u.s.jobs - national labor exchange
The National Labor Exchange allows
job seekers to search jobs with one search
across thousands of corporate websites
and leading Internet employment
search engines such as Google, Indeed.
com and SimplyHired. Positions are
available to job seekers from corporate
websites, newspapers, trade associations,
and other Internet sources in all 50
states, 230 major metropolitan cities,
all U.S. cities and postal ZIP code areas,
the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto
Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
National Labor Exchange services are
available to all employers, regardless
of size, in all industries at a nominal
cost. Large employers' jobs are indexed
directly from their corporate websites.
Jobs may also be individually entered
by employers. Employers who do not
have jobs available online for indexing
may enter their jobs at no cost through
participating state sites.
State workforce agencies are already
experiencing an infux of jobs from the
National Labor Exchange. The following
statement was recently posted on the
WorkInTexas website by the Texas
Workforce Commission: "The proven
Texas job-search website is bigger and
better than ever. Through a partnership
with the National Labor Exchange,
a national job-search clearinghouse,
www.naswa.org
WorkInTexas.com has boosted the
number of openings available to Texas
job seekers to more than 125,000, a
jump of more than 25 percent. The
National Labor Exchange is operated
by DirectEmployers Association, a
nonproft consortium owned and
managed by Fortune 500 companies,
increasing the number of professionallevel positions on WorkInTexas.com
as well."
The National Labor Exchange
allows job seekers to search jobs
with one search across thousands
of corporate websites and leading
Internet employment
search engines.
Other states, such as California with
a 60 percent increase in CA.LJOBS and
Minnesota with a 50 percent increase
in MinnesotaWorks.net, are reporting
signifcant increases in the number of
jobs now in their state employment site
databases as a result of the Alliance.
First year performance of the
Alliance has far exceeded original goals
and expectations. DirectEmployers'
corporate membership, which provides
funding for the project, continues to
grow at a rate of 10 to 15 new members
per month. Corporate membership has
increased from 157 member companies
to over 670 member companies
supporting the Alliance since it began
operations.
The National Labor Exchange is fully
funded by leading U.S. corporations
through
their
membership
in
DirectEmployers Association. There
are no charges to states, schools or job
seekers for any services provided. To
support the National Labor exchange,
employers pay an annual membership
fee which is determined by the DirectEmployers board of directors and
approved by the member companies.
To continue funding the program,
employers are motivated by 1) the
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
prediction of a potential labor shortage
of more than 10 million skilled workers
by 2020 and their resultant need to
work with the states and other sources
to reach groups such as minorities, the
senior workforce, veterans, women, the
physically-challenged, employmenteligible immigrants, and others; and
2) their need to comply with state
and federal employment-related regulations such as Affrmative Action
Program objectives, and 3) the cost
of commercial job boards which
continues to skyrocket. u
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