Employer Registry Project

The Halton Industry Education Council (HIEC) is a non-profit organization established in 1989 to foster partnerships between industry, education, and the community in Halton.

Innosphere and HIEC have worked together on a variety of projects since 1998. HIEC approached Innosphere to work together on their new project Employer Registry in early 2007.

EmployerRegistry.ca is Ontario's free online community connecting employers and tomorrow's workforce. Developed in 2008, the site acts as a single point of contact for employers looking to get involved with short, medium and long-term educational programs, ranging from one-hour career talks to full-semester cooperative education. EmployerRegistry.ca seeks to be the premier on-line connection for employers to register their interest in experiential learning. The key goals of the site are:

To connect employers in communities across Ontario with the people and organizations who can help them find or strengthen involvement in new and existing experiential learning programs
To provide Passport to Prosperity deliverers, educators and other administrators with fast, accessible and usable tools for managing, developing and tracking relationships with local employers
To provide a platform for an online community focused around experiential learning programs like the Specialist High Skills Major that will allow for the sharing of resources amongst educators and the promotion of local programs across the province.

For more information on this project see: www.youtube.com/watch.

This site involved the use of a number of novel development ideas, technologies and methodologies such as:

Web 2.0 technologies such as AJAX
Complete integration with a CMS
Agile development process

The web application is built entirely using Microsoft technologies that include:

C#, ASP.NET,
MSSQL Server with advanced feature such as full text search
Microsoft AJAX Control Toolkit.

The application is built on a CMS, Dot Net Nuke, which allows HIEC to modify the site when required.