It can be frustrating trying
to find help and resources when you have lost your job. Your main goal is
trying to figure out how you will pay your bills, explain the layoff to your
family and friends and learn how to keep your sanity instead of being depressed.
The key to surviving
unemployment is to set goals that can help you gain employment again. Let everyone you met or know that you are
looking for a job. Consider performing volunteer work in your field and add it to
your resume. Take free or low cost courses at local community centers,
organizations or colleges and add them to your resume. Be prepared to explain
any gaps in work experience. Spend time keeping up-to-date with news in your
field or industry. During phone screenings or interviews, discuss your and explain
how it can benefit the company.
Eliminate the negative
thoughts and negative people in your life.
Do not give up hope. Here are some free resources to help those who are
currently unemployed or will become unemployed in the near future. Develop a
plan of what you hope to accomplish each day towards regaining employment.
Spend at least one hour a day on calling companies, submitting resumes, filling
out job applications or following up on job leads. Here are some free resources
to help you regain employment.
Career Services
1.
Jewish Social
Service Agency (JSSA) – mental health services, home health & hospice care,
career services, adoption services, call 301-816-2683 or visit www.jssa.org
2.
Career Service
One Stop, www.servicelocator.org
Vocational Counseling & Job Placement
Contact your local YMCA for services
for divorced, separated, widows and disabled including educational &
vocational counseling, job aptitude testing, resume writing, job placement
assistance, life skills, computer classes, additional programs for women and
families. http://www.ymca.net/social-services
Women's Clothing for Interviews
Provides work clothing for
women for interviews. https://www.dressforsuccess.org/
Men's Clothing for Interviews
Career Gear provides clothing,
career counseling and workshops for men. http://careergear.org/about/
Job Training for the Elderly
1.
Senior Community
Service Employment Program (SCSEP), Office of Special Targeted Programs,
Employment & Training Administration program provides training and
employment assistance and transition support. Call 202-219-5500.
2.
The Department of
Labor Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) provides counseling and training and
places elderly workers in part-time and full-time positions call 877-872-5627
(877-US2-JOBS). https://www.doleta.gov/disability/faq.cfm
Special Government Projects for Retirees, Senior
Environment Program (SEE)
1.
American
Association of Retired Persons, call 202-434-6153
2.
National
Association for Hispanic Elderly, call 213-487-1922
3.
National Caucus
and Center on Black Aging, call 202-637-8400
4.
National Council
of Senior Citizens, call 202-347-8800
5.
National Council
on Aging, call 202-479-1200
6.
National Pacific
and Asian Resource Center on Aging, call 206-448-0313
7.
U.S. Forest Service,
Dept. of Agriculture, Human Resource Programs (SCSEP program), call 703-235-8855
Apprenticeship Jobs
Bureau
of Apprenticeship and Training, Dept. of Labor provides apprenticeship
opportunities https://www.dol.gov/featured/apprenticeship/find-opportunities
Free Money for Re-training for Dislocated
Workers
Provides
retraining and assistance for dislocated works including those who worked for
the Dept. of Defense, Dept. of Energy and Defense call 202-693-3500. https://www.doleta.gov/layoff/workers.cfm
Veterans' Employment and Training Services
- Veterans Employer Representative Program call 202-693-4701.
- America Works www.americaworks.com call 855-840-5627.
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