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Tampa, FL (Aug 25, 2015) - In 2009, the Wall Street Journal noted that job seekers took longer to find work than since the Department of Labor began tracking in 1948. Now in 2015, the average job search takes34 weeks. According to the Department of Labor there are over 5.2 million open jobs nationally. Why are so few jobs being matched to workers, if there are a record high number of open jobs?

“98% of job seekers are eliminated at the initial resume screening and only the “Top 2%” of candidates make it to the interview”, stated Robert Meier, President of Job Market Experts. “Fixing the employment market requires helping job seekers become “Top 2% Candidates” who can meet employer’s rigorous requirements and easily hit the“bulls-eye” of employer needs to ensure they don’t make bad hires” continued Meier.

Job Market Experts has developed “FasTrack” career technology for educational institutions, individuals, alumni associations and local community workforce boards to reduce unemployment from the current average of 34 weeks to 6-12 weeks. The key to program success - teaching every type of job seeker how to be a “Top Candidate” in their field using multiple new automated career tools and implementing a scaled grading system to help employers find top caliber candidates for their openings quickly. The techniques that Meier uses are based on 20 years of evidence based statistics on helping job seekers shorten their job searches and helping employers find the best talent quickly.

Recently in February 2013, President Obama along with the U.S. Department of Education released a College Scorecard which provides College and University students and families the critical information they need to make smart decisions about where to enroll for higher education (Colleges & Universities are scored based on outcomes such as student cost, graduation rate, loan default rate and employment). Currently students and educational institutions can go to https://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/education/higher-education/college-score-card to view all of the school ratings andoutcomes except for employment outcomes, which schoolswill have until 2018 to implement. The President will seek legislation allocating financial aid based upon these college ratings by 2018, once the ratings system is well established. Job Market Experts’ goal is to help Colleges and Universities become compliant with the employment outcomes enacted by the College Scorecard system. Schools can go to http://www.jobmarketexperts.org/contact-us/or write [email protected] to request a 100% free and confidential school job readiness evaluation. In addition students can write us [email protected] to request a 100% free career evaluation.

Robert Meier, Job Market Experts’ CEO has been covered by Monster Jobs &Fifth Third Bank’s “Brand of You” campaign in 2015, Fast Company & Forbes in 2014,U.S. News & World Report in 2013 “Experts Predict Hiring Boom”, Fox News and other media and is the author of 5 career books including “The World’s Greatest Resumes” by Random House (picked by the L.A. Times as a “Best Career Book Of The Year”) and “Job In The Box Career Kit”.

A significant percentage of your audience is either unemployed or under-employed and will be thrilled to discover how Mr. Meier can help them. For more information about Mr. Meier or to schedule an interview with him, call 813-501-5116 or email [email protected]

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/08/22/fact-sheet-president-s-plan-make-college-more-affordable-better-bargain-

https://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/education/higher-education/college-score-card

Media Contact:
Robert Meier
CEO, Job Market Experts
201 E. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 950
Tampa, FL 33602
[email protected]
813-501-5116
Website: http://www.jobmarketexperts.org/

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