1. U.S. Department of Labor Presentation to the IAEWS March 28, 2012
Ben Seigel – – –

2. Overview Job Clubs Initiative DOL Web Site & Apps Highlights
DOL Grant Programs
Q & A

3. What’s a “Job Club”
Support group of unemployed people who meet regularly at a church, public library, or community center to share networks and job resources
Networking: expand professional contacts
Training: LinkedIn, video résumés, self-marketing
Counseling: grief, motivational, spiritual
“Networking Table” at McLean Bible Church Career Network Ministry, which meets Tuesday evenings from 6-9pm in Virginia.
Job Clubs go by many names, such as Career Ministries, Networking Groups, Job Search Groups, Work Search Roundtables, Transitioners, and more.

4. How Many and Where 4
Estimated #: 4,000 to 6,000 active job clubs; direct relationship with cycles of economy, though expected to change
Locations: urban, suburban, and rural; states with most active job clubs: Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Georgia, Virginia, Minnesota, Missouri, Florida
Workforce Partnerships: limited but growing partnerships with One Stops (CA, FL, GA, KY) and community colleges (OH, IL)
Field of Practice: localized and very limited with a handful of emerging intermediaries & networks: Crossroads Career Network, Faith Advocates for Jobs, NACJC

5. DOL Job Clubs Initiative
Field Building: national Job Club directory; national/regional events; bi- weekly coordinators call; online community of practice:
Partnership Development: Training & Employment Notice to workforce investment system, One-Stops, community colleges, grantees
Training & TA: network of experts and models; individual consultations; group training sessions
Faith leaders and lay staff gathered at the new Brevard County One Stop on September 15, 2011 for a training on how to start a job club.

6. How to Partner Join the Community of Practice and share resources6
Join the Community of Practice and share resources
Participate in bi-weekly job club practitioner conference calls
Connect with job clubs in your geographic or target areas
Volunteer to be a guest speaker at job club meetings
Offer trainings to job club leaders on Employment Web Sites
Secretary Solis meeting with Job Club/Career Ministry participants in Atlanta, GA on October 5, 2011.

7. JobBankInfo.org America’s Job Bank closed 7/1/07
Federal Register Notice to list EWS that meet criteria:
America’s Job Exchange
Careerbuilder.com
EmploymentGuide.com
Flipdog
HireMeNow.com
JOBcentral.com
Jobs.com
Monster.com
Federal Government Jobs
Indeed

8. Opps for Apps & Developers
DOL Developer’s Corner – access to API, DOL datasets, SDKs
DOL App Contests
- Application Programming Interface, Software Development Kit
- Equal Pay App contest – closes 3/31

9. Social Jobs Partnership
Facebook, DOL, NACE, DE, NASWA
Survey research on use of social web in job search
Use of Facebook to post jobs
Promote social web, resources, programs
Facebook, DOL, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), DirectEmployers Association (DE), and the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA).
Description
Facebook, the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), DirectEmployers Association (DE), and the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) created the ‘Social Jobs Partnership.’ The partnership’s goal will be to facilitate employment for America’s jobless through the use of social networks.
General Information
In the interest of getting people back to work, the partnership plans to pursue a number of initiatives designed to more effectively leverage the utility of social networks in the job market: 1. The partnership will conduct in-depth survey research about the ways in which job seekers, college career centers, and workforce recruiters are using the social web. 2. The partnership will develop and ...launch a central page on Facebook that will host specialized resources, and content designed to help job seekers and employers. 3. The partnership will explore and develop systems where new job postings can be delivered virally through the Facebook site at no charge. 4. The partnership will promote existing employment programs and resources offered by government agencies for job hunters. 5. The partnership plans to distribute educational materials about leveraging the power of the social web to recruiters, government agencies and job seekers

10. Healthcare Virtual Career Platform
American Association of Community Colleges led project
HVCP is open source, open content platform with assessments, tools, and training modules in healthcare field

11. DOL Grants
Competitive grant solicitations:
Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career Training Program:
Workforce Innovation Fund:
Re-integration of Ex-Offenders:

12. Summer Jobs +
Goal to create 250,000 opportunities for disadvantaged youth this summer
Role for Employment Web Sites

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