Employers in Lithuania are now able to more quickly find information about workers, and people looking for a job can rapidly find job vacancies. This possibility is provided to them by the updated website of the Lithuanian Labour Exchange. The more expeditious renewal of information about the labour market in Lithuania is being ensured by Alna Software, the leader of individual software solutions.

According to Nijolė Dilbienė, deputy director of the Lithuanian Labour Exchange at the Ministry of Social Protection and Labour, “The internet has become one of the most important sources of information about job vacancies and workers in the labour market. Our goal is to make the services we provide over the internet more convenient for our customers to use. We expect that the new information management system will enable us to furnish labour market participants with information more expeditiously, accelerating the search for a job and workers”.

At the second most popular career portal in the country (www.ldb.lt), visitors may use the free job offer and search system. The system performs searches according to the parameters entered, selects suitable candidates or the newest job offers, and during a chosen period sends electronic messages to the employer or the person looking for a job, assisting them in finding one another more quickly.

When updating the Lithuanian Labour Exchange website, the main focus was placed on visitors’ needs; the website was adapted for huge numbers of visitors. The accuracy of the information provided is ensured by the information verification solutions installed by Alna Software.

“On the website of the Lithuanian Labour Exchange, we integrated a new information management system and created the possibility to perform general administration of territorial websites. The administrators of territorial websites will be able to provide information to visitors about job vacancies all over Lithuania more rapidly”, Artūras Gruodis, director of Alna Software, stated.

The “Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007” platform used for the creation of the portal ensured that the work to update the website went smoothly. According to Martynas Bieliūnas, Microsoft Lithuania business strategy and marketing manager, “This platform enables the website content to be managed in a convenient way, helps use the resources of the organization in an optimal manner, and reduces maintenance costs for the system. Using very simple tools, the administrator may efficiently distribute and store electronic information, and with the help of integrated search tools website visitors will easily find the information of interest to them”.

The biggest and the only free job search and offer system in Lithuania provides people looking for a job with over 6,000 up-to-date job announcements. It is possible to place job offers and curriculum vitaes on the site free of charge and to become familiarized with laws governing the labour market and the specifications of procedures. During the first half of this year, nearly 500,000 people visited the LLE website. The new changes are estimated to attract even more labour market participants.

The website of the Lithuanian Labour Exchange provides advice about how to obtain state assistance for the creation of new job places or the employment of people receiving support from the government, what certificates are necessary for an employee leaving a job, and what requirements there are for the employment of an alien. People looking or a job will be able to become familiar with the rights and duties of the unemployed and procedures for registering with the Labour Exchange. People wanting to start their own business will find information about assistance available for businesses.