The present invention is directed to a system for cataloging,
inventorying, selecting, measuring, valuing and matching Intellectual
Capital skills and matching or inquiring of an individual's skills, and
particularly to a system for finding candidates for an employment or
consulting position having requisite skills, and more particularly to a
system for creating a searchable knowledge base of individuals skills
indexed in a hierarchical cataloging, measuring and valuation system. The
present invention includes generating a list of Intellectual Capital
Codes based upon a standardized skills catalog which contains a set of
skill categories organized in a hierarchical manner with a unique
Intellectual Capital code and at least one weighting factor assigned to
each skill, wherein a plurality of Intellectual Capital codes and
weighting factors can be compared to determine a match.