Requisition Wizard for Automated Hiring Workflow Classification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems for managing job requisitions often lead to delays and frustration due to users' unfamiliarity with requisition types and designations, resulting in incorrect requisition creation, with many systems limiting job classifications to a single requisition type, which can cause rejection by management and human resources.

Innovation Solution

A system that generates user interfaces with a wizard that asks tailored questions to dynamically determine the appropriate requisition type, allowing multiple job classifications to be associated with various requisition types, reducing the need for multiple selections and conserving processing resources and memory.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users are required to manually select requisition types and job classifications, then users have control over the selection process, but users experience delays and frustration due to unfamiliarity with requisition types and designations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of requisition creationVSAvoidtime for requisition creation
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs automatic identification of requisition types and job classifications based on user answers to questions, eliminating the need for users to manually search and select from extensive lists. The system serves itself by automatically matching user needs with appropriate requisition types and job classifications, reducing both time and complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

A wizard interface acts as an intermediary between the user and the complex requisition type selection process. The wizard guides users through a series of questions and automatically translates their answers into appropriate requisition types and job classifications, simplifying the interaction while maintaining accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If the system presents multiple requisition type options, then users can select the most appropriate type, but the system complexity increases due to multiple selections required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of requisition type selectionVSAvoidcomplexity of requisition creation interface
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically identifies and selects the appropriate requisition type and job classification based on user answers, eliminating the need for users to navigate complex selection interfaces. The system performs the matching function itself, reducing interface complexity while maintaining high accuracy through automated logic.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The complex logic for matching user needs with appropriate requisition types and job classifications is extracted from the user interface and embedded in the system's automated identification process. This separates the complexity from the user interaction, presenting a simplified interface while maintaining sophisticated matching capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Adaptability or versatility

If the system allows multiple job classifications to be associated with various requisition types, then the system becomes more versatile, but processing resources and memory consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveversatility of requisition type assignmentVSAvoidprocessing resource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-establishes associations between requisition types and job classifications in a structured format, allowing rapid automated matching without extensive real-time processing. This preliminary organization enables the system to handle multiple associations efficiently by simply retrieving pre-defined matches rather than computing them on demand.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

4Productivity

If users create requisitions without proper guidance, then the process is faster, but errors increase leading to rejection by management and human resources

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespeed of requisition creationVSAvoidaccuracy of requisition creation
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary automated identification of the correct requisition type and job classification before the user finalizes the requisition creation. This preliminary action ensures accuracy by pre-validating the selection based on user answers, preventing errors that would lead to rejection while maintaining fast processing speed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The wizard interface provides feedback to users by presenting their answers and showing how these answers determine the selected requisition type and job classification. This feedback loop ensures users understand the selection process and can verify accuracy before submission, reducing errors while maintaining efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11328023B2Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for managing types of requisitions that drive hiring workflows via user interfaces
Publication Date: 2022.05.10 APC WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS LLC
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AI summary

Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for managing and generating types of requisitions via user interfaces. A method may include generating a user interface wizard comprising one or more questions associated with respective requisition types to generate corresponding requisitions in response to receiving a request to create a requisition, and in response to detecting at least one answer to at least one of the questions, automatically identifying one or more associated requisition types and corresponding job classifications presented in a requisition type user interface for selection in order to create a respective requisition.