TEN_29_12_Att.pdf

ETA Advisory File Text

The Department of Labor s electronic tools assist millions of Americans every month with their employment -related needs. These Web-based tools provide solutions for unemployed workers career counselors economic developers edu- cators parents students businesses workforce professionals and job seekers. America s Service Locator www.servicelocator.org connects people to local offices providing employment and training ser- vices. It provides maps and driving directions to the nearest American Job Center and unemployment insurance filing assis- tance. America s Service Locator has information on more than 20 000 local resources and offices. CareerOneStop www.CareerOneStop.org includes tools to help job seekers explore careers investigate salary and benefit information research education and training opportunities plan a job search and browse job sites write and improve re- sumes and cover letters prepare for a job interview and search for jobs. In addition the CareerOneStop Web site provides links to workforce and labor market information Web sites that contain local information resources and tools. View a demon- stration at https www.workforce3one.org view CareerOneStopDemo. Healthcare Virtual Career Network www.vcn.org provides career exploration and training tools to help job seekers prepare for careers in healthcare. Job seekers can explore healthcare careers identify education and training programs access onlin e courses get credit for prior learning and search for local healthcare jobs. View a demonstration at https www.workforce3one.org view VCNDemo . My Next Move www.MyNextMove.org gives individuals three main ways to explore careers including an online O NET in- terest assessment and then provides an easy- to-read one-page profile of each occupation highlighting important knowledge skills abilities technologies used simplified salary and outlook information and links to find specific training and employment opportunities. View a demonstration at https www.workforce3one.org view MyNextMoveDemo. My Next Move for Veterans www.MyNextMove.org VETS is designed for U.S. veterans making the transition to civilian ca- reers and provides tasks skills salary information job listings and more for over 900 different careers. Veterans can find c a- reers through keyword search by browsing industries that employ different types of workers or by entering their military occupation code or title. View a demonstration at https www.workforce3one.org view MNM4VetsDemo. mySkills myFuture www.mySkillsmyFuture.org enables job seekers and intermediaries to match a worker s occupational skills and experiences with the skills needed in other occupations in order to facilitate their career mobility and economic prospects. For any occupation users can get a list of job listings in their local area i.e. state or zip code and click directly through to the hiring company s website. mySkills myFuture is designed for use as either a self-help tool or with the assis- tance of expert advisers. View a demonstration at https www.workforce3one.org view mSmFDemo. O NET Online www.onetonline.org enhances businesses hiring and retention efforts and supports workers and students in career planning by accessing key data for identifying and developing workplace skills. Veterans Reemployment Portal on CareerOneStop www.CareerOneStop.org Vets is designed to assist veterans with em- ployment training career planning financial and emotional help after military service. The site links veterans to local re- sources as well as provides a military- to-civilian job search based on military job title or military occupation code. View a demonstration at https www.workforce3one.org view VetsReemploymentDemo. Worker Reemployment Portal on CareerOneStop www.CareerOneStop.org Reemployment is designed to assist impacted workers following job loss and to connect laid-off workers to needed resources for training reemployment career planning financial and emotional help during the process of job transition. The site also now includes a job search by location feature. View a demonstration at https www.workforce3one.org view ReemploymentDemo. ELECTRONIC TOOLS GUIDE Mi Proximo Paso Spanish version of My Next Move www.miproximopaso.org gives individuals three main ways to ex- plore careers including an online O NET interest assessment and then provides an easy- to-read one-page profile of each occupation highlighting important knowledge skills abilities technologies used simplified salary and outlook information and links to find specific training and employment opportunities. Business Center on CareerOneStop www.careeronestop.org BusinessCenter Some of the key features include information on recruiting and hiring a skilled workforce links to local training and educational institutions a civilian to military crosswalk to assist in recruiting Veterans information about workforce certifications and a job description writer. 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. The five mobile web applications and their mobile web addresses launched on Jan. 11 2013. These include Find an American Job Center http m.careeronestop.org JobCenterSearch allows users to quickly locate and con- tact 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 occu- pation and location. The data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics pro- gram. 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 websites now have an auto- matic 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 re- sources. 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 occupa- tions to explore.