40° CLEAR, Where to get help: Resources for job hunters
Last Modified: Sunday, November 2, 2008 at 11:47 a.m.
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
What: A federally funded program that provides a meager cash supplement for people recently laid off.
How: Weekly payments range from $40 to $450, depending on a person's income before they were laid off. The benefits generally last 6 months.
Eligibility: Basically, a person needs to have worked at a job for at least six months or longer to receive full benefits.
Signing up: The easiest way to file for unemployment is online at https://eapply4ui.edd.ca.gov (note the 's' in 'https:'. It is required to connect to the page).
Information: Contact the state's Employment Development Department at (800) 300-5616 or www.edd.ca.gov.
What: The county's premier service for helping the recently unemployed find a new job, update a resume, get information about unemployment benefits, and generally deal with the transition back to employment.
Hours and orientation:
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; Job Link offers daily orientations to its services at 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Where: 2245 Challenger Way, Santa Rosa
Information: www.socojoblink.org or 565-5550
What: Santa Rosa Junior College has a bunch of inexpensive -- from $2 to $20 -- career and personality assessment tests. The most expensive, and perhaps most well known, is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.
Where: SRJC Career Center; Bussman Hall, Room 1440
Information: 527-4941
What: Free budget counseling from the Consumer Credit Counseling Service
Where: The Santa Rosa office, which is a satellite of its main office in San Francisco, is open by appointment only. It is located at 70 Stony Point Road, Suite C, Santa Rosa
Information: www.cccssf.org or (800) 777-7526
Online: www.labor.state.ny.us/careerservices/findajob/handle.shtm
In Person: Job Link Workshop "Self Esteem & Managing Change in the World of Work"
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