The National Labor Exchange’s Rapid Reemployment Initiative, which launched last month, recently partnered with two states.
The initiative is now available through Connecticut and New Jersey’s labor departments. The RRI , which is powered by JobCentral and provided through an alliance between the National Association of State Workforce Agencies and Direct Employers, is free of charge to job seekers and employers in all industries.
“Employees from companies that are downsizing are typically displaced through no fault of their own,” Connecticut Labor Commissioner Patricia Mayfield said. “They have transferable skills extremely valuable to employers in other occupations and other industries. Workers have reemployment opportunities even in bad economic times. This new initiative is designed to benefit displaced workers, as well as employers looking to hire or faced with downsizing.”
The RRI adds an employer outplacement data exchange and a career event network for posting job fairs and other related events throughout the country. It also includes a resume builder that offers integrated job search tools to the National Labor Exchange.
That database allows employers to place free job postings through their respective state’s job boards and provides links to powerful career tools and state workforce services.
“The Rapid Reemployment Initiative is designed to connect downsizing employers with those companies that are hiring,” Mayfield said. “The overall goal is to provide a more effective job search tool for those employees affected by any type of employment loss.”
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August 28th, 2009 at 6:13 am
This is a great idea to tackle the unemployment rate and I hope it works for the economy’s sake. However I am slightly sceptical, unemployment in this recession is at an extriemly high rate, so surely there will be more companies downsizing than there will be hiring, creating a deficit of jobs thus leaving many unemployed.