TEN_29_12_Acc.pdf

ETA Advisory File Text

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WASHINGTON D.C. 20210 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT NOTICE NO. 29-12 DATE April 3 2013 TO STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS COMPREHENSIVE ONE-STOP MANAGERS AFFILIATE ONE-STOP MANAGERS WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD STATE CHAIRS WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD LOCAL CHAIRS WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD STATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD LOCAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM GRANTEES INDIAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAM GRANTEES NATIONAL FARMWORKER JOBS PROGRAM GRANTEES FROM JANE OATES s Assistant Secretary SUBJECT New E-Tool Features and Enhancements 1. Purpose . This Training and Employment Notice TEN announces the release and availability of new features and enhancement to the Employment and Training Administration s online electronic tools. 2. Background . Over the last several weeks the Employment and Training Administration ETA has released new features and enhancements to its range of online electronic tools E- tools to assist individuals in exploring careers and preparing for and finding employment. ETA s E-tools help individuals explore career opportunities and link to job postings either on their own or at local American Job Centers to make informed employment and education choices. These tools are available through the CareerOneStop www.careeronestop.org O NET www.onetonline.org and My Next Move www.MyNextMove.org Web sites. 3. Description . The following new features and enhancements have been added to the sites mentioned above Business Center This new easy to use portal for a business audience brings together a variety of resources from the CareerOneStop web site the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau from tools for writing job descriptions to locating American Job Centers to information about where and how to recruit qualified candidates. The Business Center 2 content and tools were designed to address business needs for a skilled workforce and was refined with feedback from employers. Some of the key features of the Business Center include A civilian to military crosswalk to assist in recruiting veterans An Available Workforce Tool which includes easy-to-download reports about employment projections and geographic concentrations of types of workers wages and unemployment rates for specific areas Links to local training and educational institutions Listings of top industries by employment broken out by state metro area and county Related personnel or workforce certifications for a particular position Job description writing assistance The Business Center portal can be accessed at http www.careeronestop.org businesscenter Mobile Versions of E-Tools Five of the most popular E-tools are now available for customers to access using any brand of smart phone or tablet. These include Find an American Job Center http m.careeronestop.org JobCenterSearch allows users to quickly locate and contact their closest American Job Centers. Find a Job http m.careeronestop.org JobSearch lets users search job listings in any local U.S. area. Job listings are updated daily and can be searched by job type or keyword and city state or ZIP code. Veterans Job Search http m.careeronestop.org VeteransJobSearch matches military job experience to civilian careers and then displays local job listings for those careers. Users search by their military job title or their MOC MOS code and can view job listings by city state or ZIP code. Salary Finder http m.careeronestop.org SalaryFinder provides average hourly wages or annual salaries by occupation and location. The data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics program. Training Finder http m.careeronestop.org TrainingFinder allows users to locate education and training programs in their local area. Users search by occupation program or school and find contact information for programs. Automatic Spanish Language Translations In response to customer feedback several E- tool Web sites now have an automatic translation feature that allows users to quickly translate the pages into Spanish. The translation feature appears in the upper right corner of the following websites CareerOneStop www.careeronestop.org a one-stop online site for job search career and training tools and resources. Worker ReEmployment www.careeronestop.org ReEmployment providing employment training and financial assistance for laid-off workers Veterans ReEmployment www.careeronestop.org ReEmployment veterans providing employment training and financial help after military service. mySkills myFuture www.myskillsmyfuture.org helping laid-off workers and other career changers find new occupations to explore. 3 Additionally the My Next Move Web site now has an equivalent Spanish language version Mi Pr ximo Paso http www.onetcenter.org miproximopaso.html which enables Spanish- speaking career explorers and job seekers to search over 900 different careers and see important information including skills tasks technologies salaries and employment outlook. Users can find careers through a Spanish-language keyword search by browsing industries or through the web-based O NET Interest Profiler Short Form a tool that offers career suggestions based on a person s interests and level of work experience. Mi Pr ximo Paso also allows users to take advantage of other available Spanish content through seamless links to related certifications training programs apprenticeship opportunities and current job openings. Certification Finder Recent updates have been made to enhance the Certification Finder tool in CareerOneStop. This certification information is also integrated into the Find Training feature of mySkills myFuture My Next Move My Next Move for Veterans and Mi Pr ximo Paso. The certifications database underlying these tools has recently been enhanced to facilitate the search by improving coding to occupations and identifying certifications specifically as being Core Advanced Specialty or Product Service credentials. Most importantly ETA has begun to add icons to certifications to identify their quality and value including those which are accredited by the American National Standards Institute ANSI accredited by the National Commission on Certifying Agencies NCCA endorsed or recognized by a third-party industry association related to military training related to a Job Corps training program or related to a career and technical education career pathway program of study. Work is ongoing to identify additional indicators and data that can support the addition of icons to indicate quality or labor market value of specific credentials. 4. Other E-Tools . ETA published comprehensive information about its suite of E -tools in Training and Employment Notice No. 05-12. Attached to this notice is a summary of all ETA E-tools. 5. Requested Actions . Recipients are encouraged to share this information with staff and partners of the workforce investment system. 6. Inquiries . For additional information about this memo and ETA s online career tools please contact the appropriate Regional Office. Customer service inquiries can also be directed to the CareerOneStop Service Center during the hours of 7 00 am 4 30 pm Central Time Monday-Friday Toll-free number 1-877-348-0502 TTY 1-877-348-0501 Direct e-mail to info careeronestop.org . 7. Attachment . List of electronic tools.