Forces@WORK

Review:

Forces@WORK is a recruitment and hiring assistance project run by Prospect Human Services. The site only caters to businesses and job seekers in the province of Alberta, but offers them various recruitment services and tools for free.

While they do not have an online job board, they accept job postings which are then shared with a network of prescreened candidates. They assist veterans, reservists, and their immediate families and provide all their services for free to businesses in Alberta.

Highlights:

• The project offers free job posting, placement services, and recruitment support to qualifying businesses.
• The site gives employers access to a large pool of prescreened candidates.
• Through the project, employers can receive recruitment retention, placement, and support services.
• Employers get access to a pool of candidates comprised of former members and immediate family members of servicemen.
• The project has offices in both Calgary and Edmonton.

Shortcomings:

• The site does not take direct job postings, as it is a project of Prospect Human Services.
• Only registered members can make use of their services.
• The site only serves Alberta businesses and ex-military members who intend to move to Alberta.

Reputation:

We were unable to find any online reviews of Forces@WORK.

Forces@WORK vs. Job Bank:

Job Bank is the Canadian government's national general job posting site that also allows employers to hire former members of the Canadian armed forces. While both Job Bank and Forces@WORK are good options for veteran hiring, the latter provides assistance and support to businesses, such as candidate searches and retention strategies.

Forces@WORK vs. WorkBC:

WorkBC, the official provincial job portal of British Columbia, is an option for companies looking to hire veterans in Canada. While Forces@WORK only handles veteran job placements and recruitment in Alberta, WorkBC isn't specialized and only focuses on British Columbia.

Forces@WORK vs. Monster:

Monster is a popular general job aggregator site that can be used to find and hire former servicemen looking to transition into the civilian job force. In comparison to Forces@WORK, Monster is a general job portal that covers the whole of Canada, while Forces@WORK only caters to employers and job seekers in Alberta, Canada.