U.S. Services Linking Employment Demand With Supply

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U.S. Services Linking Employment Demand With
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• EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
• UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Supporting Economic Growth Through Effective
Employment Services Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico
September 29, 2004
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Two Vehicles

• The physical system - The demand-driven One-Stop
  Career Center system
• The virtual system -Americas Job Bank (AJB)
  labor exchange system

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One-Stop Career Centers

• The primary means of linking employment demand
  with supply is through the public workforce
  systems One-Stop Career Centers

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Overview of the Public Workforce System

• Linking
• Employment
• Education
• Economic Development

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The Public Workforce System

• Publicly Funded
• Deliver Federal, State, and Local Employment and
  Training Programs

U.S. Department of Labor
State Workforce Investment Boards (Includes
Business, Government and Labor Leaders)
Local Workforce Investment Boards (Includes
Business, Labor and Other Community Leaders)
Local One-Stop Career Centers (Delivers Services
to Employers and Job Seekers)
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More than 1,900 Career Centers Across America
1,984 Centers Plus 1,637 Affiliates
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Finding the nearest One-Stop Career Center

• Go to
• www.careeronestop.org
• Or call
• 1-877-US2-JOBS

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Americas Service Locator
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One-Stop Career Centers

• Services for Employers
• Recruitment
• Training
• Retention
• Information
• Specialized Benefits and Resources

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One-Stop Career Centers

• Recruitment Services
• Job Posting
• Resume Searches
• Candidate Matching
• Assessment and Testing
• Job Fairs and Specialized Recruiting

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One-Stop Career Centers

• Training Services
• Job Readiness Skills
• On-the-Job Training
• Training for Current Workers
• Skills Upgrading
• Apprenticeship
• Specialized Technical Skills Training

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One-Stop Career Centers

• Retention Services
• referral to
• Transportation
• Child Care
• Housing
• Emergency Health Care Services

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One-Stop Career Centers

• Information Services
• Labor Market Information
• Wage and Employment Trends
• Occupational Forecasts
• Demographic Data
• Economic Data
• Local Labor Market Analyst

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One-Stop Career Centers

• Specialized Benefits and Resources to Employers
• Work Opportunity Tax Credit
• Rapid Response
• Compliance Assistance
• www.dol.gov/elaws

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Services for Job Seekers
One-Stop Career Centers provide the following
core services

• Registration
• Initial Assessment
• Job Search
• Resume Writing
• Interviewing Skills
• Job Placement
• Career Counseling
• Labor Market Information

• Job Vacancy Listings
• Electronic Job Banks/Computer Access
• Program Performance Information
• Program Cost Information
• Supportive Service Information
• Financial Aid Information

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Americas Job Bank (AJB)

• Americas Job Bank (AJB) www.ajb.org
• AJB is the virtual means of linking employment
  demand with supply

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Americas Job Bank (AJB)
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Americas Job Bank (AJB)

• AJB is a self-service national labor exchange
  operated in partnership with the states
• Approximately 50 of the job openings on AJB come
  up from state systems, while the other 50 are
  entered in AJB directly by businesses
• AJB is a free public resource for both businesses
  and job seekers

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AJB Holdings Statistics

• Job Openings approximately 1.4 million jobs are
  available daily
• (5.9 million listed with AJB for the year ending
  June 30, 2004)
• Resumes approximately 700,000 resumes are
  available daily
• (679,000 were posted with AJB for the year ending
  June 30, 2004)

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AJB User Statistics

• Employer Registrations nearly 350,000
  registered employer users
• (47,300 new registrations for the year ending
  June 30, 2004)
• Job Seeker Registrations nearly 5.2 million
  registered job seekers
• (952,500 new registrations for the year ending
  June 30, 2004)

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AJB Usage Statistics

• For the Year Ending June 30, 2004, AJB users
• Visited 67.2 million times
• Viewed 643.8 million pages of information
• Performed 169.1 million job searches
• Performed 8 million resume searches

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AJB Job Seeker Basic Features

• Job Seekers
• Search for jobs
• Using quick search
• By job title
• By keyword
• By job number
• By military code

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AJB Job Seeker Basic Features

• Job Seekers (cont.)
• Establish an account
• Save job search profiles (Job Scout)
• Create and save multiple resumes
• Create and save multiple cover letters
• Manage contact information
• Save useful web links

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AJB Business User Basic Features

• Businesses
• Post unlimited job listings and search the resume
  database at no cost
• Save resume search profiles (Resume Scout)
• Manage their account
• View/Update job orders and openings
• View/Update Resume Scout profile
• View results of recent activity
• View numbers of job orders/resumes accessed and
  contact info viewed

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AJB Recent Upgrades

• Powerful Quick Search - the default job search
  option
• One Click Navigation to Create, Modify, or
  Delete Jobs
• Simplified and improved resume and job order
  builders
• Access to labor market and ONET Information from
  job listings
• Contextual translation of AJB into nine other
  languages, including Spanish
• New Improved Management of Saved Resumes

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AJBs Relationship with Commercial Products

• AJB offers the ability to take in large numbers
  of jobs directly from large businesses HR
  systems.
• Many private job posting sites also post their
  openings on AJB as an additional service to their
  paying customers.

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AJB is a Unique Resource

• Free public resource for both businesses and job
  seekers
• Job listings from the entire economy
• Professional and non-professional
• High-tech and low-tech
• Listings across the entire wage scale
  and all major industries

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AJB is a Unique Resource (contd)

• Only electronic labor exchange to provide
  contextual translations to nine other languages
• Provides Federal contractors an easy way to meet
  their requirements to post jobs with the One-Stop
  Career Center system
• Part of the larger CareerOneStop suite of
  Internet web sites

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AJB is a Unique Resource (contd)

• Is a self-service resource that is affiliated
  with One-Stop Career Centers where individuals
  can go to get in-person assistance if they need
  additional help

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AJB Association Sites

• Association sites provide a different interface
  on AJB for specific targeted audiences. Current
  association sites include
• DoD Job Search - A site developed specifically
  for transitioning military to help them find
  civilian employment. It contains a special
  military resume writer that helps translate their
  military experience into civilian terms and
  provides a place for businesses who like to hire
  ex-military a place to post their jobs.
• http//dod.jobsearch.org/

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AJB Association Sites (contd)

• Department of Veterans Affairs, Vocational
  Rehabilitation and Employment Service Job Bank -
  A site developed specifically to help their
  Chapter 31 clients find employment.
• http//dva.jobsearch.org/
• Caregiver Jobs Clearinghouse - A site developed
  to highlight and help address the need for
  long-term care and other health-care workers.
• http//carecareers.net/

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Contact Information

• U.S. Department of Labor
• Employment and Training Administration
• Harvey Ollis, Ph.D.
• Manager, Electronic Linkages Group
• Office of Workforce Investment
• ollis.harvey_at_dol.gov
• [phone]