Rhonda WaiteEmployment & Training Consultant

Why the Employ Georgia Initiative?

• An efficient labor exchange between employers and job seekers is essential to a robust labor market.

• This improves the local economy & lessens drains on many public subsidies (i.e., UI, TANF, SNAP, Homeless Resources, etc.)

• GDOL is evolving to meet the changing needs of job seeker & employer customers.

Employers Requested

• The ability to self-browse job seeker résumés.

• Tools to easily build competitive job announcements.

• Automated job matches ranked by likelihood of success – to save time and effort.

• Customized recruitment support.

Job Seekers Requested

• The ability to ‘remotely’ register for employment services.

• An opportunity to create and post résumés viewable by employers.

• Automated job matches

• Suggested training and education opportunities based on their skills deficits.

Employer BenefitsEmployers are now able to:

• Create job advertisements, with suggested wording based on job types or searches of similar advertisements, etc.

• Search thousands of résumés by salary ranges, key words, credentials, past employers, etc.

• Send automated invitations to job seekers based on established minimum criteria.

Employer Benefits (Continued)Employers are now able to:

• Save time by receiving automated job matches ranked by likelihood of success, based on comparisons of résumé skills, qualifications, experience(s).

• Search for additional résumés similar to previous candidates they chose. • Add customized knock out questions to better screen candidates.• Access more customized one-on-one service, as staff are freed of routine data

entry.

This is ideal for smaller and emerging employers lacking HR resources.

Job Seeker BenefitsJob Seekers now are able to:

• Remotely create a secure account and register for GDOL employment services.

• Complete a job application while a résumé is built or uploaded – 5 different résumés are allowed to accommodate varying employment interests.

• Convert their military experience into civilian terms.

Job Seeker Benefits (Continued)Job Seekers now are able to:

• Search for jobs, explore careers & education and receive suggested training.

• Request automatic job alerts.

• Receive job matches based on an automated exploration of their skills, qualifications, experience(s) – ranked by their likelihood of success.

Staff Benefits

• A powerful automated tool is available to better match qualified candidates with available employer job openings.

• Increased opportunity to provide customized services, i.e., fine tuning résumés, facilitating job matches, and providing more one on one services.

Technology Benefits

• Incorporation of some off-the-shelf technology has fit easily into GDOL’s overall modernization initiative.

• Enhanced real-time labor market analytics – based on actual Georgia employers and job seekers – are now available at multiple levels of depth.

Quick Statistics (Statewide)

GDOL publishes between 120,000 –140,000 job openings located in Georgia each day.

There are over 140,000 searchable résumés available for employer review.

Since the launch of Employ Georgia Phase II/Talent in January 2016, over 8,400 employers have established accounts, with over 78% creating a job posting.

Quick Statistics (Statewide)

Since the initial launch of Employ Georgia in 2014, federally reported outcomes have steadily increased. Of job seekers who received as little as a single service from GDOL:

• 64% were employed three+ months after last being served by GDOL (up from 53%)

• 82% remained employed nine+ months after last being served by GDOL (up from 76%)

* All Meeting/Exceeding Federal Goals

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