By Jim Hilton

America's Job Bank is a partnership between the US Department of Labor and the state operated public Employment Services, like the Oregon Employment Department.

Public Employment Services, (Oregon Employment Department), are state operated programs that provide labor exchange service to employers and job seekers through a network of 1800 offices throughout the United States.  For more than 60 years, the public Employment Service has helped people and jobs find each other.

Since 1979, the Oregon Employment Department has cooperated to exchange information to offer employers national exposure of their job openings.  In the spring of 1998 the additional service of posting resumes from job seekers was initiated.  Publicizing job listings on a national basis has helped employers recruit the employees they need to help their business  succeed, while providing the American labor force with an increased number of opportunities to find work and realize career goals.  Currently there are well over one million registered job seekers listed on America's Job Bank.

The America's Job Bank computerized network links Employment Service offices nationally to provide job seekers with the largest pool of active job opportunities available anywhere and nationwide exposure for their resumes. For employers it provides rapid, national exposure for job openings and an easily accessible pool of candidates.  In addition to the Internet, the job openings and resumes found in America's Job Bank are available on computer systems in public libraries, colleges and universities, high schools, shopping malls, transition offices on military bases worldwide and other places of public access.

There is no charge to either employers who list their job vacancies or to job seekers who utilize America's Job Bank or the Oregon Employment Department to locate employment.

America's Job Bank in conjunction with the Oregon Employment Department allows employers to use the best method that suits their needs, technical capabilities and volume to place their listings directly into the job order data base.  As part of the registration process, employers can indicate their preferences.  Employers also get to choose the method by which they wish to receive job seeker information. Searches for resumes can be made by Occupations, Keywords, Number searches and by the use of a Resume Scout that gives the option to have stored resume searches run automatically and be notified by email of any new matches.  Employer's can access Activity Reports for both Job Orders and Resume searches to determine what and how much activity has occurred.

Discover how America's Job Bank can help you succeed in filling your workforce needs, by listing your job openings and searching the nationwide list of resumes on to their Internet Web Site at: http://www.ajb.dni.ur Or connect to the Oregon Employment Department's Internet Web Site at: http://www.emp.state.or.us

For further information, or if you have questions, contact Bob Satnik at the Oregon Employment Department (541) 776-6060, extension 238.