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U.S. Services Linking
Employment Demand
With Supply
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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 America’s Job Bank (AJB)
labor exchange system
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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
U.S.
Department of
Labor
• Publicly Funded
State Workforce
Investment Boards
(Includes Business, Government
and Labor Leaders)
Local Workforce
Investment Boards
• Deliver Federal,
State, and Local
Employment and
Training Programs
(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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America’s Service Locator
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Services for Employers
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Recruitment
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Training
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Retention
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Information
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Specialized Benefits and
Resources
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Recruitment Services
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Job Posting
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Resume Searches
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Candidate Matching
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Assessment and Testing
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Job Fairs and Specialized Recruiting
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Training Services
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Job Readiness Skills
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On-the-Job Training
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Training for Current Workers
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Skills Upgrading
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Apprenticeship
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Specialized Technical Skills Training
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Retention Services
referral to:
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Transportation
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Child Care
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Housing
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Emergency Health Care Services
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Information Services
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Labor Market Information
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Wage and Employment Trends
Occupational Forecasts
Demographic Data
Economic Data
Local Labor Market Analyst
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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:
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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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America’s Job Bank (AJB)
America’s Job Bank (AJB)
www.ajb.org
AJB is the virtual means of linking
employment demand with supply
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America’s Job Bank (AJB)
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America’s 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
AJB Job Seeker Basic
Features
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Job Seekers
• Search for jobs:
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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 O*NET Information from
job listings
• Contextual translation of AJB into nine other
languages, including Spanish
• New & Improved Management of Saved Resumes
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AJB’s 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
(cont’d)
• 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
(cont’d)
• 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 exmilitary a place to post their jobs.
http://dod.jobsearch.org/
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AJB Association Sites
(cont’d)
• 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@dol.gov
(202) 693-3699