Probabilistic Job Posting Feasibility Prediction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Job posting services are difficult for recruiters to navigate, particularly when seeking postings that are easiest and cheapest to fill.

Innovation Solution

An apparatus and method utilizing a processor and memory to generate a probabilistic quantitative field for job postings, determining if a hosting aggregator will host the posting based on this field and a preconfigured threshold, and creating a prioritization list for users to identify quickly fillable positions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If recruiters manually navigate job posting services to find fillable positions, then they can identify posting opportunities, but the process becomes time-consuming and inefficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverecruitment efficiencyVSAvoidtime to navigate postings
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis by generating probabilistic quantitative fields for job postings in advance, predicting fillability metrics before recruiters view them. This pre-computation allows recruiters to immediately see which postings are most likely to be filled quickly, eliminating the need to manually evaluate each posting's potential

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary machine-learning model that acts as a mediator between the raw job posting data and the recruiter. This model processes complex posting attributes and generates simplified probabilistic predictions about fillability, translating unstructured posting information into actionable insights that recruiters can quickly interpret

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If recruiters evaluate multiple posting attributes to assess fillability, then selection accuracy improves, but the complexity of the selection process increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveposting feasibility assessmentVSAvoidselection process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system transforms multiple complex posting attributes into a simplified probabilistic quantitative field that represents fillability likelihood. By changing the parameter representation from numerous raw attributes to a consolidated probability score, the system maintains measurement precision while dramatically reducing the complexity of the selection process

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the complex evaluation process into distinct functional components: data collection from postings, feature extraction, machine-learning-based probabilistic field generation, and threshold-based filtering. This segmentation allows each component to handle specific aspects of the evaluation independently, making the overall complex process more manageable and interpretable

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11829956B2Apparatus and methods for selection based on a predicted budget
Publication Date: 2023.11.28 JOB COM LLC
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AI summary

An apparatus for selection based on a probabilistic quantitative field, the apparatus comprising at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor. The memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to generate a time series model configured to generate a probabilistic quantitative field of a posting, wherein the generation includes receive a generation request from a user and generate the probabilistic quantitative field of the posting as a function of the generation request and a machine-learning model, determine if a hosting aggregator will host a posting or not as a function of the probabilistic quantitative field and a preconfigured threshold value, and create a prioritization list for a user as a function of the determination if a hosting aggregator will host a posting or not and the probabilistic quantitative field.