Fairfax County Employer Engagement staff and Virginia Career Works Northern on the Dec. 1 recorded webinar introduced a regional job board designed to centralize postings and candidate resumes for Northern Virginia employers.

Jennifer Imbara, a job developer with Fairfax County Employer Engagement, said the board (jobs.vcwnorthern.com) gives employers “full autonomy to create postings, update postings, [and] pause those postings,” and that the service is free to employers and job seekers. Kellen Graves, the team supervisor, also emphasized the platform’s cost-free access during opening remarks.

The presenters demonstrated employer account features: a public front end for job seekers, a private “my account” area for employers to post and manage opportunities, and an opportunities list where employers can edit, stop, copy or delete postings. Imbara showed that postings default to a 45-day live period and that employers receive an email three days before expiration prompting them to extend a listing.

On application handling, staff described three methods: “apply by email,” “apply on another website” (external routing), and “other.” Eliza Chapelle of Virginia Career Works Northern demonstrated that if employers choose “apply by email,” they receive a sample notification email that includes applicant contact details, screening-question answers and the attached resume. Chapelle said that resumes stored in the platform are set to auto-expire after three months but that the retention window is adjustable based on employer feedback.

The board includes a resume-search feature that employers can access when they have at least one active posting; it supports saved searches and alerts when new candidates match specified criteria. Presenters recommended using a single team login (for example, recruiting@company.com) rather than multiple individual accounts to avoid duplicate employer listings and to preserve continuity if staff change.

Staff also reviewed event posting capabilities for hiring fairs and local recruitment events and encouraged employers to include as much information as possible in job descriptions to improve search results. For staffing agencies or employers with many vacancies, Imbara recommended categorizing postings by discipline (for example, a healthcare posting or an IT posting) instead of one broad “mega-posting.”

During the Q&A, presenters confirmed there is no technical limit on concurrent users using the same login, clarified how external links (for example, Bitly) should be used with the “on another website” option, and said the system can accept listings from the broader Greater DMV region though its primary focus is Northern Virginia. Staff said the job board is active now and that Fairfax County’s older jobs page will stop accepting new vacancies on 2026-01-31; employers were urged to create accounts and begin posting on the regional site.

The employer engagement team said they will send the recorded webinar and provided a team email for follow-up and one-on-one demos. The session ended with staff offering to remain available in the chat for additional questions.