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Job Placement Service

2018 Professional Placement Service for Academic and Non-Academic Job Openings

Welcome to the on-line placement service provided through a partnership of the American Economic Association (AEA) and the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES). The placement service introduces employers and job seekers to each other through a self-service online system called IllinoisJobLink.com, using employment history, training and education requirements and talents. IllinoisJobLink.com is open 24/7, free of charge, allowing you to keep your information available and updated on a year-round basis.

Placement Center hours in Philadelphia, PA will last four full days, January 4th through 7th from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom AB, Philadelphia Convention Center. There will be plenty of advance time to register, match and make contact to arrange interviews prior to arriving in Philadelphia. Here is how it works for both employers and job seekers:

IllinoisJobLink.com for Employers: Highlights and Instructions for this Year.

  • Allows employers to advertise their job openings globally for an unlimited amount of time at no cost.
  • Allows employers to post their job orders up to the last minute and match immediately to qualified candidates.
  • Allows employers to select qualified candidates after viewing their attached resumes and contact them directly for interview appointments and employment consideration.
  • Allows employers to suppress their identity if they wish, while still having the ability to conduct searches.

When you register your company with IllinoisJobLink.com prior to the Annual Meeting, you will have to allow for a two (2) business day approval process, unless registering on site. Because this system serves academic and non-academic job openings, please read this year’s user guide with attached ASSA/JOE codes carefully. It is recommended that you print out the guide to use whenever you wish to go back into the system to revise your job order or open a new one. The guide is printed in a checklist format making it much easier to follow the steps to complete your IJL registration and candidate search. It will help if you have your job order written out (or available on line) so that you can transfer/copy and paste its contents to your job posting while also selecting the definitive ASSA/JOE codes. For the employer self-service user guide link, go to www.ides.illinois.gov/assa and select employers. For expeditious assistance, we ask that you send an e-mail to don.ryan@illinois.gov so we can track your job order(s) after you have entered it/them to make sure you have entered everything to your matching advantage.

In your e-mail, please identify yourself as:
1.) Employer, 2.) your name, 3.) the name of your business or institution, 4.) business address, city, state & country, 5.) phone number and 6.) e-mail address where you wish to be contacted . Then you only need to agree on dates, times and locations with your qualified candidates. It is best to schedule all your interviews well in advance of your arrival in Philadelphia. In fairness to candidates, we ask you to post your job orders by Wednesday, December 27th, but you may also post on site at the meeting or even after.

To communicate in Philadelphia with candidates or ASSA constituents, use the hotel directory. It will be available online at www.aeaweb.org/conference/ or as an app to download. To have your name and hotel where you will be staying listed in the ASSA hotel directory, you must register for housing through the official housing company by Monday, December 18th. After December 18th, or if you are not staying in one of the convention hotels, you may send us your name and location to be added by e-mailing assa@vanderbilt.edu. ASSA no longer provides printed copies.

Employment Interview Tables and Disclosure Codes at the ASSA Meetings

The AEA is responsible for organizing interview tables at the January 2018 ASSA Meetings. Employers may only reserve an interview table(s) by e-mailing your request to bonita.g.anderson@vanderbilt.edu with 1.) your company name, 2.) recruiter(s) name(s), 3.) State or country the position is located in, and 4.) days/dates you will need the interview table. If you plan to interview in a hotel suite, disclosure codes will be available online in mid September. You must apply for a new disclosure code each year. You cannot use last year’s disclosure code. If you have questions, contact Julia Merry at julia.b.merry@vanderbilt.edu. All employers must pay the registration fee for the ASSA Meetings in order to access the interview tables or to book a hotel room or suite at the deeply discounted convention rate.

IllinoisJobLink.com for Job Seekers: Highlights and Instructions for this Year

  • Allows job seekers to avail themselves globally to the job market for an unlimited amount of time at no cost.
  • Allows job seekers to attach their resumes and papers and match to employers’ prerequisites for being hired.
  • Allows job seekers to contact employers directly to request interview opportunities for employment.
  • Allows job seekers to suppress their identity if they wish, to prevent current employers from recognizing their availability in the job market.

This year’s Job Seeker instructions with attached skills checklist on how to use IllinoisJobLink.com for this placement service can be obtained at the same web site the employers are using. For the job seeker self-service user guide, go to www.ides.illinois.gov/assa and select jobseekers. It is recommended that you print out these instructions and use them as a guide whenever you wish to go back into the system to revise your profile. The guide is printed in a checklist format making it much easier to follow the steps to complete your IllinoisJobLink.com registration and job search. For expeditious assistance, we ask that you send us an e-mail to don.ryan@illinois.gov so we can track your profile to make sure you have entered everything correctly to your matching advantage. In your e-mail, please identify yourself as: 1.) Job Seeker, 2.) your name, 3.) address, 4.) phone number and 5.) e-mail address where you wish to be contacted. Please remember that employers generally post their job orders later than job seekers post their profiles. So don’t panic if you don’t match to any jobs right away if you register early. Just keep going back into the system all the way up through the convention to check for new matches. Employers are being encouraged to post their orders by Wednesday, December 27th. Then you only need to agree on dates, times and interview locations with your potential employers. It is best to request interview consideration with employers well in advance of your arrival in Philadelphia. Details can be found on the last page of the IllinoisJobLink.com instructions.

To communicate in Philadelphia with candidates or ASSA constituents, use the hotel directory. It will be available online at www.aeaweb.org/conference/ or as an app to download. To have your name and hotel where you will be staying listed in the ASSA hotel directory, you must register for housing through the official housing company by Monday, December 18th. After December 18th, or if you are not staying in one of the convention hotels, you may send us your name and location to be added by e-mailing assa@vanderbilt.edu. ASSA no longer provides printed copies. All job seekers must pay the conference registration fee for the ASSA Meetings in order to access the interview tables or to book a hotel room at the deeply discounted convention rate.