Are You Downsizing or Hiring, or Both? How the Rapid Reemployment Initiative Can Help March 6, 2009 National Governor’s Association

Are You Downsizing or Hiring, or Both?How the Rapid Reemployment Initiative Can Help

March 6, 2009National Governor’s Association

Welcome!

Today’s Agenda:

About the joint alliance between DirectEmployers Association and the National Association of State Workforce Agencies

What is the JobCentral National Labor Exchange?

About the national Rapid Reemployment Initiative See the web tools that make up the Rapid Reemployment system

What does it all cost?

Next steps for nationwide roll-out – March 15, 2009

How employers can start NOW to utilize this initiative

How we can work together to align and leverage the assets of all workforce partners

DirectEmployers Association

Owned and managed by a non-profit association of employers 470+ Member Companies – 90% are Fortune 500 21 Board of Directors – Member Companies Key Partnerships:

National Association of State Workforce Agencies National Association of Colleges and Employers American Association of Community Colleges

The JobCentral National Labor Exchange (NLX) is the Association’s Flagship Service

JobCentral NLX Alliance

DirectEmployers Association’s Mission To provide a cost-effective national employment system

that improves labor market efficiency and reflects our nation’s diverse workforce.

National Association of State Workforce Agencies’ Mission

Strengthen the public workforce system and create an environment of superior customer service to employers and workers.

Governance of the NLX Jointly governed by employers and states – 2 committees

JobCentralNational Labor Exchange (NLX)

General Benefits: Nearly all the visible jobs in the economy are accessible

through a single search – fresh jobs (indexed daily) – no spam, no ads

Employers have free job posting to the NLX available through your State’s job board

Links to powerful career tools and to state workforce services

National resume database available to all job seekers and employers

Small employers gain access to the national market

Bilingual English/Spanish translation at both the National site and hosted state sites

About the NationalRapid Reemployment Initiative

August 2008 NLX Operations Committee Meeting

September – Financial Services Sector Downturn

October – Concept & Software Development of RRI Pilot States: NJ, CT, and NY Employer Focus Group

March 15, 2009 – National Rollout of RRI NJ and CT – March 15 NY – Soon After

Other States are encouraged to participate—at no cost


DEA and NASWA are jointly developing the Rapid Reemployment Initiative to achieve two major goals:

1. To create an ongoing national rapid reemployment project to connect downsizing employers with hiring employers for the benefit of those employees affected by any type of job loss.

2. To create a process and system to offer job-matching to UI claimants.

The Rapid Reemployment Initiative includes three online modules:

1. An employer outplacement exchange2. A career event network3. A resume builder with integrated job search tools

Here is a visual graphic of what the Rapid Reemployment Initiative looks like . . . . .

Appropriate modules will be available to states to place relevant pages on their systems to provide information and entry points to the system.


The mission of the Rapid Reemployment Initiative is to:

Connect downsizing employers with hiring employers,

Inform employers and job seekers about career events around the nation, and

Connect displaced employees to employers who are currently hiring.

JobCentral, in conjunction with the Rapid Reemployment Initiative, is the place where labor supply meets demand.

Imagine the connections that can be made through the use of these tools!

Overview of theEmployer Outplacement Exchange

So let’s look at the tools of the Rapid Reemployment Initiative, focusing on the Employer Outplacement Exchange module.

This brief demo will review the process by user group as follows: Downsizing Employer Hiring Employer Job Seeker

Here we go…..

Entry Page

Hiring Employer

Displaced Employee (Job Seeker)

Continued….

What does the RRI cost?

Job Seekers No cost Gain access through your participating State Workforce

Agency’s job bank Gain access directly at www.JobCentral.org

Downsizing Employers No cost – any employer, regardless of whether or not your

company is a member of DirectEmployers Association, can use the RRI for FREE

Gain access through your participating State Workforce Agency’s job bank

Gain access directly at www.JobCentral.org


Hiring Employers FREE to employers who are members of DirectEmployers

Association (http://www.jobcentral.com/aboutde.asp)

FREE to employers who are registered with their State Workforce Agency and utilize the state’s employment and Rapid Response services

FREE to all employers based in Connecticut or Mississippi $25 annual fee for employers who do not meet one of the three

criteria listed above (for registration and verification) Gain access through your participating State Workforce



State Workforce Agencies No cost to states who choose to participate in the RRI—

Participating states currently include: NJ, CT, and NY Many more states are very interested and extremely

anxious to get RRI started in their state as soon as possible Process for states to participate is very simple—contact

NASWA at 202-434-8020 or email [email protected]

States can create relevant pages on their systems to provide information and entry points to the RRI system

States can integrate the RRI tools into their Rapid Response strategy


College Career Placement Centers No cost* for colleges and universities who are members of the

National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) No cost* for colleges who are members of the American

Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Gain access through your participating State Workforce


* Downsizing Employers and Job Seekers can access and use the tools of Rapid Reemployment Initiative at no cost. For Hiring Employers, there is a $25.00 annual registration and verification fee for those who do not meet one of these criteria: (1) member of DirectEmployers Association, (2) based in Connecticut or Mississippi, or (3) verified by a participating state workforce agency in the Rapid Reemployment Initiative system.


Outplacement & RPO Firms, Recruiting & Staffing Agencies, and Other Job Placement Agencies or Programs (e.g., including military transition centers, similar community and job placement agencies, and special reemployment or career placement initiatives)

If using the RRI for entering downsizing or outplacement on behalf of your employer clients, there is no cost*

If using the RRI for recruiting and hiring purposes on behalf of your employer clients, there is no cost*

If using the RRI to help displaced employees find new work, there is no cost*





Industry, Trade, Business and Professional Associations

If using the RRI for entering downsizing or outplacement on behalf of your employer clients, there is no cost*

If using the RRI for recruiting and hiring purposes on behalf of your employer clients, there is no cost*

If using the RRI to help displaced employees find new work, there is no cost*




Next Steps for Nationwide Roll-out of the Rapid Reemployment

Initiative NATIONAL GO LIVE – March 15, 2009

NJ and CT are going live on March 15 and will have their state sites ready with an entry page and link to the Rapid Reemployment Initiative. NY will follow soon after...date TBD.

All states are invited to participate in the National Rapid Reemployment Initiative at no cost. If your state workforce agency is interested in learning more, please let us know.

Implementation dates for additional states will depend on each state’s readiness and their own timeline for how they wish to integrate the RRI services into their state’s Rapid Response services.


Initiative

Research & Marketing Identifying companies that are downsizing Calls and email blasts to key stakeholders

Information Resources Presentations Webinars and tutorials Brochures FAQ resource


Initiative Publicity

We are working with Rich Berman, PR Consultant, for publicity, marketing and communications support. This will be timed carefully while we populate the system with outplacement data.

GREAT opportunity for PR for your own company, if you are downsizing, to demonstrate proactive and good-faith efforts in assisting your displaced employees in finding new work.

Participating companies in the RRI are encouraged to provide Rich Berman ([email protected]) with your internal PR contact.

Track successful hires who found a job using the RRI – a great PR opportunity for your organization, whether you are downsizing or hiring!

How Employers Can Utilize the Rapid Reemployment Initiative

NOW A CALL TO ACTION! Help workers affected by a layoff get

reemployed more rapidly.

Start NOW – Begin entering your company’s outplacement data by logging into the RRI system TODAY: If your company is a member of DirectEmployers Association, enter

the RRI at the Member’s Desktop (You’ll need your user ID and password). If your company is NOT a member of DirectEmployers Association,

enter the RRI at http://www.jobcentral.com/rri-downsizing-employers.asp. (No user ID or password is required).

These links are LIVE, but currently there are no other live entry points into the system. Currently, only downsizing employers can access the system to begin populating the database. Therefore job seekers and hiring employers will not be able to access the RRI until March 15.

Working Together with Workforce Partners Creates a Win-Win!

If your company is downsizing and your HR department is working with your state’s Rapid Response program, share the benefits of using RRI with the Rapid Response Coordinator in your state.

If your company is working with an outplacement firm or similar job placement firm, let them also know about the RRI and how it can help your displaced employees connect to hiring employers.

The Rapid Reemployment Initiative will help all employers—across state lines—whether they are downsizing or hiring.

Let’s all work together to leverage what the RRI has to offer!

Q & A – FAQ Resource (www.JobCentral.com/rri-faqs.asp)

Questions?

Jolene Jefferies Pam Gerassimides

VP - Gov’t Relations NLX Director

[email protected] [email protected]

317-874-9026 202-434-8020

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Are You Downsizing or Hiring, or Both? How the Rapid Reemployment Initiative Can Help March 6, 2009 National Governor’s Association