The VOE uses a comprehensive database of occupational skills to match volunteers more precisely than simple listings. Libraries looking for volunteers can create profiles of opportunities they wish to fill based on skills, interests and geographic location.
Volunteers seeking positions can create similar profiles.
The VOE will use this information to match the available volunteer opportunities with a database of available volunteers. This is a very effective tool to help libraries recruit volunteers with special expertise for volunteer positions in fundraising, or for their Board of Trustees. The VOE is based on two programs developed by Human Resources Development Canada, the Electronic Labour Exchange, and the National Occupational Classification in collaboration with Volunteer Canada. This is an enormous amount of wealth transferring and many people who will be looking for good places to invest. There are, however, taxation complexities on how one can best use this new-found wealth.