matching the right people with the right jobs open for business
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Matching the Right People With the Right Jobs
Open for Business
What is OKJobMatch?
OKJobMatch.com matches people with jobs and employers with talent.
Every state and the District of Columbia have people seeking opportunities in Oklahoma
100%
March 18, 2013
ll
job
seekers are
Veterans.
“OKJobMatch.com will serve as a comprehensive reemployment resource for returning military men and women who have bravely served us.”
Governor Fallin 2012 State of the State
9,400+ Veterans areusing OKJobMatchto find work.
85,000+ total accounts with resume and work historycurrently in the system.
June 7, 2013
• Benefits for job-seekers:
• Allows job-seekers to create a professional resume in a variety of formats.
• Resume can be saved, printed, used for future reference.
• Search job listings in all of Oklahoma’s 77 counties within 5-100 mile radius of any zip code.
• Searches jobs in counties of neighboring states that border Oklahoma.
• Matches job-seekers based on a 5 star match system. (5 stars is an exact, 100% match)
• OKJobMatch uses a job-seeker’s skills, credentials, work history, education to determine match based on available jobs in a given search area.
• Services are provided at no-cost to the job-seeker.
How does someone begin?
• Must have a valid email address (preferably Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL, etc…)
• Initial Resume building process takes 30-45 minutes.
• OKJobMatch asks a lot of questions as it builds a resume for customized job matches.
• Yes, it takes a lot of time, but the matches are worth it!!! (Think TurboTax)
How do businesses use OKJobMatch?• Same idea as job-seekers (Need valid email
address)
• Post jobs free of charge
• Build and manage unlimited number of job postings per account.
How do businesses use OKJobMatch?• Post job descriptions same as you would
submitting to a newspaper or posting on a company web site. Business can set expiration date, certain criteria for job (education, skills, licenses), etc...
How else can businesses use OKJobMatch?
• Search for talent via zip code/skill-set.
• Find talent based on 5 star match.
• Talent that you find are those who have chosen to have their resume searched for.
• When you find talent, you only see blind resume.
• You will never see talent’s name, address, phone number, or email address.
• If contact is made by the employer to the talent, the ball is in the court of the job-seeker to follow-up on contact.
OKJobMatch.com Takeaways
• Easy to use;• Search jobs across the entire state as well as
neighboring counties in other states;• Free for job-seekers and employers;• 5 star matches available for both job-seekers
and employers.
Questions/Comments?
David CrowOklahoma Department of Commerce (Tulsa)