Post by bot on Nov 20, 2016 17:31:38 GMT -5
Whip Hoyer Announces Updates to House Democrats' Official Online Resume Bank
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) announced a number of updates to the House Democrats’ Official Online Resume Bank today, which was officially re-launched in September of this year with the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), the Blue Dog Coalition, the New Democrat Coalition, the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), and the LGBT Equality Caucus. Members of the public can visit democraticwhip.gov/resumes and submit resumes that are viewable by all new and existing House Democratic offices. Members of the public can also view a new job announcements board at DemocraticWhip.gov/Jobs and a "Frequently Asked Questions" page with tips on how to best utilize this resource.
“We are pleased to release these updates, which are the result of feedback from House Democratic offices who regularly use the Resume Bank to hire staff,” said Whip Hoyer. “The Resume Bank is a great resource, especially for our incoming Freshman Members, and it improves House Democrats’ hiring process and strengthens staff diversity. The Resume Bank continues to advance our commitment to openness, transparency, and equal opportunity.”
The new updates launched today include:
•New fields for offices to search and make resume lists, including:◦A field to indicate issue areas in which a candidate has legislative experience (in addition to the previous issue areas of interest).
◦A field to indicate committees that a candidate has experience working with.
◦A field to indicate how soon an applicant is available to begin employment.
◦A field to indicate the type of office an applicant is interested in working in, with options including Blue Dog Office, Committee Office, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Office, Congressional Black Caucus Office, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Office, Congressional Progressive Caucus Office, Leadership Office, LGBT Caucus Office, and New Dem Office.
•New layout for the internal Resume Bank page for offices that includes instant search filtering of resumes (using the web technology AJAX).
•New functionality in the internal Resume Bank page for current staff to share resume lists that they have built in the Resume Bank with other staffers.
•New unique code functionality, so offices can invite candidates to tag themselves with a specific code to be used by the hiring office.
Individuals who have previously entered our Resume Bank are encouraged to re-apply in order to complete these new fields. As long as applicants use the same email, previous recommendations will be preserved.
Democratic offices are encouraged to use the Resume Bank to supplement their hiring procedures. Current House Democratic staff are encouraged to leave recommendations on behalf of applicants that they support. Incoming Freshmen Members and staff will be shown how to use the Resume Bank during orientation.
First launched in November 2012, the House Democrats’ Official Resume Bank has been a significant success with nearly 7,000 resumes submitted, over 6,000 unique visits by House Democratic staff to browse resumes, and over 500 personalized recommendations left on resumes from current offices and staff. The Resume Bank has been a driver of diversity, as evident by over 2,600 queries performed on demographics data field when current House staff browse resumes. The Resume Bank was updated previously based on feedback from users in both December 2012 and November 2014.