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JobCreator International Network and Web Services

One of the main problems in the European labour market continues to be the imperfect matching mechanisms connecting the available work force (working and unemployed job seekers, students in the final phase of vocational education), with the demand of employers.A large part of the work force remains unemployed, while at the same time vacancies remain unfulfilled. Existing methods of matching supply and demand, as applied by employment and reintegration agencies, do not yield the expected results.Innovation in the realm of job matching is coming from sources like the Dutch JobCreator network and web services. It consists of vocational training centres and reintegration agencies. It serves people who are looking for a job, as well as employers, by providing a well designed platform where they can meet virtually.* Job seekers and students looking for apprenticeships may put their digital CVs on a web server, where (registered) employers can see them, using search engine facilities.* Employers may place their vacancies on the web server where job seekers may find them, using search engine facilities.A very strong feature has been the Video CV, a short movie in which the job seeker can present himself or herself. The Video CV can be stored using an advanced compression technique, allowing the movies to be viewed perfectly from any internet access point, even if it is not broadband. Experience has shown a strong preference of employers to choose fromavailable Video CVs, instead of only from written CVs.The web service is supported by a low cost call centre, serving the interests of job seekers, the employment or reintegration agencies and the vocational education institutes, by launching active matching actions.Through existing networks (including the LdV partnerships FLOW, Social Return and CIRCE) a group of partners has been gathered with the aim to transfer and implement this innovative development in new countries, while being supported by the source organisations. The JCint partnership was well equipped for this task, as all members had abundant experience with key aspects of economic development, labour market evolution, educational innovation and the operational aspects of European projects.The impact of creating faster and better matches in employment has been proven already in the country of origin, all the more reason to transfer this concept.
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