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New Network Of Websites May Help Job Seekers

RENEE MONTAGNE, Host:

The government uses dot-gov for its websites. Schools use dot-edu. Now dot-jobs is the place you go to find work and it's a place where you'll find 89,000 employers.

NPR's Nathan Rott reports.

NATHAN ROTT: Let's say you want a nursing job in Detroit, there's a new way to find it, online using a growing network of websites - all operating under an umbrella named universe.jobs.

At a press conference in Washington, Monday, Bill Warren of universe.jobs explains.

BILL WARREN: Right from the browser, a job seeker can put in Detroit.jobs or...

ROTT: Or nursing dot-jobs. For either, you'd get a list, one with nursing openings nationwide, the other with a list of Detroit jobs. Warren says you're better off combining the two, using something like Detroitnursing.jobs. That'll give you a more streamline list of openings. By clicking on one you'll be redirected to that employer's website, where you can fill out an application. It's easy, and more importantly, it's free - both for the job- seeker and the company hiring.

Other job sites, like Monster.com and CareerBuilder, charge for posting ads. And that limits the number of jobs companies can afford to advertise, says Simon Evans, an executive with one of the Fortune 1000 companies backing the non-profit site.

SIMON EVANS: We don't post all our positions because frankly, I can't afford to. So imagine what that means for a small business?

ROTT: With no cost, he says more businesses will post more jobs. Already 780,000 jobs are listed.

Nathan Rott, NPR News, Washington. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

Nathan Rott
Nathan Rott is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk, where he focuses on environment issues and the American West.