JobView Employment Kiosks Come To Missouri
Employment kiosk in Missouri. In worsening or tough economic times, companies historically look to ways to work with employees and also potential employees in the most cost-efficient and effective manner.
With system, finding a job a touch away
JobView a user-friendly computer kiosk that lists available jobs across Missouri.
"If only I would have had this service 30 years ago," commented a retired patron as he watched Manager Jim Miller show a young job-seeker how to navigate JobView, a new touch-screen kiosk housed in the reading room on the main floor of the Midtown Carnegie Branch Library.
Certainly there are plenty of area men and women who will make good use of JobView now, said Kathy Shatto of the Missouri Career Center.
She says about 2,500 people in the Ozarks region have been laid off, downsized or have lost their jobs due to company closings in the past six months.
This project, the first JobView kiosk in a Missouri library, was funded through a Community Block Development grant using federal, state and local money.
"This is a demonstration project that we hope to expand to other libraries in the state," said Shatto. "Public libraries are the ideal location to access employment information and I am so pleased at how staff at the Springfield-Greene County Library District enthusiastically embraced the idea of a job kiosk."
JobView is designed to be simple to use for those with limited knowledge of computers.
"The touch screen makes the big difference. Everything is right in front of you," said Miller.
"You hit Missouri on the map and a list of cities comes up. Touch Springfield and you will find 20 or 30 categories, such as food service, medical, technology, construction, listed.
"Choose a category and a list of jobs in the Springfield area comes up. Touch the job that interests you and you can print out the job description and information about where you can apply.
"If you can read, you can do it."
Jobs are updated daily, there's no registration or log-in procedure, and the kiosk complements the more extensive Missouri Career Center's Web site, missouricareersource.com.
You can also reach MissouriCareerSource through thelibrary.org.
Click on Infolink, link to Employment on the left side of the page and scroll down to the site.
Posted by staff at November 17, 2008 10:38 AM