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Powering a new job search engine for military veterans
7. November 2011
(Cross-posted on the
Inside Search blog
and the
Public Policy blog
)
Earlier today, President Obama spoke about the importance of
helping returning military veterans find work
. Thousands of businesses have committed to hiring military veterans and families and as part of this nationwide effort, starting today, job seekers can visit the
National Resource Directory
(NRD) to search more than 500,000 job openings from employers around the country.
We have been working with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to provide a customized job search engine for the NRD, using
Google Custom Search
technology. This custom search engine uses the power and scale of Google search to constantly crawl the web, looking for
JobPosting markup
from
Schema.org
on sites like
simplyhired.com
to identify veteran-committed job openings. An employer can easily add a job posting to NRD simply by adding that markup to their own web page. As pages are updated or removed from the web, they’re automatically updated and removed from the system, keeping the available job postings on NRD fresh and up to date.
If you’re an employer, you can find
more information
on how to participate on
nationalresourcedirectory.gov
. In addition, organizations such as local veterans' groups can help people find jobs by adding a veteran-committed jobs
search box
to their websites.
We’re happy to contribute to this important initiative and hope businesses use this opportunity to connect with veterans seeking employment.
Posted by
Christina Chen
, Product Manager, Custom Search Team
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