JP7266977B2 - Apparatus, method and program for collecting applicant information - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an apparatus, method, and program for collecting applicant information.

The mainstream of job advertisements is shifting from paper media to job sites on the Internet. Due to the diversification of work styles, there are various types of job-hunting websites, and companies are increasingly using multiple job-hunting websites at the same time.

The person in charge of recruiting at a company opens the management screen of each recruiting site they use in a tab on their web browser, and if there is a change in the application status, etc., they enter it into the recruitment management system they use separately.

In addition to the man-hours required for manual input, such clerical work also requires man-hours for checking the input results to ensure that there are no mistakes, since it is sensitive information related to recruitment, which is a heavy burden. If it is possible to centrally manage the application status for the company by automatically linking with multiple recruitment sites, the clerical burden of the recruiting staff will be greatly reduced, and more strategic thinking such as defining the requirements of the human resources to be hired will be possible. You can spare your time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus, method, and program for collecting information on applicants to recruiting companies from a plurality of recruitment sites. to promote the automation of

In order to solve such problems, a first aspect of the present invention is a method for collecting information of applicants for a recruiting company from a plurality of recruitment sites, comprising: and, in the case of a recruitment site that does not display a list of one or more applicants for the recruiting company on a screen that can be displayed by the web browser after the login, the web browser. to a list screen containing the list, extracting application information of each applicant included in the list screen, and obtaining detailed information of each applicant included in the list screen. characterized by comprising

A second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the first aspect, the transition is caused by a display request for a URL designating the list screen.

A third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the first aspect, the transition is caused by selecting a tab for switching to the list screen.

A fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, is characterized in that the extraction is performed by analyzing list screen display information for displaying the list screen. .

A fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect, is characterized in that the extraction is performed by executing a code written according to the data structure of the list screen display information in each recruitment site. do.

A sixth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in any one of the first to fifth aspects, the application information includes the ID or name of each applicant and the type of job or position applied for.

A seventh aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in any one of the first to sixth aspects, the acquisition is performed by capturing a detailed screen displaying detailed information of each applicant.

Further, according to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the seventh aspect, the detailed screen is displayed by causing the web browser to select any element associated with each applicant included in the list screen. characterized by being

A ninth aspect of the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute a method for collecting information on applicants to recruiting companies from a plurality of recruitment sites, the method comprising: a step of causing the web browser to perform login processing to at least one of the plurality of recruitment sites; In the case of a recruitment site that does not display a list, the steps of transitioning the web browser to a list screen including the list, extracting application information of each applicant included in the list screen, and and obtaining detailed information about each applicant.

A tenth aspect of the present invention is a device for collecting information of applicants for a recruiting company from a plurality of recruitment sites, wherein a web browser executed on the device is provided with In the case of a recruiting site that causes a login process to be performed for at least one of them and does not display a list of one or more applicants for the recruiting company on a screen that can be displayed by the web browser after the login, the web browser A transition is made to a list screen containing a list, application information of each applicant included in the list screen is extracted, and detailed information of each applicant included in the list screen is obtained.

According to one aspect of the present invention, in a method for collecting information on applicants for a recruiting company from a plurality of recruitment sites, on a list screen containing a list of one or more applicants for the attracting company, each applicant By extracting the application information and capturing the detailed information of each applicant on the detailed screen for each applicant, it is possible to automatically collect information without being hindered by changes in each recruitment site.

It is a figure which shows the information collection apparatus concerning one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flow of information collection concerning one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a list displayed on a list screen in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an information collecting device according to one embodiment of the present invention. The information gathering device 101 can access a first job site 111, a second job site 112, and a third job site 113 via a computer network such as the Internet. The information collection device 101 collects information on applicants for each recruiting company that uses the recruitment management system 100 from these multiple recruitment sites, and sends the information from the storage unit 101-3 or the information collection device 101 via the computer network. The information is stored in an accessible first database 102 . Although FIG. 1 shows three recruiting sites as an example, the present invention is not limited to this, and the first recruiting site 111 may be simply referred to as "recruiting site" in the following description.

In order for the information collecting device 101 to collect information on applicants to recruiting companies from the recruiting site 111, it is necessary to log in to the recruiting company's account for the recruiting site 111. It is assumed that login information for each recruitment site of each recruiting company is stored in a second database 103 accessible from 101 via a computer network. Login information generally consists of an ID and a password.

The login information for the second database 103 can be stored by logging in to the website provided by the management device 104 by the recruiting company using the account of the person in charge of recruiting and setting the recruiting site for collecting information. . Here, the management device 104 can be the same device as the information collection device 101 , and the second database 103 can be the same as the first database 102 . Also, the first database 102 can be the same as the storage unit 101-3 of the information collection device 101, and the second database 103 can be the storage unit (not shown) of the management device 104 or It can be the same as the storage unit 101-3 of the information collection device 101. FIG.

In the website provided by the management device 104, in addition to setting the login information of each company for the job site, information for recruitment management provided by the information collection device 101, the management device 104, or other devices (not shown) is provided. It may be possible to set the login information of the employees of each recruiting company for the website. Each employee can view at least part of the information of applicants for the company to which the employee belongs, collected by the information collection device 101, on the recruitment management website. The scope of viewable information may vary depending on the authority granted to each employee as a recruiter, interviewer, or selector.

The information collection device 101 includes a communication unit 101-1 such as a communication interface, a processing unit 101-2 such as a processor and a CPU, and a storage unit 101-3 including a storage device or storage medium such as a memory or hard disk, It can be configured by executing a program for performing each process, and may include one or more devices or servers. Also, the program may include one or more programs, and may be recorded on a computer-readable storage medium to be a non-transitory program product.

The information gathering device 101 can operate a web browser stored in the storage unit 101-3 or a storage device or storage medium accessible from the information gathering device 101. A library for operating the web browser is provided as necessary. The web browser can be operated by executing code written using. Examples of web browsers include Chrome (registered trademark). Since information is automatically collected from the recruitment site 111, the headless operation of the web browser is sufficient.

FIG. 2 shows the flow of information collection according to one embodiment of the present invention. First, the information processing apparatus 101 causes the web browser to perform login processing to one of the recruitment sites 111 among the plurality of recruitment sites associated with the recruiting company (S201).

After successfully logging in, the web browser receives display information for displaying a screen displayed after login in the recruiting site 111, such as a top page. Here, the display information can be in HTML format. In the case of a recruiting site that does not display a list of one or more applicants for the recruiting company on the screen, the information collecting device 101 causes the web browser to display a list screen containing a list of one or more applicants for the recruiting company. Transition (S202). If the list is displayed on the screen that can be displayed on the web browser after login, it is not necessary to make the transition.

If an individual URL is given to the list screen, the transition is caused by the web browser sending a display request for that URL to the recruitment site 111 or the server that provides it. If the list screen display information for displaying the list screen has already been sent to the information collecting apparatus 101 after login, by selecting an element such as a tab for switching the display on the screen after login Screen transition may occur locally.

Next, the information collecting device 101 extracts the application information of each applicant included in the list screen (S203). This process is sometimes called "scraping". FIG. 3 shows an example of a list 300 displayed on the list screen. Applicants or job seekers with ID 039975 showed interest in and applied for a job titled "Recruiting engineers to support ATS infrastructure introduced by more than 1000 companies!" on July 7, 2018. there is Jobs or positions for which you are applying may be displayed in addition to or in place of the job postings you have applied for. The list 300 may also display items for progress management such as document screening after application, interviews, and informal offers.

By analyzing the list screen display information for displaying the list 300, the information collection device 101 can extract the application information of each applicant as a character string. can be different, the extraction is performed by pre-storing the code described according to the data structure for each recruitment site in the storage unit 101-3 or in a storage device or storage medium accessible from the information collection device 101, This can be done by running The application information to be extracted includes at least one of the ID and name of each applicant, and can also include the type of job or position applied for. The application information can also include whether or not the applied job offer is a job offer by a scout.

When scraping, it is not possible to know when the data structure changes on each job site, and when there is a change, it is necessary to rewrite the code for extraction, but the list screen for grasping the application status Since the data structure does not undergo large changes very frequently, there is little risk of interfering with the collection of applicant information due to irregular changes in each job site. If the application information to be extracted is a limited number of items such as names or IDs, job types or positions applied for, problems are particularly unlikely to occur. Illustratively, the application information may be limited to the name or ID and the job or position applied for; limited to the name or ID, the job or position applied and the date of application; And it is limited to whether it is a recruitment by scout or not.

Then, the information collecting device 101 causes the web browser to select any element associated with each applicant included in the list screen, and transitions the web browser to a detailed screen displaying detailed information about each applicant. (S204). The transition is performed by making a display request to the URL specifying the detailed screen, receiving the detailed screen display information for displaying the detailed screen and displaying the detailed screen, or by performing the above element after the detailed screen display information has already been received. can be caused by displaying the detail screen by selecting .

The element for displaying the detailed screen may be the applicant's ID or name as shown in FIG. 3, for example. Although not shown in FIG. 3, the applicant's name may be displayed in addition to or instead of the ID. The ID in the media is an item that is strongly desired to be extracted in order to ensure the uniqueness of the applicant, while the name is for enhancing the convenience of the recruitment management website users. It can be an additional item.

The information collection device 101 acquires the detailed information of the applicant on the detailed screen of each applicant (S205). Detailed information may include biographical information, aspirations, and the like. Here, acquisition of the detailed information is performed by capturing the detailed screen rather than extracting the data of the desired item by analyzing the detailed screen display information. The detail screen has the property that the data structure is changed as appropriate, and if scraping is performed on this screen, the code will be updated every time it is changed. can avoid or limit the impact of changes in The captured detail screen can be stored in PDF format.

For example, for a recruiting site where educational background is described in the format "YYYY year MM month graduated from XX university", if the code that extracts the university name is executed assuming this format, the "graduation" If phrases such as "dropped out" or "currently in school" are used instead of the phrases, it may be necessary to update the code in order to correctly extract the university name. Capturing can support a wide range of display formats that developers do not anticipate.

Some job sites display headers, banners, and other elements not directly related to each applicant on the detail screen. Since these elements are unnecessary when a recruiting company uses a recruitment management website to view applicant information, the details screen is captured after making necessary changes to the information displayed on the details screen. preferably. Here, the detailed screen display information to be changed includes HTML files, CSS files, and the like.

In the above explanation, it was assumed that the character string was scraped on the list screen and the screen was captured on the detail screen. It does not preclude additional scraping.

In the above explanation, detailed information is obtained from the detailed screen for each applicant, but it is determined whether the applicant has already obtained detailed information. The detailed information may be acquired only when the In this case, the data storage capacity can be reduced.

Also, depending on the job site, the detailed information of the applicant may not be viewable, and if you unconditionally capture and update the detailed screen, there is a risk that the detailed screen without detailed information will be saved. be. Therefore, it is possible to determine whether or not necessary detailed information can be browsed, and acquire detailed information only when it is possible.

In addition, unless there is a description of "only" such as "only based on XX", "only in response to XX", or "only in the case of XX", in this specification, additional information Note that it is assumed that . Also, as an example, it should be noted that the statement "do B when A" does not necessarily mean "always do B when A".

Also, just in case, any method, program, terminal, device, server, or system (hereinafter "method, etc."), even if there is an aspect that operates differently from the operations described in this specification, each of the present invention Aspects are directed to acts that are identical to any of the acts described herein, and that there are acts that are different from those described herein, the methods, etc. It should be added that it is not out of the scope of the embodiments.

100 recruitment management system 101 information collection device 101-1 communication unit 101-2 processing unit 101-3 storage unit 102 first database 103 second database 104 management device 111 first recruitment site 112 second recruitment site 113 second 3 job sites 300 applicants list

Claims (5)

A method for collecting information of applicants for a recruiting company from a plurality of recruitment sites, comprising:
a computer causing a web browser running on the computer to perform a login process to at least one of the plurality of job sites;
If the computer does not display a list of one or more applicants for the recruiting company on a screen that can be displayed by the web browser after the login, the web browser displays a list screen containing the list. a step of transitioning;
a step in which the computer extracts application information of each applicant included in the list screen by analyzing list screen display information for displaying the list screen;
said computer obtaining detailed information of each applicant included in said list screen by capturing a detailed screen displaying detailed information of each applicant. The method of claim 1, wherein
The application information includes the ID of each applicant. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein
The application information further includes the type of job or position applied for. A program for causing a computer to execute a method for collecting information on applicants to recruiting companies from a plurality of recruitment sites, the method comprising:
causing a web browser executed on the computer to perform a login process to at least one of the plurality of recruitment sites;
In the case of a recruiting site that does not display a list of one or more applicants for the recruiting company on a screen that can be displayed by the web browser after the login, a step of causing the web browser to transition to a list screen that includes the list. ,
a step of extracting application information of each applicant included in the list screen by analyzing list screen display information for displaying the list screen;
and obtaining detailed information of each applicant included in the list screen by capturing a detailed screen displaying detailed information of each applicant. A device for collecting information of applicants for a recruiting company from a plurality of recruitment sites,
causing a web browser executed on the device to perform a login process to at least one of the plurality of recruitment sites;
In the case of a recruitment site that does not display a list of one or more applicants for the recruiting company on a screen that can be displayed on the web browser after the login, causing the web browser to transition to a list screen containing the list,
extracting the application information of each applicant included in the list screen by analyzing the list screen display information for displaying the list screen;
Detailed information of each applicant included in the list screen is obtained by capturing a detailed screen displaying detailed information of each applicant.

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