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The JobsPlus One-Stop Career Center provides the following Veteran employment services:
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Recruitment and Screening
- Recruits, screens, and refers veterans ranging from entry-level workers to highly skilled professionals
- Recruits full-time, part-time, and seasonal workers
- Posts job openings
- Hosts job fairs
- Partners with businesses to clarify job descriptions and eligibility criteria
- Screens veterans to ensure that the right workers with the right skills are selected for interviews
Training
- Provides training that supports the human resource needs of business
Other Valuable Services
- Increases the potential labor pool, expands job retention, and enhances workforce quality
- Provides employers with access to the veteran labor pool
- Provides information about wages and employment trends, as well as national comparisons
- Provides state demographic and economic information, as well as links to education, cultural, and recreational resources
- Provides office space for on-site screening, interviewing, and training
- Supports employee retention by offering services such as transportation, childcare assistance, and mentoring programs
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Employ Florida Marketplace - http://www.employflorida.com
The 2005 population of Okaloosa-Walton Workforce Board was estimated at 232,496. This represents a 17.7 percent increase from 1995.
The average weekly wage for Okaloosa-Walton Workforce Board in 2nd Quarter 2006 was $642. This would be equivalent to $16.05 per hour or $33,384 per year, assuming a 40-hour week worked the year around.
The total number of employees located in Okaloosa-Walton Workforce Board in 2nd Quarter 2006 was 103,696. The largest major industry sector was Accommodation and Food Services, with 16 percent of the employment, followed by Retail Trade (44 & 45) with 15 percent, and Public Administration with 10 percent.
The total number of estimated employees located in Okaloosa-Walton Workforce Board in 2006 was 117,003. The largest major occupational group was Office and Administrative Support Occupations, with 16 percent of the estimated employment, followed by Sales and Related Occupations with 13 percent, and Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations with 13 percent.
Employ Florida links all of Florida's workforce services--state and local--to each other. The state partners are Workforce Florida, the state policy and oversight board, and the Agency for Workforce Innovation, the state agency which administers workforce funds. At the local level there are twenty-four regional workforce boards that administer close to 100 "one-stop centers." Together these organizations represent the Employ Florida network of workforce services and resources. The state and local boards are composed of educational, governmental and private business resources to address local workforce needs.
Jobseekers - now Employ Florida Marketplace lets you search for jobs by a radius from your home zip code, and by city as well as by county, workforce region, specific metropolitan area or statewide. And the new Quick Search option remembers your search area so you only have to enter it if you want to look in a new area. New advanced job search features let you focus your search better than ever. An integrated Background Wizard / Resume Writing tool makes it easier than ever to create a professional resume and fine tune your job searches.
Employers - now Employ Florida Marketplace has a quick search feature that remembers your search location. There is also an advanced search function that lets you select from a larger number of selection criteria, identify them as required, desirable, or not applicable and rank resumes by how well they match your selection criteria. This can help limit the number of resumes you must sort through and focuses you right in on the best matches.
The Employ Florida Marketplace Web site is a powerful online tool designed to assist job seekers or students in searching for the right job, and help employers who are looking for the best job candidates. The site serves as a hub for the states workforce services while focusing on job openings and job candidates. The site is also a valuable resource for policy makers, researchers, and others seeking to explore and analyze local labor markets in Florida.
With thousands of job listings extracted from nearly every employer in Florida, finding job opportunities that fit an individuals needs and skills are easily accessed with a few mouse clicks. Employers searching for suitable candidates will benefit from the convenience of one Web site for potential candidate searches and review of job market trends. This dynamic information is contained in a statewide database to expand the job selection and recruitment process for every individual and employer.
Current data available on the Employ Florida Marketplace includes a strategic mix of job openings, career exploration, employer information, education, and labor market research information. Job seekers, students, or employers may click on the site whenever they need accurate data to make informed decisions on careers, training, wages, occupation searches, and resource recruitment.
US Postal Service Local Application Process
Interested in taking entrance examinations for local US Postal Service Employment? Contact a veteran employment representative at any JobsPlus One-Stop Center for details. To be eligible you must be in at least one of the following categories:
- Have a Service Connected VA Disability rating.
- Recently separated from the service (Within 120 days of your DOS).
- A Purple Heart recipient.
- Widow/Widower or Mother of veteran who served during war or received an expeditionary campaign badge or medal.
- Spouse of veteran who is totally and permanently disabled.
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