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The Employment Line, Episode 1: Military Online Career Fair, Social Media Mashup

Tuesday, January 8th, 2013

With the New Year comes new business objectives and strategy. DirectEmployers has you covered! In this episode:

Keeping you connected, with no waiting—The Employment Line. Thank you for watching.

The Employment Line is brought to you by DirectEmployers, a non-profit association of global employers, which provides simple, sophisticated solutions for Human Resources and Recruitment.

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DirectEmployers Executive Director Receives Prestigious President’s Award at 2012 NASWA Conference

Monday, November 26th, 2012

DirectEmployers Association Executive Director, Bill Warren, was recently recognized by our partner, the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), during an awards ceremony at their 2012 annual conference.

Executive Director Bill Warren after receiving 2012 President's Award.

The 2012 President’s Award honored Bill’s contributions and recognized him as a pioneer in online recruitment. One of his many contributions includes the National Labor Exchange public-private partnership, which today has garnered the participation of all state workforce agencies and boasts over a million unduplicated, current jobs.

Bill with his wife Susan.

Through DirectEmployers Association, Bill has continuously championed and partnered with the state workforce system while providing a wealth of resources otherwise not available in an age of budget cuts and declining state resources. This has included job content, job-bank hosting and cutting edge services such as SEO and mobile optimized platforms – provided without extra cost.

I feel so very fortunate to be an employee and work alongside the father of online recruiting. Congratulations Bill for receiving the 2012 President’s Award and thank you for everything you do for our industry and community.

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DirectEmployers and NASWA Share International Stage

Thursday, August 30th, 2012

DirectEmployers Member and IBM Recruiting Brand Manager Ray Schreyer accompanied National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) President Bonnie Elsey to the 9th annual World Association of Public Employment Services (WAPES) World Congress in Seoul, South Korea.

Also referred to as WWC 2012, this year’s event was visited by over 300 network members from more than 50 countries, in addition to partners from international organizations and the private sector. The main topic was “Public Employment Service and Change Management.” WAPES produced a terrific video about the conference that shares more in-depth coverage.

9th WAPES World Congress

Ray Schreyer and Bonnie Elsey (left two panelists) at the start of “Public private partnership” workshop.

Ray and Bonnie participated in the “Public private partnership” workshop, which featured a panel comprised of 5 speakers from across the globe. Bonnie started the session by highlighting U.S. Public Workforce System, funding, the unemployment insurance system and an overview of NASWA. From there, Ray discussed DirectEmployers Association including why we were formed, our member base and the services we provide. He then explained the .JOBS Universe build out, emphasizing the importance of it being owned and managed by employers while serving as a trusted source for job content.

Bonnie followed up discussing why NASWA moved forward with DirectEmployers as a partner for the National Labor Exchange (NLX), which current resides on a .JOBS domain (US.jobs), and reiterated Ray’s point about the importance of being employer-owned and managed; not a company that owns a job board.

Bonnie also discussed some stats around the NLX and how it serves the states. Minnesota, for example, accepts jobs from DirectEmployers that have up to a 100 mile radius from the state border in their job bank since many people are willing to make that commute. The NLX also provides indexing, and valuable job seeker traffic analytics.

The future of the NLX was also covered, including how job seeker behavior has shifted. Ray pointed out a substantial increase in the use of search engines by job seekers, whereas use of company career sites is declining. In addition, he discussed the emergence of mobile and social media and the need to having content optimized accordingly.

A recording of their session and slides are available on the WAPES website:
http://webcast.richcast.eu/webinar/105401

This opportunity helped ongoing efforts to build awareness of DirectEmployers and NASWA to an international audience. WAPES will be the focus at the upcoming NASWA Winter Policy Forum at the Capital Hill Hyatt, February 21-22, 2013. More information will be available closer to the event on NASWA.org.

Kudos to Ray and Bonnie – we are all very proud!

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20,000 Federal Job Openings Now Available Through US.jobs

Tuesday, June 19th, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In recent strides forward the National Labor Exchange (NLX), a partnership between DirectEmployers Association and the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), has been granted access by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to over 20,000 federal job opportunities found on the federal website, USAJobs.gov. Federal job openings will now be distributed to the NLX website US.jobs, state job banks and microsites within the .JOBS network helping job seekers have quicker access to available federal government jobs.

Created in 2007, the NLX is a unique partnership leveraging private, nonprofit technology and existing state workforce agency resources. The NLX collects and distributes job openings exclusively found on corporate career websites, state job banks, and now federal jobs. Recently, the National Labor Exchange hit a new milestone of one million job opportunities on a daily basis from over 110,000 employers of all sizes. Each of the job openings are unduplicated, currently available and from verified employers around the nation.

“Both NASWA and DirectEmployers are dedicated to the success of the NLX and are currently looking for more ways to improve its reach. By gaining a feed of federal jobs from USAjobs.gov we are able to further strengthen the NLX by providing a broad array of employment opportunities to job seekers,” said Bill Warren, Executive Director, DirectEmployers Association.

“Military veterans will benefit greatly from the addition of federal job openings to the National Labor Exchange not only because they will have access to more jobs, but also because they benefit from Veterans’ Preference in federal jobs,” added Rich Hobbie, Executive Director of NASWA.

As DirectEmployers and NASWA continue to expand the National Labor Exchange, one goal still remains the same – to collect each real job opportunity from employers and distribute quickly to job seekers.

About DirectEmployers Association

DirectEmployers Association is a leading nonprofit HR consortium of global employers that was formed to assist in the sharing of ideas, incorporating of best practices, and research and development of technology where labor practices are concerned. Through this consortium, business standards are shaped and technology is used with respect to the diversity that is reflected in the various cultures embodied in a global workforce. Our recognized expertise in compliance, recruitment and cost effective technology enables our members to reach the largest, most diverse pool of quality job seekers worldwide.

About The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA)

The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) is an organization of state administrators of unemployment insurance laws, employment services, training programs, employment statistics and labor market information and other programs and services provided through the publicly-funded state workforce system.

MEDIA CONTACT: Nancy Holland, Vice President of Marketing, DirectEmployers Association, +1-317-874-9022, nancy@directemployers.org

Marc Katz, Director, Congressional, Intergovernmental and Public Affairs, NASWA, 202-434-8023, mkatz@naswa.org

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US.jobs Reaches Milestone of One Million Jobs

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Through US.jobs, the National Labor Exchange hits an unprecedented benchmark of one million quality, verified employment opportunities for job seekers.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 18, 2012 / PRNewswire-USNewswire / — Employers of all sizes have helped US.jobs, powered by the National Labor Exchange (NLX), reach a new milestone by providing collectively one million current, un-duplicated job opportunities.

“The goal of the National Labor Exchange has never been to create a single outlet for all job openings but to collect each real job opportunity from employers and distribute it down to job seekers,” commented Bill Warren, Executive Director, DirectEmployers Association.

Created in 2007 in a partnership between DirectEmployers Association and the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), the National Labor Exchange leverages private non-profit-owned technology and existing state workforce agency resources. After the discontinuation of America’s Job Bank, the National Labor Exchange has shaped an efficient, seamless way for federal contractors and subcontractors to meet required job posting and delivery standards, while still providing a cost-effective solution to reach a highly diverse workforce. Through US.jobs, the National Labor Exchange provides quality, verified jobs to state job banks and veteran’s representatives daily. All labor exchange services are free to state workforce agency users, both job seekers and employers, as well as, to state workforce agencies and federal partners.

Via US.jobs, the National Labor Exchange has collected and distributed job openings from over 100,000 employers exclusively found on corporate career websites and state job banks. In five years time alone, the total job count of the National Labor Exchange has gone from 450,000 jobs from employers of all sizes and industries being collected and distributed to present day totals of 1 million available jobs daily. While the main outlet for the National Labor Exchange is the website US.jobs, the job feed has also been given to trusted partners whose goal is to further facilitate the labor exchange. Regardless of where a job seeker discovers the National Labor Exchange job listing, they will be returned to either the corporate career site or the state workforce agency it originated from, helping reduce the middleman and directly connecting employers and job seekers.

About DirectEmployers Association

DirectEmployers Association is a leading nonprofit HR consortium of global employers that was formed to assist in the sharing of ideas, incorporating of best practices, and research and development of technology where labor practices are concerned. Through this consortium, business standards are shaped and technology is used with respect to the diversity that is reflected in the various cultures embodied in a global workforce. Our recognized expertise in compliance, recruitment and cost effective technology enables our members to reach the largest, most diverse pool of quality job seekers worldwide.

About The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA)


The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) is an organization of state administrators of unemployment insurance laws, employment services, training programs, employment statistics and labor market information and other programs and services provided through the publicly-funded state workforce system.

MEDIA CONTACT: Nancy Holland, Vice President of Marketing, DirectEmployers Association, +1-317-874-9022, nancy@directemployers.org

Marc Katz, Director, Congressional, Intergovernmental and Public Affairs, NASWA, 202-434-8023, mkatz@naswa.org

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The Employment Line, Episode 4: Recognition From Media on US.jobs & .JOBS Career Microsites

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

In this episode:

DirectEmployers has received a lot of media coverage for the recent launch of US.jobs and hosting .JOBS Career Microsites.

Keeping you connected, with no waiting—The Employment Line. Thank you for watching.

The Employment Line is brought to you by DirectEmployers, a non-profit association of global employers, which provides simple, sophisticated solutions for Human Resources and Recruitment.

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New DirectEmployers Team Member to Lead National Disability & Employment Initiative

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

DirectEmployers Association (DE) would like to formally welcome to the staff, Julie Cook, Operations Manager for the National Labor Exchange (NLX). To many of you, Julie is no stranger. She has actively been working with the Business Development team for the last year to assist in developing what is now taking shape as a national disability and employment initiative for DE Member companies.

Over the next 12-18 months, Julie will be writing a series of blog posts with the intent of helping the compliance, recruiting and human resource professionals in your organization better understand integration of individuals with disabilities into the workplace, creating inclusive environments, building internal capacity, and sourcing prospective candidates in your organization. Her first post, “NPRM for 503: Ready, Set, Go?” is now available in the Pipeline.

Julie comes to us with a diverse background in both the private and public sectors. She has a BA in Political Science from Indiana University and is currently seeking her Master’s in Public Administration from Indiana State University. Julie started her professional career in financial services, obtaining her Series 7 and 63, where she provided portfolio consultation and sales services, business development and SEC compliance oversight. She also has an additional 5 years’ experience in retail management and has insight into the struggles that many companies encounter in the day to day balancing of business and personnel needs.

She entered public employment in the Indiana Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning (OMPP). There, Julie worked on a variety of initiatives, including policy review and implementation process development, provided communications, oversight of all Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) policies and procedures, and creation of the internal governance manual utilized by OMPP staff.

Ultimately, Julie found her passion when she took over direction of a federally funded grant, known as the Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG). The MIG was created with the goal of creating infrastructure that removes barriers and increases opportunities to employment for individuals with all types of disabilities. In 2010, she moved from OMPP to the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services (BRS) and worked with the state Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) program to further the goals of the MIG in Indiana.
Through the MIG, Julie with the BRS and MIG leadership was able to create a five year strategic plan for the state of Indiana to further the goal of increasing employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities. The plan focused on four strategic areas in Indiana where the MIG could create actual impact to systems; one of those goals was better engaging the business community in the hiring and advancing of individuals with disabilities in their employment ranks. The MIG supports many business related activities including the Business Leadership Network (BLN), Project Search, and Corporate Development, including a strong relationship with the regional Department of Labor (DOL) staff.

Through this relationship with the DOL, DE was introduced to Julie and decided to bring her on staff to lead both the next generation of the National Labor Exchange, now under us.jobs, and work with Member companies to identify needs, solutions and resources in implementing the proposed changes to Section 503.

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AT&T and Three Other Corporations Pilot Program to Make it Easier for Transitioning Military to Find Real and Verified Jobs

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Employers Finding It Difficult To Translate Military Skills To Their Opportunities Now Have A Simple, Automated Solution

INDIANAPOLIS, July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today DirectEmployers Association is launching their latest online program to help veterans find jobs. This new effort is a .jobs Military Crosswalk platform customized for hiring companies worldwide.

For years companies have become frustrated when trying to hire transitioning military into their corporate ranks due to a high-level of difficulty in translating military skills to their open positions. DirectEmployers now provides companies with a corporate branded solution to help them address this issue.

Simple, automated solution

Powered by the .jobs Universe, this innovative platform allows service men and women preparing to transition into civilian life to use their current Military Occupation Code (MOC) or Military Occupation Specialty (MOS) to easily find civilian jobs on corporate career sites. This technology provides the cornerstone all companies need to start effectively communicating their available employment opportunities to military men and women who are transitioning into civilian life.

Earlier this year, DirectEmployers launched www.Veterans.jobs, an extensive online program to assist transitioning military personnel in all branches of our armed forces in quickly and efficiently finding employment.

Carrie Corbin, AT&T, Associate Director – Talent Attraction, said, “AT&T has aggressively recruited veterans for decades, in part because the technical skills and leadership experience gained in the military transfer very well to our company and culture.”

“After seeing the implementation of Veterans.jobs I asked if the technology could be adapted to fit our specific company needs. DirectEmployers Association immediately began working with AT&T to pilot the .jobs Military Crosswalk within our career site to help make it even easier for transitioning military to find real and verified jobs at AT&T.”

Camber Corporation, Providence Health & Services, and ConocoPhillips join AT&T in piloting this new technology. These pilot sites are available online at:

http://att-veterans.jobs
http://camber-veterans.jobs
http://providence-veterans.jobs
http://conocophillips-veterans.jobs

“This is a great program for the entire human resource community as well as the nation’s transitioning military and their families. Providence Health & Services is adopting this technology to help us tap into this skilled source of candidates,” stated Rhonda Stickley, Providence Health & Services, Sr. Director, Talent Acquisition & six-year U.S. Army veteran.

DirectEmployers’ new military .jobs initiative expands the potential of an already established and robust partnership with the public sector, the National Labor Exchange (NLX). Offered in partnership with the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), the NLX is a free, job-search engine feeding job openings into 50 publicly funded state job banks. This has substantially increased offerings to all jobs eekers, and especially veterans. Since March 2007, the NLX has provided over 9 million, unduplicated, current jobs to state workforce agency staff dedicated to serving veterans. The NLX uses no federal funds for operations, research, or development. Rather, this unique public-private partnership leverages private, non-profit-owned technology with existing state workforce agency resources to enhance offerings to veterans.

“With President Obama’s announcement to start bringing troops home and the Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting a June 13.3% jobless rate for veterans who served any time since September 2001 (Gulf War-era II veterans) this is a very valuable and timely tool available to all corporations,” stated Bill Warren, Executive Director, DirectEmployers Association.

About DirectEmployers Association
DirectEmployers Association, Inc. is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit, 600 plus member employer association. As provided in its corporate bylaws, the business and affairs of the Association are managed by a board of directors consisting of member company representatives. Daily operations are managed by an executive director and operations staff at the direction of the president and board of directors. Its mission is to provide employers an employment network that is cost-effective, improves labor market efficiency and reaches an ethnically diverse national workforce.

About National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA)
The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) is a private, non-profit organization, representing 52 state and territorial workforce agencies in general and the publicly-funded veterans’ employment programs in particular. The mission of NASWA is to serve as an advocate for state workforce programs and policies, a liaison to federal workforce system partners, and a forum for the exchange of information among states.

www.Veterans.jobs
Assists military personnel in transitioning from active duty to employment opportunities in the civilian workforce. Using the Military Crosswalk, Veterans can enter their military occupation plus the .jobs suffix to find relevant civilian jobs. Examples: www.42F.jobs; www.25B.jobs; www.2891.jobs

SOURCE DirectEmployers Association

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

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

Indianapolis, IN – April 6, 2011 — DirectEmployers Association (www.directemployers.org), a non-profit consortium of over 600 leading U.S. employers, today announced an extensive online program to assist transitioning military personnel in all branches of our armed forces, their spouses, dependents, and caregivers in quickly and efficiently finding employment. The program will provide military personnel and their dependents access to more than 860,000 employment opportunities from over 90,000 employers nationwide.

The Association announced that over 5,800 dot-jobs (.jobs) domains have been added to the .Jobs Universe (www.universe.jobs) to create employment services for returning veterans (www.veterans.jobs) and their families. The domains use the Military Occupational Classification (MOC) Crosswalk to assist military personnel in transitioning from active duty to employment opportunities in the civilian workforce. Transitioning military personnel can enter their MOC plus .jobs into their browser to locate civilian occupations requiring the same or similar skills as their previous military job (e.g. www.42F.jobs, www.25B.jobs, www.2891.jobs).

The .Jobs Universe will also provide a Military Family (www.militaryfamily.jobs) feature. This is designed to help military spouses, dependents and caregivers quickly locate employment while their loved ones are serving our country. Military families can enter the name of their military installation plus the intuitive .jobs suffix into their browser and receive a list of employment opportunities on their assigned base or in surrounding cities (e.g. www.CampPendleton.jobs, www.NewportNewsShipyard.jobs, www.FtKnox.jobs).

Tom Embrescia, Chairman & CEO Employ Media (.jobs) said, “This new effort to assist our veterans and their families is further demonstration of the value and benefit of the .jobs platform. It is free for both the employer and the job seeker and it is organized to fit the way people use the Internet to search for jobs and the way companies go about attracting specific skills and experience with no artificial barriers in between. With the extra steps taken to ensure that only legitimate job listings from real companies are included, veterans and their families can have confidence in using this service to submit their background information over the Internet.”

“This is a great program for the entire human resource community as well as our transitioning military and their families. I am very proud to be a part of this exciting initiative in support of those who have unselfishly given so much for our nation,” states, Rhonda Stickley, a six-year U.S. Army veteran and current human resource executive at Seattle-based Providence Health & Services.

DirectEmployers’ new military .jobs initiative expands the potential of an already established and robust partnership with the public sector, the National Labor Exchange (NLX). Offered in partnership with the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), the NLX is a free, job-search engine feeding job openings into 50 publicly-funded state job banks. This has substantially increased offerings to all jobseekers, and especially veterans. Since March 2007, the NLX has provided over 9 million, unduplicated, current jobs to state workforce agency staff dedicated to serving veterans.

The NLX uses no federal funds for operations, research, or development. Rather, this unique public-private partnership leverages private, non-profit-owned technology with existing state workforce agency resources to enhance offerings to veterans.

The NLX partners are looking forward to continuing their work with the Obama Administration and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS) to offer comprehensive, coordinated services to returning service members and military families. DirectEmployers shares VETS’ vision and commitment to expand career opportunities for Veterans, transitioning service members, and their families.

Alicia Wallace, EEO Program Consultant for WellPoint and a military veteran whose husband is a retired infantry officer says, “I salute all companies supporting these outstanding military programs. As a nation, we should do all we can for the gallant men and women who serve in our armed forces. These individuals and their families have made great sacrifices for our country and deserve all the gratitude and support we can provide.”

About DirectEmployers Association

DirectEmployers Association, Inc. is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit, 600 plus member employer association. As provided in its corporate bylaws, the business and affairs of the Association are managed by a board of directors consisting of member company representatives. Daily operations are managed by an executive director and operations staff at the direction of the president and board of directors. Its mission is to provide employers an employment network that is cost-effective, improves labor market efficiency and reaches an ethnically diverse national workforce.

About National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA)

The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) is a private, non-profit organization, representing 52 state and territorial workforce agencies in general and the publicly-funded veterans’ employment programs in particular. The mission of NASWA is to serve as an advocate for state workforce programs and policies, a liaison to federal workforce system partners, and a forum for the exchange of information among states.

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Press Contact:

Nancy Holland
DirectEmployers Association
nancy@directemployers.com
317-874-9022

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