This document proposes two prototypes to match job candidates' soft skills and academic qualifications to career opportunities: Prototype 1 is a high school program that would help students select an area of study and future career by matching their instinctive skills and academic performance. Testing with recent graduates found this approach would have been helpful for choosing a college major. Prototype 2 is an automated hiring matching system that would match college graduates' soft skills, academic background, and work experience to job requirements. Testing with hiring managers indicated this system could help simplify finding the right candidates. Both prototypes depend on partnering with an organization that provides assessments of individuals' soft skills and instincts. The document outlines initial tests of the concepts with positive feedback.

1. Prototype and Test Assignment

2. standardized
method to
score soft
skills
Schools programs
to help students
link skills and
academic
performance to
career
opportunities
Instinctive Drive
(I.D.) System (Link-
UP International)
Match job openings
to prospective
candidates I.D.
Problem Statement: Hiring managers need to hire candidates with both
soft and specific job related skills because they can quickly become
productive in their job and contributors to the company’s growth
Automated hiring
matching
system. Soft+
Academic skills
match to job
requirements
4 top Ideas can be
combined into a
few prototypes

3. Your Instinctive Drives® (Score) gives you a deeper of
why you do the things you do and what you really need to be
at your best and most successful in any role or relationship
Concept: Use Instinctive Drives® as standard
method to score soft skills (natural instincts)
standardized
method to
score soft
skills
Instinctive Drive
(I.D.) System (Link-
UP International)
Match job openings
to prospective
candidates I.D.
Note: Prototype Solution is dependent on
partnering with Link-UP International

4. Schools programs to
help students link
skills and academic
performance to
career opportunities
Match instinctive skills and
academic proficiency to
College Major and potential
career
Prototype #1: High School Program to help
select Area of Study and potential future career
Identify – personal formula for
success and Fulfillment
Realize – everyone’s full potential
High School Seniors
I.D.
Instinctive
Drive Score
Academic
Strength
(Report Card)

5. Match instinctive skills and
academic proficiency to
College Major and potential
career
Prototype #1: High School Program to help
select Area of Study and potential future career
Identify – personal formula for
success and Fulfillment
Realize – everyone’s full potential
High School Seniors
I.D.
Instinctive
Drive Score
Academic
Strength
(Report Card)
PROTOTYPE #1 TEST
• Should Test Concept with: High school students, High School counselors, College
admissions. Propose to Link-UP International
• Tested with two recent High School grads to see if this would have helped.
Response:
• “We didn’t get any help in choosing a field of study or career”
• “We did get some aptitude test, but didn’t do anything with it”
• “this would have been very helpful in choosing a college major”
• “I would have liked a program like this”
• Suggestions to improve
• “In addition to career possibilities, include what it takes to succeed in such a
career”
• “some people want to be movie producers, and they have no idea of what it
takes to succeed and the path they need to take”
Schools programs to
help students link
skills and academic
performance to
career opportunities

6. Prototype #2: Hiring Matching System
College Graduates
I.D.
Instinctive
Drive Score
Academic
Strength
(Report Card)
Work
Experiences
Colleges around
the world
Graduate Record
Job Requirements
• Technical Knowledge
• Soft Interpersonal Skills
• Challenges
• I.D. preference
IDEAL Candidate
Match instinctive
skills, academic
proficiency, and
experience, to
Job requirements
Hiring
Manager
Automated hiring
matching
system. Soft+
Academic skills
match to job
requirements
HMS
Hiring Matching System (HSM)

7. Prototype #2: Hiring Matching System
College Graduates
I.D.
Instinctive
Drive Score
Academic
Strength
(Report Card)
Work
Experiences
Colleges around
the world
Graduate Record
Job Requirements
• Technical Knowledge
• Soft Interpersonal Skills
• Challenges
• I.D. preference
IDEAL Candidate
Match instinctive
skills, academic
proficiency, and
experience, to
Job requirements
Hiring
Manager
HMS
Hiring Matching System (HSM)
PROTOTYPE #2 TEST
• Should Test Concept with: Prospective Hiring Managers, approach corporations
that are familiar and endorse Link-Up, Test with University Counselors, College
students. (Need to sell idea and partner with Link-up International)
• Tested with Hiring Managers familiar to I.D. System to see if this would have
helped. Response:
• “This would be very helpful,” managing director Agnitio Advisors
• “this is a great idea” VP CTO at Cisco Systems
• “I like it, this could simplify finding the right candidate” manager at Cisco
Systems
Automated hiring
matching
system. Soft+
Academic skills
match to job
requirements