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Comments (0) 07.26.2011
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Military Crosswalk .jobs

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

For years companies have tried hiring freshly transitioned military veterans although found a high-level of difficulty cracking the code of military identifiers and how those identifiers relate to their open positions.

After implementing Veterans.jobs and MilitaryFamily.jobs, I was approached by Carrie Corbin from AT&T, a DirectEmployers member company, and asked if we could adapt the Veterans.jobs Military Crosswalk technology to fit AT&T’s specific veteran hiring needs.

Today DirectEmployers Association is providing companies with a corporate branded solution which helps crack this very difficult code and aid in the identification of qualified candidates. This answer is in the form of a company specific Military Jobs Crosswalk platform powered by the DotJobs Universe. This innovative platform automatically provides a simple translation or “crosswalk” interface which allows service men and women preparing to transition into civilian life the opportunity to use their current Military Occupation Code (MOC) to easily find civilian jobs on corporate sites.

For Example:
(Army) 25B = Information Technology Specialist (Civilian)
(Navy) 0904 = Critical Care Nurse (Civilian)
(Marines) 1310 = Civil Engineer (Civilian)
(Air Force) 3D032 = Network Administrator (Civilian)
(Coast Guard) 91 = Physician (Civilian)

Every platform is flexible and manageable by the hiring company allowing addition or change of branding, video content, talent community interface, or possibly just plain text thanking our service members and inviting them to join their company’s ranks.

Military Crosswalk PILOT companies:
ATT-Veterans.jobs (AT&T)
Providence-Veterans.jobs (Providence Health & Services)
Camber-Veterans.jobs (Camber Corporation)
ConocoPhillips-Veterans.jobs (ConocoPhillips)

This is not the answer to every military hiring ill for a company although it provides the cornerstone all companies need to start communicating effectively with our military men and women who are transitioning into civilian life daily and wanting to explore an exciting new life and career.

Would your company like a .jobs Military Crosswalk?
Military Crosswalk .jobs information

 
Comments (0) 07.04.2011
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Thank YOU – VetCentral style

Monday, July 4th, 2011

Please enjoy this Independence Day THANK YOU video and quick tutorial for all transitioning veterans searching for jobs.

The National Labor Exchange NLX provided by DirectEmployers and NASWA has been committed in helping people find real jobs through a FREE national jobs platform since 2007.

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Comments (0) 07.04.2011
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Veteran’s job translation gap

Monday, July 4th, 2011

Today I would like to thank all of the men and women who have or are currently guarding our independence. I would also like to share the following video which will help them find jobs when transitioning back into civilian life and also help their family find gameful employment while they are still serving.

Happy Independence Day and THANK YOU!

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Comments (0) 06.20.2011
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Real Outreach Built On Strong Partnerships = Good Faith

Monday, June 20th, 2011

In today’s “audit heavy” environment, employers are looking to do more than just check a “compliance” box. They need meaningful recruitment initiatives, which is why DirectEmployers Association and the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) have joined forces to create the National Labor Exchange (NLX). The system is designed to help employers and state work force agencies navigate through the complex environment of employment and help qualified candidates find good jobs.

The NLX bolsters a storehouse of over 880,000 vetted and unduplicated jobs from 90,000 employers. These are delivered directly to job seekers using JobCentral.org, Universe.jobs, State Workforce Agencies, participating state job banks and tens of thousands of other employment related sites. The NLX is overseen by an operations committee tasked with ensuring a working connection among states and employers by facilitating strong relationships between regulatory and State Workforce Agencies, as well as HR professionals.

Today’s employers need meaningful veteran recruitment initiatives. This is why DirectEmployers and NASWA are dedicated to forming key relationships and delivering jobs to over 3,000 state, veteran and employment representatives, who are responsible for seeing that our nation’s vets find rewarding careers.

In April, DirectEmployers Association announced the launch of over 5,800 dot-jobs (.jobs) military-friendly domains which have been added to the Dot-Jobs Universe to create an intuitive job search portal for returning veterans (www.veterans.jobs). The domains use the Military Occupational Classification (MOC) Crosswalk to assist military personnel in transitioning from active duty to civilian employment. Transitioning military personnel can enter their MOC/MOS into www.veterans.jobs to locate civilian occupations through dedicated military Profile Pages (e.g. www.42F.jobs, www.25B.jobs, www.2891.jobs).

DirectEmployers Association is committed to helping employers reach veterans through meaningful and successful partnerships and recruiting initiatives.

For more information about DirectEmployers Association, our partnerships, compliance and other services, visit www.DirectEmployers.org. For more information on dot Jobs and how your organization can become involved in these efforts, visit http://employers.universe.jobs.

 
Comments (0) 04.06.2011
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Getting jobs to Veterans and the Military Family

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

Today DirectEmployers Association, a nonprofit trade association representing 600 major Fortune 1000 companies, is announcing two revolutionary platforms designed to help transitioning military and military families find employment while bringing trust and confidence back to the online job search process.

As a 20 year retired Army veteran I have experienced transition from the active military to civilian life and then demobilization while serving as an activated reservist on more than one occasion. I have seen my friends come home to downsizing and watched newly transitioned war-hardened soldiers struggle to find good jobs.

Conversely hiring employers across the nation have long been in search of a simple yet effective avenue which provides hiring outreach to skilled transitioning soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines. Military jobs are classified much differently than civilian jobs making it nearly impossible for employers and skilled transitioning military personnel to connect in the hiring process.

Today DirectEmployers Association, NASWA and many other partners present Veterans.jobs a transitioning job network which starts to effectively answer this problem by allowing transitioning military personnel the ability to easily type in their Military Occupation Code plus the .jobs suffix, which leads to a site like 91j.jobs where only civilian jobs which match their military skill sets may be found. A transitioning member of the military may also start at the Veterans.jobs hub where they may easily choose their military affiliation and either search by their military identifier or keyword.

This job search process is meaningful and extremely targeted to transitioning personnel because it speaks specifically to their military skills sets and then provides ample and relevant civilian job opportunities across the nation on a network with consists of almost 6,000 sites strong and houses over 850,000 verified jobs directly from hiring employer career sites or participating state job banks at no charge.

Our strength at home during what seems to feel like a never ending deployment is our family and to ensure the military family members can provide while their soldier, sailor, airmen or Marines are away DirectEmployers Association, NASWA and many other partners created MilitaryFamily.jobs network of sites. MilitaryFamily.jobs allows military dependents to easily search for military installations across the nation and also browse through employment opportunities in neighboring communities.

This job search process provides our military families, who are the sacred strength our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines at home, with a tool to find valid and verified employment directly from major employers and small or medium sized businesses at no charge.

These innovative networks connect the transitioning military personnel or current dependents to the original job on the hiring employers’ career site or corresponding state job bank for application which negates third-party interaction, duplicate job content and the threat of spam jobs or identity theft.

This indeed is the biggest, most dynamic and incredibly meaningful military network ever created on the internet and DirectEmployers Association, backed by some of the biggest brands in the world, is honored to bring this revolutionary technology to bear because great talent deserves a great home.

This is merely the start .

Press Release:
America’s Top Employers Launch Initiative to Help Match Jobs With the Unique Skills Veterans Bring to the Marketplace