Patent Application
20240013330
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This invention relates generally to methods for aiding current and future career seekers when choosing a career and career paths.
Prior art methods for aiding current and future career seekers when choosing a career and career paths usually include computer systems that provide a list of career choices based on information and career preferences inputted by a current and future career seeker. However, current and future career seekers usually have no idea what the careers they are interested in are like in real life, so when they enter that field and start actually working they often find many reasons why that they do not like that career. Unfortunately, it is usually too late to change careers without returning to school or returning for alternative training, thereby wasting years of time and resources. Accordingly, the present invention overcomes the disadvantages associated with the prior art, by providing a method of choosing a career that further includes having the current and future career seeker actually experience the work and working environment of their career choices and input their feedback and rating of those career choices into the computer system for evaluation by the computer system. The computer system would then reevaluate and modify the list of career choices presented to the current and future career seeker based upon their feedback and ratings. As such, the current and future career seeker would be able to enter a career with a much higher chance of success and happiness.
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of career choice methods or the like in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved method of choosing a career. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a method of choosing a career, with all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages, that provides a computer system programmed to accept and process information and career preferences inputted by a current and future career seeker, and provides a list of career choices based on their information and career preferences. The method further includes having the current and future career seeker experience the work and working environment of their career choices and input their feedback and rating of those career choices into the computer system for evaluation by the computer system. The computer system is further adapted to reevaluate and modify the list of career choices presented to the current and future career seeker based upon their feedback and ratings.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated.
Numerous objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon a reading of the following detailed description of presently preferred, but nonetheless illustrative, embodiments of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of descriptions and should not be regarded as limiting.
The figures which accompany the written portion of this specification illustrate embodiments according to the teachings of the present invention.
The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings.
The embodiments of the present disclosure described below are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the disclosure to the precise forms disclosed in the following detailed description. Rather, the embodiments are chosen and described so that others skilled in the art may appreciate and understand the principles and practices of the present disclosure.
The following embodiments and the accompanying drawings, which are incorporated into and form part of this disclosure, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, certain illustrative aspects of the invention are described herein in connection with the following description and the annexed drawings. These aspects are indicative, however, of but a few of the various ways in which the principles of the invention can be employed and the subject invention is intended to include all such aspects and their equivalents. Other advantages and novel features of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the invention when considered in conjunction with the drawings.
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Part of the system may include the current and future career seeker receiving automated emails, SMS messages, electronic calendar reminders, and phone call reminders to assist the current and future career seeker during the process.
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The computer program 120 is further adapted to provide at least one secondary input screen 190 adapted to allow the person to input secondary feedback and a numerical ratings based upon their further experience working at any of the careers set forth by the secondary list of career choices 180, which may also allow the person to input feedback based upon work hours, working conditions, task difficulties, commuting time, and company personnel interactions. Furthermore, the computer program 120 is adapted to tabulate the secondary feedback and numerical ratings and provide a third list of career choices 200 to the person based upon the secondary feedback and numerical ratings.
The computer program 120 is further adapted to create a personal profile 300 of the person based upon the personal information, the career preferences, and the feedback and numerical ratings, wherein the personal profile is adapted to be used to aid in identifying and presenting secondary career choices 180 to the person.
The computer program 120 may further be adapted to accept and process information inputted by personnel 220 located at the career choices experienced by the person, and wherein that information is adapted to be used by the computer program to aid in identifying and presenting secondary career choices 180 to the person.
The method of choosing a career 100 may further comprise the steps of providing at least one secondary computer 400 located remotely from the computer 110 and adapted to electronically communicate with the computer; and wherein the at least one secondary computer 400 is adapted to allow the personnel located at the career choices to send information to the computer; and providing a telecommunication system 500 adapted to facilitate communication between the computer 110 and the at least one secondary computer 400.
The numerical ratings may be formed as a rating between 1 and 10, wherein 1 is the poorest rating and 10 is the best rating. The ratings may also be formed as a choice between 1 and 5 stars, wherein 1 is the poorest rating and 5 is the best rating. Furthermore, the ratings may also be formed as a choice between statements that best describe their work experience. The ratings may also be formed as other known ratings systems, or similar types of ratings systems.
Although specific embodiments have been illustrated and described herein, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that any arrangement, which is calculated to achieve the same purpose, may be substituted for the specific embodiment shown. This application is intended to cover any adaptations or variations of the present invention.
Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that many other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
