Employ Florida Marketplace Lesson Two: Conducting a Job Search

Objectives

Understand Job Orders in the Employ Florida Marketplace (EFM) system

Review how job seekers can use EFM to look for work

Review how staff can use EFM to help job seekers look for work

Job Orders in EFM

What is a Job Opening?◦A single job vacancy that an employer intends

to fill

Job Orders in EFM

What is a Job Order?◦Structured records of an employer’s

requirement for filling vacant positions with qualified workers

Job Orders in EFM

A Job Order must contain the following◦Qualifications a worker must have to perform

the duties◦Specific hiring requirements◦Information about the job or jobs◦Information on how to apply for the job

Job Orders in EFM

How are Job Orders entered in EFM?◦Some Job Orders are entered by the employer

in the EFM system An alert is sent to staff to review the Job Order

once an employer enters it in the system

◦Some Job Orders are entered by Regional Workforce Board (RWB) staff at the request of the employer

Job Orders in EFM

There are three types of Job Orders posted in EFM◦Unsuppressed

Visible to the public and often tell job seekers how to apply for the job

◦Suppressed Visible to the public but with limited information and

requires staff prescreen job seekers prior to referral◦Staff View Only

Not visible to the public and requires a staff referral

Job Orders in EFM

Why is this important?◦How the Job Order is coded impacts your job

seeker customer’s ability to apply for the job If the Job Order is “Unsuppressed”, the job seeker

customer simply follows the directions in the Job Order to apply for the job

If the Job Order is “Suppressed”, the job seeker customer must be referred to the employer by a RWB staff member

If the Job Order is “Staff View Only”, the job seeker will not see the Job Order at all

Job Searching in EFM

There are several ways for a job seeker to look for work using EFM◦In this example, the job seeker is looking for

work independently of staff assistance◦The job seeker is not registered or signed into

EFM The job seeker may not see all information

because he/she is not signed in to EFM

Job Searching in EFM

In this example◦A job seeker will sign into the EFM system◦Search for job openings in EFM

Job Searching in EFM

Staff assisted job search◦Staff can help job seekers find job openings

through the staff screens Staff log in Staff can help job seekers find job openings that

match a variety of options

Conclusion