State officials have launched a new resource on ohiomeansjobs.com to link job seekers with potential employment opportunities through the information provided on their resume.
“SkillsMatch” is a matchmaking application that connects people seeking work to businesses that are hiring.
Supported by detailed data on the newly redesigned ohiomeansjobs website, the resource extracts job seekers’ skills from their resumes and links them to a job-match recommendation based on those skills.
“The SkillsMatch tool reinforces our commitment to better connecting job seekers with in-demand positions,” Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said. “As our economy continues to bounce back, I know that this new tool will help serve both Ohioans and Ohio employers.”
The SkillsMatch tool was developed through the Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation, Innovate Ohio and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
Ohiomeansjobs.com currently has 189,681 jobs posted with 103,025 that pay more than $50,000 per year.
“For job seekers and employers, we aim to be better at matchmaking than a dating app,” said Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted, director of the governor’s office of workforce transformation.
“This fulfills the promise Governor DeWine and I made to use technology to improve customer service, and there’s no better service than finding someone a great job that they enjoy, that pays them well, and that allows them to live their version of the American dream.”
The easy-to-use Skills-Match resource allows job seekers to directly upload their resume to ohiomeansjobs.com, select the skills on their resume that they would like matched with potential job opportunities, and watch in real-time as the tool displays which skills line up with a particular job posting.
Additionally, SkillsMatch will show job seekers which skills are missing from their resume based on keywords in job postings on the site, giving them the opportunity to improve and update their resume so they can have a better chance of matching with the kind of position they are seeking.
