RSSIssue 8:5 – Tuesday, May 1, 2007
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The VetJobs Early Eagle is for member employers, recruiters, friends and supporters of VetJobs.
VetJobs is exclusively sponsored and partially owned by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. VetJobs is the only job board endorsed by the Vietnam Veterans of America and the Naval Reserve Association.
This month’s Early Eagle is sponsored by: WEDDLE’s and TECHEXPO Top Secret
Contents:
1. Message from the Top
2. VetJobs Recommends: You’re a Leader – Now What?
3. Ten Jobs in Highest Demand
4. Be a Guest on VetJobs’ Career Call on Radio Sandy Springs
5. National Guard and Reserve Mobilized as of April 25, 2007
6. Significant Events this Month in Military History
Thank you for reading the VetJobs Early Eagle employer newsletter. If you like this newsletter and what VetJobs and the VFW do to assist veterans and their family member find employment, please go to www.weddles.com/recruitpol.cfm and vote VetJobs for the WEDDLE’s User’s Choice Award!
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1. Message from the Top
The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program (OFCCP) is starting to audit companies nationwide. The OFCCP division has become a good money maker for DOL with over $40 million dollars in “assessments” (the PC way to say fines) last year. DOL has subsequently quadrupled the size of the OFCCP division. The manner in which DOL has defined its OFCCP coverage, nearly every company in the United States that hires can come under OFCCP regulations. As I am the co-chairman of the OFCCP committee for the International Association of Employment Web Sites (IAEWS), I am called frequently to talk about OFCCP. Mark my words, OFCCP regulations will be to the human resource community what Sarbanes-Oxley is to the finance world – a massive bureaucratic paperwork headache! And one that can cost your company a great deal of money!
Companies need to be aware of job board sites that claim to be OFCCP compliant but in reality are not. The DOL will not be levying assessments on the job boards if you are not prepared. DOL will be levying the assessments on your company. So you need to be very much informed on this issue. To learn more, visit www.dol.gov/esa/ofccp/. If you need assistance, please do not hesitate to give me a call. Not being prepared can cost your company big dollars!
For example, when the DOL/OFCCP auditors show up, they will want to see all of your documentation at that time. If you are using a resume database from a job board company that says they will gather the resume searches for you and have it ready in a few weeks, you are already in trouble. Legitimate sites have OFCCP set up such that when you conduct resume searches, you can immediately go back into the system and produce the parameters of the search (time of search, keywords, locations, etc) and the resumes that were produced, and whether you opened and viewed the resumes returned by your searches. If the job board does not have their system set up in this manner, you will be at risk!
Some sites are charging for OFCCP compliance support. Fees are ranging upwards of $2,500. At VetJobs, since we are a flat fee site, the OFCCP compliance support comes with your Resume or Full Membership. VetJobs does not up-charge our members. But you, as the person responsible in human resources, need to be very much aware of how OFCCP is going to change the way you do business.
It is with great pleasure that VetJobs announces it has received the endorsement of the Naval Reserve Association (NRA)! This endorsement is significant for VetJobs as the Navy represents the second largest group of veterans in the United States. VetJobs is the only job board endorsed by the NRA. We thank the NRA for their confidence and endorsement and will continue to work hard to remain the leading military related job board on the Internet!
May is National Military Appreciation Month! Additionally, there are many special days of recognition to observe, including:
Loyalty Day – May 1
National Day of Prayer – May 3
Military Spouse Day – May 11
Mother’s Day – May 13
Victory in Europe Day – May 8
Armed Forces Day – May 19
National Maritime Day – May 22
Memorial Day – May 28
In 1933, Congress decreed May 22 as National Maritime Day and each year since then it has been a day for the United States to observe its proud maritime heritage, honor the men and women who serve and have served as merchant mariners, and recognize the many benefits that result from our American maritime industry.
Victory in Europe Day marks the date when the World War II Allies formally celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. Of interest, the Allies had agreed to mark May 9, 1945 as Victory in Europe day, but Western journalists broke the news of Germany’s surrender prematurely, precipitating the earlier celebration. If you know a World War II veteran, tell them thank you for freeing our world from the Nazi tyranny!
Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s service. There are many stories as to its actual beginnings, with over two dozen cities and towns laying claim to being the birthplace of Memorial Day. There is also evidence that organized women’s groups in the South were decorating graves before the end of the Civil War. While Waterloo, NY, was officially declared the birthplace of Memorial Day by President Lyndon Johnson in May 1966, it’s difficult to prove conclusively the origins of the day. It is more likely that it had many separate beginnings; each of those towns and every planned or spontaneous gathering of people to honor the war dead in the 1860’s tapped into the general human need to honor our dead.
Finally, according to a survey by CareerBuilder.com last October, over half of human resource managers said they had flagged a lie on an applicant’s résumé. Not unsurprisingly, 93% of those who caught a lie did not hire the candidate. When you post your resume, be sure that the resume is factual. In today’s environment, companies run extensive background checks and lies will be caught. Truth is always the best road to take.
As always, if there is anything we at VetJobs can do for you, please do not hesitate to call or email.
And remember, Freedom Is Never Free – Support Our Armed Forces and Veterans!
Best regards,
Ted Daywalt
President
/—-May Early Eagle sponsor is WEDDLE’s—-\
WEDDLE’s training programs are audio-based. You get the PowerPoint slides for each program in advance, and on the day of the training, you simply call a toll-free number and have the presentation delivered right to you.
All of the programs are presented by WEDDLE’s Publisher, Peter Weddle, and draw on WEDDLE’s 10+ years of research into the Best Practices for sourcing and recruiting online. The Spring/Summer 2007 series is listed below:
-May 15, 2007: The Sum & Substance of a Great Employment Brand
-May 29, 2007: Blink Recruiting—Getting to “Yes” Fast With Passive Prospects
-June 11, 2007: Transforming Your Resume Database into a Candidate Gold Mine
-June 21, 2007: A-to-Z in Best Practices for Online Recruitment Advertising
Registrations are limited, so reserve your seats now. To get pricing information and sign up, please call WEDDLE’s at 317.916.9424.
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2. VetJobs Recommends: You’re a Leader – Now What?
From time to time, the staff at VetJobs comes across excellent books that we would recommend. This month we recommend You’re a Leader, Now What? The book is written by COL Len Fuchs, USMC (Ret) and John Nicholas, a former Navy officer. Both authors have had distinguished military careers, plus extensive civilian management and leadership experience. The book has over 140 pages of rock-solid inside knowledge into how successful leaders succeed. The book is a practical guide on how to practice leadership the right way. For more information, visit www.LeaderNowWhat.com.
/—-May Early Eagle sponsor is TECHEXPO Top Secret—-\
Find qualified candidates at TECHEXPO this month! TECHEXPO Top Secret job fairs bring you face to face with security-cleared professionals Wednesday, April 18 in Baltimore, MD and Thursday, April 19 in Reston, VA. For 2007 event schedule, contact Seth Berk at 212-655-4505 x 244 or SBerk@TechExpoUSA.com. http://www.TechExpoUSA.com
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3. Ten Jobs in Highest Demand
A recent survey by Manpower Inc says that US employers counted sales, teachers and mechanics as the top three hardest jobs to fill in 2007. The top ten jobs that are hardest to fill and will increases in demand in the coming years are:
-Sales representative
-Teacher
-Mechanic
-Truck driver
-Laborer
-Technician
-Engineer
-Management/executive
-Delivery driver
-Skilled labor
4. Be a Guest on VetJobs’ Career Call on Radio Sandy Springs
Career Call is aired Sundays at 3:00 PM EST on Radio Sandy Springs in North Atlanta. It is broadcast on 1620 AM, and simulcast on the Internet. Be sure to tune at www.radiosandysprings.com. If your company would like to sponsor a show or you would like to be a guest on the program, email info@vetjobs.com.
5. National Guard and Reserve Mobilized as of April 25, 2007
Total number currently on active duty in support of the partial mobilization for the Army National Guard and Army Reserve is 63,266; Navy Reserve, 6,249; Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, 5,058; Marine Corps Reserve, 5,416; and the Coast Guard Reserve, 302.This brings the total National Guard and Reserve personnel, who have been mobilized, to 80,291, including both units and individual augmentees. A cumulative roster of all National Guard and Reserve personnel, who are currently mobilized, can be found at http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2007/d20070425ngr.pdf
6. Significant Events this Month in Military History
1756 – French & Indian War began, lasting for seven years.
1846 – The U.S. declared war against Mexico. Mexican troops under General Mariano Arista were defeated at Palo Alto, Texas, by U.S. Army under General Zachary Taylor. (Mexican American War)
1863 – Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeated Union troops under Union General Joseph Hooker at the Battle of Chancellorsville, VA, with the considerable aid of Confederate General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, who decisively routed the Union right wing. (Civil War)
1940 – German troops invaded Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. (WW II)
1942 – Congress created the Womens’ Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC).
1942 – Fall of Corregidor (WW II)
1942 – Battle of the Coral Sea, the first major naval action fought without either side having visual contact with enemy forces. (WW II)
1945 – German forces surrendered Berlin to the Russians. (WW II)
1945 – The German military in Europe surrendered unconditionally to GEN Eisenhower and other allied commanders in a French school building at Rheims, France, ending World War II in Europe. V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day) was formally proclaimed on 8 May. (WW II)
1968 – Mini-Tet (Vietnam War)
1972 – Operation Linebacker (Vietnam War)
1975 – Capture and Release of SS Mayaguez by Khmer Rouge forces, the first battle action of the United States Navy boarding a ship at sea since 1826.
1945 – American planes sank the IJNS Yamato, largest battleship ever built, off the Japanese coast. The Yamato had never fired a shot against an enemy vessel (WWII).
1953 – Battle of Pork Chop Hill (Hill 255) began (Korean War).
1968 – Operation Pegasus was launched by the 1st Air Cavalry Division to relieve the marines at Khe Sanh (Vietnam War).
1975 – The former imperial capital of Hue fell to North Vietnamese troops, along with the entire Thua Thien Province (Vietnam War).
1991 – Persian Gulf War official cease fire begins (Persian Gulf War).
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