Another business

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

To: communet () uvmvm uvm edu, carr-l () ulkyvm louisville edu, galler () umich edu
Cc: occ () garnet msen com
Subject: Online Career Center info to AP wires
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 93 14:16:40 EDT


For anyone who is looking at coverage of the Internet in their local
papers, or for community networks and the like that feature employment
services, there's a story that's gone out on the AP wires in the last
day or so that you might bring to the attention of editors.


   From: occ () mail msen com (Online Career Center)


   We were notified that the Associated Press released the "OCC" article at
   1:00 a.m. this morning.  Please let us know if anything appears in the
   Detroit newspapers.  The AP said papers might run the article anytime
   between now and Sunday.


Here's the original PR.  You can get to the service with "gopher" -
e.g.
        gopher gopher.msen.com
         "Online Career Center"
and you can get more information via e-mail to
        To: occ-info () mail msen com (automated reply)
or      To: occ () mail msen com (Bill Warren, director)


thanks


  Edward Vielmetti, vice president for research, Msen Inc. emv () Msen com
Msen Inc., 320 Miller, Ann Arbor MI  48103 +1 313 998 4562 (fax: 998 4563)


                 FORTY LEADING U.S. CORPORATIONS
             DEVELOP EMPLOYMENT DATABASE ON INTERNET
 
     October 9, 1993, Ann Arbor, MI -- Forty leading U.S.
corporations have formed a non-profit employer association to
develop and manage a national public-access database on Internet
for recruiting, outplacement, career assistance, and communica-
tions.
     The Online Career Center database is now available on
Internet, a world-wide web of 11,000 inter-connected computer
networks for exchanging electronic mail, transferring computer
files, and searching information databases which is accessed by
more than 10 million people in the United States.
     The extensive information database includes job listings and
full-text resume files with online keyword search to assist both
employers and individuals in effectively using Internet.  It also
provides electronic distribution of information between Internet
and major networks such as GEnie, CompuServe and America Online.
     "Online Career Center has taken advantage of the exploding
popularity and usage of Internet to provide recruitment and
outplacement opportunities never before available to individuals,
corporate recruiters or staffing managers," says Rodger Sellers,
recruitment executive at Computer Task Group in Atlanta.
     Employers enjoy the freedom of unlimited employment adver-
tising on Internet  and other major networks plus the option of
e-mail between corporate recruiters and individuals.  Valuable
assistance to displaced employees is available through access to
thousands of employment opportunities--plus resume distribution
to potential employers nationwide.  Employers support Online
Career Center by paying a one-time association membership fee for
development costs, administrative services, and technical
support. 
     There are no charges for individuals to access the more than
8,000 job listings, view company information and profiles, enter
resumes into the company-sponsored database, or e-mail resumes to
potential employers.  Individuals may also receive career
assistance information on subjects such as career fairs, job
searches, resume writing, and other career resources. 
     Jan M. Ackerman, Director of National Recruiting for SHL
Systemhouse and recently-elected president of the Online Career
Center association, says, "The newly developed software, Internet
access, and link to other online networks provides corporate
recruiters with an exciting new recruiting alternative at a very
low cost.  It is the most effective communications network in
American business."
     Operating services for the Online Career Center are provided by
Msen, Inc., an Internet services firm located in Ann Arbor, MI.  "We
have long been a proponent of effective commercial uses of the
Internet," notes Edward Vielmetti, vice president for research at
Msen.  "The Online Career Center is a fine example of how coordinated
efforts between public and private networking efforts can combine to
enrich the national information infrastructure."
     Corporate recruiters may access the Online Career Center
database using computer terminals, workstations or PC's through
company-provided or local Internet connections.  Individuals may
reach the service through public-access networks or through a
local phone call using a PC and modem via UUNET Technologies or 
Performance Systems International's PSI World-Dial service.


Contact:
 
William O. Warren
Executive Director
Online Career Center
3125 Dandy Trail
Indianapolis, IN 46214
(317) 293-6499