc.") that performs an operation different from that described in this specification, each aspect of the present invention is directed to an operation that is the same as any of the operations described in this specification, and the existence of an operation different from that described in this specification does not make the method, etc. outside the scope of each aspect of the present invention. [Explanation of symbols]

[0040] 100 devices 100-1 Communications Department 100-2 Processing section 100-3 Storage section 101 Database 111 The No. 1 Job Site 112 The second job site 113 The third job site 120 Applicant terminal 130 Server 300 Email 301 Sending Address 302 Receiving Address 303 Addressee 304 URL

Claims

1. 1. A method for collecting information about an applicant, the method comprising: A step in which a computer receives a notification regarding a recruiting company that has posted a job, the notification being generated by a server managed by an operating company of a job site on which the job is posted, and the notification being sent to a server operating a communication tool used by the recruiting company, or a notification corresponding thereto; acquiring, by the computer, action data representing an action taken by the applicant from the job site based on the content of the notification or a notification corresponding thereto; The computer stores the action data so that the action data can be viewed by the recruiting company. Includes.

2. 2. The method of claim 1 , The method further includes a step of notifying a contact person of the recruiting company that the action data has been stored so as to be viewable.

3. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The notification is sent to an email address on a mailing list of the recruiting company that is registered in advance on the recruitment site, The mailing list includes email addresses to which the computer can receive email.

4. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The notification is a notification to a chat service that is registered in advance on the job site.

5. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The action is the sending of a message by the applicant.

6. A program for causing a computer to execute a method for collecting information on applicants, the method comprising: receiving a notification about the hiring company that posted the job, the notification being generated by a server managed by an operating company of a job site on which the job for which the applicant is applying is posted, the notification being sent to a server operating a communication tool used by the hiring company, or a notification corresponding thereto; acquiring, from the job site, action data representing an action taken by the applicant based on the content of the notification or a notification corresponding thereto; storing said action data so that said action data can be viewed by said recruiting company; Includes.

7. 1. An apparatus for collecting information of applicants, the apparatus comprising: receiving a notification about the recruiting company that posted the job, the notification being generated by a server managed by the operating company of the job site on which the job for which the applicant is applying is posted, and the notification being sent to a server operating a communication tool used by the recruiting company, or a notification corresponding thereto; acquiring, from the job site, action data representing an action taken by the applicant based on the content of the notification or a notification corresponding thereto; The action data is stored so as to be viewable by the recruiting company.

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