Let the Department of Labor Help you Find a Job

Knowing community resources available to help you find work is essential. Are you familiar with the Department of Labor Workforce Center? It's an agency located in every county in the U.S. whose purpose is to assist individuals find work. Here is the address: http://www.dol.gov/dol/location.htm. First, you need to click on your State to be taken to that site. At your State, identify your city/county and to see what services they have to offer. They may be listed under 'Job Seeker' or 'Job Search'.

Depending on your county's population, you might have a full service center and satellite offices in your area. At the full service center, you may search for employment on the internet and/or in their job bank, print copies of your resume, fax your resume to employers, and make job search telephone calls, all at no cost to you. You may also work with a job counselor to assist in your return to gainful employment.

Give them a call and see how they can help you. You might have to attend and orientation first. It's a brief meeting where they inform all first-timers to the Workforce Center what services they have to offer. Good luck.