NASWA taps into Scorelogix for Jobs Advice

National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) brought in Scorelogix, an expert on jobs and employability, as a panel member to its 72nd Annual Conference.

David Watral, Director of Business Development for Scorelogix, the pre-eminent authority on job security in the United States, joined Martha Stevenson, Director, E&T Technical Services, South Carolina Employment Security Commission, and Christopher J. O’Leary, Senior Economist, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, in a panel discussion on Skills Assessment Tools moderated by Thomas S. Whitaker, Deputy Chairman-Chief Deputy Commissioner of the North Carolina Employment Security Commission, at the 72nd Annual Conference of the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) on September 18th.

Dr. Watral discussed how economy is the driver of jobs and how re-employability prospects are directly related to local economic conditions, demand and supply of talent, and the job-talent match. He also highlighted the challenges faced by the unemployed and how Scorelogix’s latest Re-Employability Score (RES) can help the unemployed find jobs faster. The RES is designed to assist the unemployed job seekers in gauging how saleable their skills and experiences are in the marketplace by providing them with a concrete measurement of their re-employability based on the job seeker’s personal profile and market outlook.

Dr. Watral acknowledged that unemployed job seekers are likely to be financially stressed and may be unable to pay for the RES, and announced that Scorelogix would make the RES available for free to all job seekers visiting any of the NASWA members’ websites. For this Scorelogix will provide free RES links which NASWA members can simply place in their site pages.

The 72nd Annual NASWA Conference took place in South Carolina between Sept 18-23, and featured speakers and panel discussions focused on innovations to meet workforce needs. Bob Simoneau, President of NASWA, noted that the economic crisis will have a “drastic” effect on the number of layoffs experienced in the near term.

As unemployment continues to rise, many more millions of Americans are in search of employment in an economic climate where jobs are getting scarce. Presently, 9.5 million Americans are unemployed and the national unemployment rate stands at a 5-year high of 6.1%. “The RES will help thousands of unemployed job seekers find jobs by giving them an objective snapshot of the demand for their skills in the current employment market” said Dr. Watral.

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