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USAJobs (styled USAJOBS) is the United States government's website for listing civil service job opportunities with federal agencies. [1] [2] Federal agencies use USAJOBS to host job openings and match qualified applicants to those jobs.
The Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training program (JOBS) was a welfare-to-work program created by the Family Support Act of 1988 to replace the Work Incentive program (WIN) created by the Social Security Act Amendments of 1967.
Directgov was the British government's digital service portal which from 2004 provided a single point of access to public sector information and services. The site's portal was replaced (along with the Business Link portal) by the new GOV.UK website on 17 October 2012, although migration of all services to GOV.UK branding took several years.
The intent of skills-based hiring is for applicants to demonstrate, independent of an academic degree the skills required to be successful on the job. It is also a mechanism by which employers may clearly and publicly advertise the expectations for the job – for example indicating they are looking for a particular set of skills at an appropriately communicated level of proficiency.
One-on-one services for job seekers often include assessment, career counseling, development of an individual service plan, and intensive job search assistance; Group services for job seekers include orientation, job clubs, and workshops on such topics as resume preparation, job search strategies, and interviewing
Anonymous searches could be made by people looking for jobs, and applications could be made directly to companies that had posted their contact details. However, as of 1 March 2013, JobCentre Plus advisers could, if giving a good reason, require Jobseeker's Allowance claimants to use the site through a JobSeeker Direction.
It officially replaced Directgov and the online services of Business Link on 17 October 2012. As of January 2023, GOV.UK is the second-most-used government website worldwide, after Russia's Gosuslugi. [3] [4]
The National Careers Service was established on the April 5, 2012. [3] It replaced a service called Next Step which was launched on the August 1, 2010 as an integration of the existing web-based, telephone-based and local face-to-face careers services for adults. [4]