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HDA Launches Winnemucca Works! - 06-04-2008

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HDA Launches Winnemucca Works!

The Humboldt Development Authority (HDA), the local economic development agency of the City of Winnemucca and Humboldt County, launched its new website WinnemuccaWorks.Com on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at its meeting in Winnemucca. This new state of the art tool is now available to all local businesses to aid them in the attraction of workers to the area.

While local job seekers will be able to use the site as well, it’s most important goal it to inform more distant people about the job market in the community and connect them with employment opportunities in Humboldt County and Winnemucca.

The site’s use will be free for both employers and job seekers. Employers need only set up an online account to post job openings, and they will have the flexibility to use the online application process, send potential employees to their own online application process, upload their own job applications, or have applicants use the provided “standardized” application.

HDA Board Chairman Pat Gray says, “We think this new site will be a state-of-the-art platform for getting employer’s and job seekers together. One of the largest challenges we face in growing the local economy has been the difficulty that our businesses have had finding the employees that they need. This new site will potentially allow us to have a global scope in our recruiting efforts. The site will be a resource 24/7, every day of the year, and have a reach that traditional advertising and job fairs simply do not provide.”

The site was the brain child of the HDA’s Workforce Attraction and Development Committee, and has been designed and created by Westward Strategies of Sparks, Nevada . The funding for WinnemuccaWorks.Com was provided by the Humboldt Development Authority along with a grant from the Nevada Commission on Economic Development .

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