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About America's Job Exchange

Overview

The name says it all. America's Job Exchange (AJE) is America's Career Destination! Our mission is to provide everyday Americans the job opportunities and career tools to find that dream career. The American dream is alive and well on AJE!

AJE continues the legacy of America's Job Bank, a pioneer in online recruitment by the United States Department of Labor that was retired in 2007. Job seekers can search more than half a million jobs from employers who post directly to AJE with access to millions of additional job listing from our partners. In addition, career related content, tools and advice can help job seekers manage their job search and overall careers. AJE specializes in the non-executive jobs that most Americans seek and serves a high percentage of minorities, women and veteran groups.

More than 35,000 employers are registered with AJE and leverage our affordable advertising and job posting options to reach the largest number of active job-seekers in USA. Employers can also search our database of more than half a million of registered job seeker resumes to proactively find candidates. Companies from all major job categories and industries, including Fortune 500 corporations, small and medium businesses, non-profits, and government agencies post both local and nationwide job openings on America's Job Exchange.

Several workforce development programs for state labor departments also offer their career sites as part of the AJE network to assist job seekers and employers. Many federal contractors also use AJE to augment their efforts to meet web specific OFCCP distribution requirements.

More than 2 million users visit America's Job Exchange every month, conducting almost 5 million job searches with more than 10 million page views. Whether looking for a dream job or that superstar employee, AJE empowers you to Change Your World.


History

America's Job Exchange continues the legacy of America's Job Bank, a pioneer in online recruitment. Started in 1995 by the Department of Labor, America's Job Bank offered online search capabilities to help Americans find jobs. It continued to introduce innovative functionalities like resume posting, interactive posting, and career-related content to help prepare job seekers to find a job. By 2000 it had become one of the largest employment sites in the US. The Department of Labor gradually slowed down the program after its peak in 2004, and fully retired the Job Bank during the summer of 2007.

America's Job Bank was developed by Applied Theory Corp. and supported by NaviSite, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise hosting and application solutions that acquired Applied Theory in 2004. After America's Job Bank was retired, NaviSite launched America's Job Exchange to continue the Job Bank's legacy of superior service to job seekers and employers. Within 90 days of launch, AJE had more than a million visitors and a half-million job posts. To keep true to the legacy of America's Job Bank, AJE continued relationships with several states and consortiums by creating and maintaining state career sites, as well as helping federal contractors try to meet their web specific OFCCP distribution requirements.

Today America's Job Exchange is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NaviSite, headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts.


Milestones

1995 - 1999 | 2000 - 2005 | 2006 - 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010

1995 - 1999

  • Applied Theory Corp (now part of NaviSite) launched America's Job Bank, pioneering an interactive job posting technology to help employers submit job postings directly to the site.
  • Interactive functionalities including a resume builder and an online job application process enabling job seekers to post and save their resumes and apply to jobs online .

2000 - 2005

  • From 2000-2004, America's Job Bank became one of the top career management sites in the nation, reaching 2.7 million job postings and 2 million resumes.
  • In 2004, as the career management market became fully developed with several commercial sites, the Department of Labor reduced funding to America's Job Bank and enhancements were slowed down.

2006 - 2007

  • In 2006, the Department of Labor announced plans to retire the America's Job Bank program, citing funding shortage.
  • America's Job Bank was shut down on June 30, 2007, and America's Job Exchange was launched on July 4th to continue the legacy connecting employers, job seekers and partners together.

2008

  • America's Job Exchange introduced Post-a-Job, interactive and Batch Job Posting services, Resume Search products, and Job Distribution and Reporting services for OFCCP compliance assistance.
  • America's Job Exchange rapidly grew into a leading job site for job seekers looking for low to medium income, white collar jobs with a large diversity audience, including Veteran, Disability, Senior, Minority and Women job seekers.

2009

  • To cater to the various niche audiences within their demographic, America's Job Exchange added new Career and State exchanges to the site, including Diversity, Disability, Senior and College exchanges, where in many cases, Employers jobs are also being distributed to the websites of the sponsoring partners - View our growing partner network now.
  • America's Job Exchange has grown to become the market leader in diversity focused Job postings and OFCCP compliance related service offerings for thousands of small and medium businesses and hundreds of large organizations, partnering with leading media and technology companies, ATS providers, recruitment service providers and Job sites.

2010

  • America's Job Exchange launched a completely redesigned Employer section, commencing the launch of its new brand, simplifying purchase and usage flows and expanding its portfolio of products and services for employers.