One-Stop Career Centers
Your local One-Stop Career Center is a good place to start
for landing a new job. One-Stop Career Centers were authorized
under the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998 and are sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Labor.
One-Stop Career Centers are associated with state unemployment
offices and so, are located in municipalities throughout
each state. They offer free job-placement and job-searching
assistance and tools, such as:
- Phones
- Recruiting services
- Computers with Internet access
Full-service One-Stop Career Centers offer additional free
employment-related services to job seekers, depending on
the needs of local labor markets. Examples are:
- Skills assessments
- Career guidance
- Job-searching workshops
- Job-training referrals
Full-service One-Stop Career Centers also take claims for
all types of unemployment benefits,
among their other services. In fact, in addition to taking
claims, local unemployment
offices might offer some to all of the services of One-Stop
Career Centers.
You don't have to become unemployed and
eligible for unemployment benefits to take advantage of
the employment assistance offered by your local One-Stop
Career Center. It's free and available for all job seekers
who are authorized to work in
the USA.
One-Stop Career Centers are also referred to as Career One-Stop
Centers or just "One-Stops" for short. However,
just as state unemployment offices, state One-Stops might
go by different names, such as Employment Service, Job Service
or Workforce Development Center. Regardless, most people
simply refer to their local One-Stop as the "unemployment
office".
CareerOneStop is
the central Web site for all One-Stop Career Centers in each
state. It provides tips for resumes, employment letters and
interviewing, as well as Web links to job banks for job seekers
to post their resumes and job search online.
It also provides research resources for labor markets, industries
and occupations, and locator facilities to find the nearest "walk-in"
One-Stop Career Center by location or service offered.
To get started, browse CareerOneStop.
Good luck with your job search!
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