The National Labor Exchange has launched a nationwide, Web-based Rapid Reemployment Initiative to help connect displaced workers and downsizing employers with those who are hiring.
The goal of the initiative is to greatly reduce the amount of time displaced workers remain unemployed, as employees from companies that are downsizing are often displaced through no fault of their own and have transferable skills that can be valuable to employers in other occupations and other industries.
The Rapid Reemployment Initiative, which is powered by JobCentral, is free-of-charge to job seekers and employers in all industries. The effort is an alliance between DirectEmployers Association, a non-profit consortium of 475 leading corporations, and the National Association of State Workforce Agencies.
“DirectEmployers Association partners state and local government directly with major Fortune 500 employers,” Nancy Holland, vice president of marketing for DirectEmployers Association, said. “Adding the Rapid Reemployment Initiative provides job seekers many more job opportunities than any other resource currently available.”
The National Labor Exchange works to connect job seekers with hiring employers and participating state workforce agencies, while allowing unemployed, underemployed and displaced workers to have access to career counseling, skill assessment, job search assistance, training and other services to upgrade their skills and find new job opportunities.
The Rapid Reemployment Initiative adds an employer outplacement data exchange, career network and resume builder with integrated job search tools to the online employment service.
“Workers have reemployment opportunities even in bad times,” NASWA Executive Director Richard A. Hobbie said. “Despite the current recession, there are about three million job openings in the economy right now. The Rapid Reemployment Initiative recommits the National Labor Exchange, the flagship service of our public private alliance, to helping employers find good workers and helping workers find good jobs faster and more efficiently”.
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