N.M. CareerMatch is a new online service to help New Mexico employers and graduates of UNM and Central New Mexico Community College in the job search process. UNM and CNM graduates may register free at NM Career Match. After graduate status is verified by schools, graduates may search posted job positions, upload résumés and check tips for job hunting and résumé writing.
“UNM Career Services played an instrumental role in setting up the program and getting it populated. We added 1,100 employers from New Mexico to the database and currently have over 220 jobs posted,” said Jenna Crabb, Career Services director. UNM serves as host of the New Mexico Career Match Web site.
New Mexico employers may register at nmcareermatch.com to post job openings and company information and to search résumés free of charge.
“Our ultimate goal is to encourage more smart business and employment growth in New Mexico by helping to link employers with skilled graduates,” said Bob Walton, vice president of business development for Albuquerque Economic Development, which is providing operational support for N.M. CareerMatch. “We also look forward to N.M. CareerMatch leading our New Mexico university and college graduates now living out-of-state to return home for good job opportunities.”
Plans are underway to expand N.M. CareerMatch to serve graduates of more New Mexico universities and colleges, including UNM branch campuses. “Thanks to the dedicated work of UNM and CNM in launching N.M. CareerMatch, their graduates will be the first to take advantage of this premier resource in searching for quality jobs in New Mexico,” Walton said.
Funding of $400,000 for N.M. CareerMatch is provided from a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development and administered by New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions. French Funeral and Cremation Services donated $50,000 in recognition of the company’s 100-year anniversary.