Burlingame, CA, December 29, 2005 - Northern California-based WorkForce OS has designed and developed TheSkillsMatch.ca™, an age neutral career services site for Canadian job seekers. Sponsored by CARP, Canada’s Association for the 50-Plus, TheSkillsMatch.ca offers an in-depth skills profiling system along with a complete line of tools and services for the mid-career adult.

“There are many reasons why Canadians want to keep working – economic, social, and intellectual. From a business standpoint, employers need the skills and experience that the mid-career worker has to offer. The challenge is satisfying the needs of both the job seeker and the employer to create a win-win situation,” explains Susan Magrino, President and CEO of WorkForce OS. “By posting jobs on TheSkillsMatch.ca, employers are acknowledging that there is a place for the mature worker within their organization.”

For the Job Seeker, TheSkillsMatch.ca is free. After creating an account, individuals are encouraged to complete their Individual Talent Portfolio, which acts as an electronic folder of skills, experience, goals, and more. A resume can be uploaded along with other career-related documents such as published papers, transcripts, and presentations. The Portfolio can then be emailed to employers for a comprehensive view of an individual’s qualifications. Additional services such as skills testing, personality assessment, and a career services blog are also available.

Employers create accounts by purchasing job postings and other products such as Resume Bank and Canada’s Talent Pool Search. Job postings include a company job board and built-in Applicant Tracking System. With Resume Bank they can retain and search applicants to all their job postings, as well as accept passive applicants who submit a resume to the company job board. Using Canada’s Talent Pool, employers can search all those who have created Portfolios within TheSkillsMatch.ca.

“It’s time to dispell the myths about mature workers and to put their invaluable experience and knowledge to work for us. Canadian employers have everything to gain by exploring TheSkillsMatch.ca as a unique recruiting resource,” says Eric Vengroff, President, Fifty-Plus.net.

Click on TheSkillsMatch.ca to learn more about this new service to Canadian employers and job seekers.

About WorkForce OS
WorkForce OS focuses on workforce issues such as mid-career change, the skilled-labor shortage, providing support to corporate and university alumni networks, appropriate force reduction, and re-employing dislocated workers. The WorkForce OS product line is patent pending design/technology. Founded in 1999, WorkForce OS is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

About CARP
CARP is Canada's Association for the Fifty-Plus, with more than 400,000 members across the country, and a million readers of 50Plus Magazine. A non-profit organization, CARP's mandate is to promote and protect the rights and quality of life for older Canadians.