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April 28, 2004
OPM USAJOBS Web Site Serves Department
of Defense's Growing Demand to Fill Critical Vacancies to
Rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan
USAJOBS
Highlights DoD SOFIA Link as One of the Most Visited with
415,655 Pages Viewed
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Office
of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Kay Coles James today
announced that since the collaboration of the OPM and the
Department of Defense (DoD) recruitment web sites, USAJOBS
and SOFIA (Support our Friends in Iraq and Afghanistan) respectively,
SOFIA is one of the most visited links on USAJOBS, with 415,655
pages viewed. James indicated this highlights the high level
of interest among Federal employees and job seekers in serving
their nation by lending a hand in the rebuild of Iraq and
Afghanistan.
Currently, the Centralized Civilian Recruitment Program of
the U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) is utilizing the SOFIA
link to recruit for a variety of highly skilled healthcare
providers and medical support personnel. There continues to
be a critical need for medical personnel who can provide services
and care to soldiers who continue to fight the war on terror,
as many are returning from and being deployed to areas, like
Iraq and Afghanistan.
Director James said, "OPM and DoD are working together
to reinforce the President's mandate to rebuild the nations
of Iraq and Afghanistan. Since the USAJOBS re-launch in August,
2003, there have been 53,962,817 visitors and 483,455 new
resumes created on www.USAJOBS.opm.gov
which creates a pool of qualified and talented resources this
great nation has to offer and from which these developing
nations can greatly benefit."
During a recent email campaign, OPM included
information about the SOFIA recruitment effort in Iraq and
Afghanistan in its search agent email notices which are sent
out to job seekers on a daily basis. The message was transmitted
almost 7 million times. Since the addition of the SOFIA link
in February 2004, the page has consistently ranked as one
of the most visited pages on the USAJOBS web site; scoring
within the top twenty-five pages each week.
The SOFIA DoD web site was established in 2003 to hire exceptional
temporary Federal employees to work for the Coalition Provisional
Authority to assist in the rebuilding of the two developing
nations of Iraq and Afghanistan.
The USAJOBS/SOFIA linkage found on www.USAJOBS.opm.gov
is one of many initiatives developed to attract the best and
brightest to the Federal work force. Part of President Bush's
Management Agenda E-Government initiative - Recruitment One-Stop
- USAJOBS consolidates Federal jobs in one place, allowing
users to spend more time applying for jobs rather than just
trying to locate them.
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