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From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 17:43:51 -0400
To: communet () uvmvm uvm edu, carr-l () ulkyvm louisville edu, galler () umich edu Cc: occ () garnet msen com Subject: Online Career Center info to AP wires Date: Wed, 06 Oct 93 14:16:40 EDT For anyone who is looking at coverage of the Internet in their local papers, or for community networks and the like that feature employment services, there's a story that's gone out on the AP wires in the last day or so that you might bring to the attention of editors. From: occ () mail msen com (Online Career Center) We were notified that the Associated Press released the "OCC" article at 1:00 a.m. this morning. Please let us know if anything appears in the Detroit newspapers. The AP said papers might run the article anytime between now and Sunday. Here's the original PR. You can get to the service with "gopher" - e.g. gopher gopher.msen.com "Online Career Center" and you can get more information via e-mail to To: occ-info () mail msen com (automated reply) or To: occ () mail msen com (Bill Warren, director) thanks Edward Vielmetti, vice president for research, Msen Inc. emv () Msen com Msen Inc., 320 Miller, Ann Arbor MI 48103 +1 313 998 4562 (fax: 998 4563) FORTY LEADING U.S. CORPORATIONS DEVELOP EMPLOYMENT DATABASE ON INTERNET October 9, 1993, Ann Arbor, MI -- Forty leading U.S. corporations have formed a non-profit employer association to develop and manage a national public-access database on Internet for recruiting, outplacement, career assistance, and communica- tions. The Online Career Center database is now available on Internet, a world-wide web of 11,000 inter-connected computer networks for exchanging electronic mail, transferring computer files, and searching information databases which is accessed by more than 10 million people in the United States. The extensive information database includes job listings and full-text resume files with online keyword search to assist both employers and individuals in effectively using Internet. It also provides electronic distribution of information between Internet and major networks such as GEnie, CompuServe and America Online. "Online Career Center has taken advantage of the exploding popularity and usage of Internet to provide recruitment and outplacement opportunities never before available to individuals, corporate recruiters or staffing managers," says Rodger Sellers, recruitment executive at Computer Task Group in Atlanta. Employers enjoy the freedom of unlimited employment adver- tising on Internet and other major networks plus the option of e-mail between corporate recruiters and individuals. Valuable assistance to displaced employees is available through access to thousands of employment opportunities--plus resume distribution to potential employers nationwide. Employers support Online Career Center by paying a one-time association membership fee for development costs, administrative services, and technical support. There are no charges for individuals to access the more than 8,000 job listings, view company information and profiles, enter resumes into the company-sponsored database, or e-mail resumes to potential employers. Individuals may also receive career assistance information on subjects such as career fairs, job searches, resume writing, and other career resources. Jan M. Ackerman, Director of National Recruiting for SHL Systemhouse and recently-elected president of the Online Career Center association, says, "The newly developed software, Internet access, and link to other online networks provides corporate recruiters with an exciting new recruiting alternative at a very low cost. It is the most effective communications network in American business." Operating services for the Online Career Center are provided by Msen, Inc., an Internet services firm located in Ann Arbor, MI. "We have long been a proponent of effective commercial uses of the Internet," notes Edward Vielmetti, vice president for research at Msen. "The Online Career Center is a fine example of how coordinated efforts between public and private networking efforts can combine to enrich the national information infrastructure." Corporate recruiters may access the Online Career Center database using computer terminals, workstations or PC's through company-provided or local Internet connections. Individuals may reach the service through public-access networks or through a local phone call using a PC and modem via UUNET Technologies or Performance Systems International's PSI World-Dial service. Contact: William O. Warren Executive Director Online Career Center 3125 Dandy Trail Indianapolis, IN 46214 (317) 293-6499
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