10.6: Job Connections

Use crowd-sourcing to help job seekers connect to jobs.

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The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) made its first foray into crowdsourcing, utilizing the IdeaScale platform to conduct the Tools for America’s Seeker’s Challenge. Organizations and entrepreneurs were given the opportunity to add their job search and career development web sites to the platform, and the public then voted on their favorites. More than 16000 people participated on the site, casting more than 32000 votes. The leaders in each category are now featured at our One-Stop Career Centers around the country, and this compilation of more than 600 job search sites will live on as a resource for those looking for employment. The use of this new technology allowed a small group of committed employees to take on this project at a fraction of the cost of a similar effort to survey the landscape of job search sites available nationwide.

Stakeholder(s):

• Job Seekers


• Employment and Training Administration (ETA)

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