Innovative and Interactive Site is Free and Provides Responses from Actual Recruiters and Approximately 250,000 Jobs.
Indianapolis, IN –Today, DirectEmployers Association announces its partnership with jobipedia.org, a website that provides an online job portal in addition to personal, free and timely answers about job searches and the workplace directly from active company recruiters.
Members of HR Policy Association, representing over 340 chief human resource officers of America’s largest companies, created Jobipedia.org. HR Policy Association members believe that, despite other available resources, many of today’s graduates lack some basic professional skills such as how to behave in an interview or to assimilate into the workplace. Jobipedia.org helps these graduates and other job seekers by directly answering their questions and building a searchable database of other questions and answers. Jobipedia.org topics include interviewing, resumes, compensation, appropriate attire and workplace behavior. Jobipedia.org not only provides credible and reliable job-related information, but it also allows job seekers to interact directly with experienced corporate recruiters, a feature no other website can provide on this scale.
“We are members of both HR Policy and DirectEmployers Association, so it’s exciting to see these organizations come together on such an important workforce development initiative. Both Associations are always looking to improve the labor market and this effort illustrates that commitment. The combination of resources and technology will really benefit both employers and job seekers for a long time to come,” said Carrie Corbin, Associate Director of Strategic Staffing and Talent Attraction, AT&T.
In conjunction with Jobipedia, WeHireAmerica.jobs was created to be included in the ongoing effort, to help attract qualified applicants to fill more than a quarter of a million existing jobs* for workers at all skill levels in the United States. WeHireAmerica.jobs is operated through a partnership between HR Policy Association and DirectEmployers Association, a nonprofit HR consortium of leading global employers. By combining the resources of these two organizations, WeHireAmerica.jobs is able to feature job openings of more than 300 of the nation’s largest employers.
“Our partnership with DirectEmployers Association has been an incredible help in our efforts to develop tools to assist job seekers. From their support and guidance on our jobipedia.org steering committee to their technical expertise in building our job board WeHireAmerica.jobs, DE has been a fantastic resource of support and guidance,” said Jaime Fall, Vice President, Workforce and Talent Development Policy, HR Policy Association.
Since the test launch of jobipedia.org, in October 2012, professional recruiters from HR Policy member companies, many of which also belong to DirectEmployers Association, have posted more than 1,200 personalized responses to questions. Over 60 of the nation’s leading colleges and universities provide links to the site from their career services websites, including Cornell, Duke, Georgia Tech, NYU, Ohio State, University of San Diego, University of Missouri-Kansas City and Tufts.
About DirectEmployers Association
DirectEmployers Association is a leading nonprofit Human Resource consortium of global employers that was formed to assist in the sharing of ideas, incorporation of best practices, and research and development of technology. Through this consortium, business standards are shaped and technology is used with respect to the diversity that is reflected in the various cultures embodied in a global workforce. Their recognized expertise in compliance, recruitment and cost effective technology enables Members to reach the largest, most diverse pool of quality job seekers worldwide. For more information visit www.directemployers.org.
About HR Policy Association
HR Policy Association is the lead organization representing chief human resource officers of major employers. The Association consists of more than 340 of the largest corporations doing business in the United States and globally, and these employers are represented in the organization by their most senior human resource executive. Collectively, their companies employ more than ten million employees in the United States, nearly nine percent of the private sector workforce, and 20 million employees worldwide. They have a combined market capitalization of more than $7.5 trillion. These senior corporate officers participate in the Association because of their commitment to improving the direction of human resource policy. Their objective is to use the combined power of the membership to act as a positive influence to better public policy, the HR marketplace, and the human resource profession. For more information visit www.hrpolicy.org.
Media Contacts:
Nancy Holland, DirectEmployers Association, 317-874-9022, nancy@directemployers.org
