The Reserve Officers Association and TAOnline. com Partner to Provide Reservists with Online Employment Services
TAOnline. com now provides the back-end systems for the ROA's career center. This partnership provides state-of-the-art resume posting and job search support for members of the military community.
(PRWEB) June 7, 2001
ATLANTA and WASHINGTON D. C. – June 4, 2001 – Transition Assistance Online (www. TAOnline. com) has signed a strategic alliance with the Reserve Officers Association (ROA), the company announced today. TAOnline. com will provide the back-end systems to support ROA’s online career center (www. roa. org/career_center. asp (http://www. roa. org/career_center. asp)). This new alliance will provide ROA with the necessary support to offer quality career help to Reserve members of all seven of the U. S. Uniformed Services. “Our mission is to help all persons from the military community find civilian jobs with quality companies worldwide. Members of the ROA often need these services as well, which makes TAOnline a natural fit for expanding their current career section,” noted TAOnline. com co-founder, G. Roderick Gillette (LTC, USAR).
TAOnline. com, headquartered in Atlanta, GA, is the premier e-recruiting website targeted at the military community. Free to exiting service members, Veterans, Reservists, and spouses, TAOnline. com offers one of the largest and most current resume database for transitioning military personnel, Veterans and other job seekers from the military community. TAOnline. com not only provides job searching and resume posting; it also offers career advice and tools for finding civilian jobs. Job seekers exiting the military can access a variety of services that include but are not limited to a military skills translator, “TA Scout” search agent, an e-newsletter offering expert career advice, and extensive relocation support. Employers also utilize these tools, which promote more efficient employer/candidate matching.
“This partnership between TAOnline and the Reserve Officers Association strengthens our common mission to provide continued support to Reservists throughout their life,” said COL Walker Williams, ROA Deputy Executive Director. “Above all else, it is our goal to assist our members in their military and their civilian careers. This partnership allows us to do both.”
TAOnline. com has established one of the most comprehensive job boards in the military e-recruiting space. Visitors to the ROA site will now be linked directly to this wealth of information through the ROA Career Center. In addition, ROA members will be offered a special discount price on TAOnline’s resume preparation software. “We believe the greatest job security in the world is knowing how to get a good job,” said TAOnline Marketing Coordinator, Caitlin Talbott. “TAOnline and the ROA have joined together to help ensure that all Reservists have job security.”
About the Reserve Officers Association of the United States (ROA)
The Association has a current membership of more than 78,000 Reserve and regular officers-- active and retired. ROA is the only organization representing all of the nation's uniformed services, including the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Also included in the AssociationÂ’s membership, are about 2,000 officer candidates of all services. Since its founding, ROA has been instrumental in gaining congressional support for every benefit and every improvement in manning, equipping, promotion, pay and retirement for the millions of Reservists who serve and have served their country.
ROA was founded on October 2, 1922 at the Willard Hotel, Washington, D. C following a meeting of several hundred Army officers, many of whom were combat veterans of World War I. General of the Armies, John J. Pershing, was the keynote speaker. Although ROA worked closely with Congress from the time of its founding, Public Law 595, "An Act to incorporate the Reserve Officers Association of the United States," established the objective of ROA: "To support a military policy for the United States that will provide adequate National Security and to promote the development and execution thereof." President Harry S Truman, one of the early members of ROA, signed the ROA congressional charter act on June 30, 1950.
About Transition Assistance Online
Founded by former military service members, Transition Assistance Online -- TAOnline. com -- has been rated by Kiplinger and HR experts as one of the best e-recruiting sites for employers targeting candidates exiting the military and military spouses. Besides its extensive military resume and job postings site, TAOnline publishes e-newsletters for transitioning service members and working spouses as well as its best-selling resume writer and job search software for military job seekers. Its Transition Assistance Software (for service members) and Job Maker Plus resume writer (for military spouses/family members) are sold worldwide through the U. S. military exchange stores. TAOnline. com is a division of the Lucas Group, one of the nationÂ’s largest non-franchise recruitment firms. Lucas is the leading placement firm for officers leaving military service and specializes in executive and management searches for a variety of industries, including high tech, financial, legal and manufacturing. Headquartered in Atlanta, the company also has offices in New York, Los Angeles (Irvine), San Francisco, San Diego, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Denver and Washington, D. C. For more information about Lucas Group, visit www. lucascareers. com.
