Omaha Chamber Launches New Job Resources Site

How the Greater Omaha Chamber is helping unemployed people get back on their feet.

AMERICANS LOOK TORETURN TO WORK,FINDING A JOB INTHESECIRCUMSTANCES MAYBE TOUGH.THE OMAHA CHAMBEROF COMMERCE HASLAUNCHED A NEWWEBSITE TOCONNECT LOCALRESIDENT LOOKINGFOR WORK WITH JOBOPENINGS AND OTHERRESOURCES.REPORTER RUTAULCINAITE SPOKEWITH THE PRESIDENTAND CEO TO LEARNHOW IT ALL WORKS.THE CORONAVIRUSHAS RATTLED THE JOBMARKET.MILLIONS OFAMERICANS LET GOFROM THEIR JOBS.MANY NOW LOOKINGFOR NEWOPPORTUNITIES.DAVID BROWN -PRESIDENT/CEO,GREATER OMAHACHAMBER "WE FINDOURSELVES NOW IN ASITUATION WHEREUNEMPLOYMENT ISHIGH COMPARED TOWHAT WE TYPICALLYARE USED TO.IT MAY BE 30, 40, 50THOUSAND PEOPLE INTHIS REGION ARE ONTHE UNEMPLOYMENTLINES." LAST WEEKOVER 6,500ADDITIONALNEBRASKANS FILEDFOR UNEMPLOYMENT.AND WHILE THATNUMBER IS DOWNFROM THE WEEKBEFORE, IT'S STILLSIGNIFICANTCOMPARED TOUNEMPLOYMENTRATES BEFORE THEPANDEMIC.OMAH RESIDENT AMYOSTRUS GAVE BIRTHLAST WEEK.SHE'S ALREADY BEENSEARCHING SITESLIKE FACEBOOK ANDINDEED FOR EXTRAWORK."I FOUND ONE AND IT'SBECASUE THEY NEEDPEOPLE TO SCREENFOR THE VIRUS AT AWORKING SITE." THISMOM OF THREE, JUSTWEEKS AFTER GIVINGBIRTH WILL WORK AT ACORONAVIRUSTESTING SITE.SHE SAYS IT'S NOTSOMETHING SHENECESSARILY WANTSTO DO, BUT HAS TO."THE PRIMARY GOAL ISHOPING TO JUSTBEING BALE TO TAKECAER OE FTH EHOMEBEFORE WE'RE IN THESAME POSITION ASMANY - BEING NEARLYHOMELESS." SOWHILE THERE ARE JOBOPPORTUNITIES STILLOUT THERE, THEY MAYNOT BE THE EASIESTTO FIND."SO WE HAD TO TRYAND FIGURE OUT AWAY THAT WE COULDCONNECT THOSEPEOPLE THAT WEREUNEMPLOYED WITHTHOSE PEOPLE THATWERE TRYING TO HIREPEOPLE." STANDUP"THE GREATER OMAHACHAMBER LAUNCHEDA NEW WEBSITE FOREMPLOYERS TO POSTJOBS, POSSIBLEEMPLOYEES TO FINDTHEM AND ALSO FINDRESOURCES TO HELPTHEM BETTER ADAPTIN A CHANGING LABORMARKET." "HOW DO IWRITE A RESUME,HOW DO I USE SOCIALMEDIA TO PROMOTEMYSELF AS APOTENTIAL EMPLOYEETO AN EMPLOYER,HOW DO I NETWORKWITH POTENTIALCOMPANIES THATMIGHT BEINTERESTED, HOW DOI INTERVIEW ONZOOM." THEWEBSITE ASKS ASERIES OFQUESTIONS AND LINKSYOU DIRECTLY TO NOTONLY JOBRESOURCES BUTFOOD, HOUSING ANDOTHER SERVICES ASWELL."WHAT WE'VE DONEISN'T TO REINVENTWHAT OTHER PEOPLEARE ALREADY DOING,IT WAS INSTEAD TOBRING ALL OF THOSERESOURCES TO ONEPLACE." A ONE-STOP RESOURCE,FREE TO THECOMMUNITY, SO THEJOB HUNT CAN BE ALITTLE LESSSTRESSFUL.REPORTING INOMAHA, RUTAULCINAITE, 3NN.THE OMAHA CHAMBERSAYS THEY ALREADYHAVE NEARLY 80COMPANIES LOOKINGTO HIRE ON THEIRWEBSITE RIGHT NOW.VISIT OUR WEBSITE ...3 NEWS NOW DOTCOM ...TO LEARN MORE.