Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) and NextJob, a nationwide
reemployment solutions company, have created a groundbreaking program to
help Bank customers find jobs. Following on the heels of their
innovative homeowner reemployment initiative launched earlier this year,
the companies today announced that Fifth Third customers who bank online
at www.53.com
can access the Job Seeker’s Toolkit for free.
The Job Seeker’s Toolkit is NextJob’s exclusive and proprietary online
job search software. It is a web-based, multi-media program that
facilitates interactive learning through nine job search modules. The
Bank is offering the toolkit at no charge to its Internet banking
customers, including checking and savings account holders and those with
other types of borrowing or investment relationships with the Company.
“Our relationship with NextJob continues to provide unique benefits for
our customers,” said Steven Alonso, executive vice president and head of
the Consumer Bank, Fifth Third Bancorp. “Our homeowner reemployment
initiative is an outreach effort to distressed mortgage borrowers to
help them find their next career and avoid foreclosure. Now, this phase
II effort enables us to offer a key component of that homeowner
reemployment program—the online job search assistance—to a much broader
audience, and therefore, help more people gain financial security.”
The Job Seeker’s Toolkit is a customized program that includes video
interviews with job search experts, job seekers and hiring managers
thereby providing learning examples from real-life hiring experiences.
All aspects of a successful job search are included:
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Creating an effective resume, compelling cover letters and a detailed
marketing plan
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Best job board aggregators and leads
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Networking and the hidden job market
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Interview training and preparation
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Assessing career direction and transferable skills
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Follow-up to support success in the new job
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Building a 30-second commercial
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Developing a personal brand
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Learning the latest techniques to use social media effectively to find
and land jobs
The toolkit is accessible to Fifth Third online customers from within
Fifth Third Bank’s Internet Banking site at www.53.com.
Once registered, Internet banking customers will be able to access the
training for 39 weeks. After initial registration, customers can access
the training from any computer at www.nextjobtraining.com.
Fifth Third customers will be able to work at their own pace to develop
or strengthen their job search skills.
“Fifth Third Bank has taken another step forward to help its customers,”
said John Courtney, CEO of NextJob. “They were innovative with the
offering of the homeowner reemployment program by reaching out to their
mortgage customers who had lost jobs or suffered an income reduction.
Now they are giving more of their customers an opportunity to gain
employment or find more meaningful careers by offering, at no cost,
comprehensive, top quality online job search assistance. We are thrilled
to have this relationship with a financial institution that is always
curious about what more it can do to improve the lives of their
customers and communities.
Fifth Third Bank’s commitment to financial empowerment spans multiple
generations, with programming designed to help people at every stage of
life make smart financial decisions. Signature programming includes
Young Bankers Club as well as sponsorship of the American Bankers
Association’s Teach Children to Save program and Dave Ramsey’s
Foundations in Personal Finance high school curriculum. Fifth Third Bank
also offers multiple programs for adult financial empowerment, including
the NextJob reemployment program for mortgage borrowers, and its Fifth
Third Financial Empowerment Mobiles. These two 40-foot eBuses are
equipped with Internet accessible computer workstations and travel into
underserved communities to provide access to quality financial services.
For more information, visit www.53.com/financial-empowerment.
Headquartered in Bend, Oregon, NextJob is a nationwide firm focused on
full employment in America. Founded on the Golden Rule, its mission is
to provide creative reemployment solutions for employers, lenders,
government and others to help job seekers land jobs and avoid the many
impacts of unemployment. NextJob’s service provides high quality,
one-on-one job coaching and multimedia online learning that is highly
effective, affordable and accountable. To learn more, visit www.nextjob.com.
Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company
headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Company has $121 billion in
assets and operates 18 affiliates with 1,326 full-service Banking
Centers, including 104 Bank Mart® locations open seven days a week
inside select grocery stores and 2,433 ATMs in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana,
Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania,
Missouri, Georgia and North Carolina. Fifth Third operates four main
businesses: Commercial Banking, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending, and
Investment Advisors. Fifth Third also has a 28% interest in Vantiv
Holding, LLC. Fifth Third is among the largest money managers in the
Midwest and, as of March 31, 2013, had $318 billion in assets under
care, of which it managed $27 billion for individuals, corporations and
not-for-profit organizations. Investor
information and press
releases can be viewed at www.53.com.
Fifth Third’s common stock is traded on the Nasdaq® National Global
Select Market under the symbol “FITB.” Fifth Third Bank was established
in 1858. Member FDIC.
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Stacie Haas, 513-534-5113