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"Pounding the Electronic Pavement"
August 19, 2000
Rebecca Arthur
Have you been out pounding the pavement searching for a job? Well put away the Help Wanted section of the newspaper and your red marker and log on to the Oxford County Library web page at http://www.ocl.net.
By clicking on the "Find a Job" link, a user can explore the links provided to job seekers. A great site for adults is the Electronic Labour Exchange (ELE) (http://www.ele-spe.org).
Developed by Human Resources Development Canada, the ELE is a service that matches people to potential work opportunities. ELE allows employers to create profiles of any vacant positions by using a checklist to identify the required skills, education, and experience. Job seekers have a similar checklist by which they create their own profiles.
Creating a profile is fast and easy. The job seeker selects his or her occupation and completes the skills checklist. The computer does the rest of the work. Both the employers' job profiles and job seekers profile information are entered into a database. The ELE then searches for a possible match.
The matching process is very accurate. The Electronic Labour Exchange uses Canada's National Occupation Classification System (NOC). NOC is a more precise way to find a match because it reduces a group of 25,000 job titles, skill sets, and educational requirements to 500 checklists. The checklists include everything from an electrical engineering technologist to a bartender, and from a physiotherapist to a pet groomer.
The Electronic Labour Exchange is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and it is absolutely free. ELE boasts a success rate of 80%.
The Oxford County Library also provides a link to the Ontario Summer Jobs Guide for Youth at http://youthjobs.gov.on.ca. This web site provides job-search tips and directs youth to job opportunities supported by the Ontario government.
These are just two of the many job search links offered by the Oxford County Library. So save your weary feet, stop walking from business to business. Log on to the Internet and let your perfect job find you.
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