Transcript Illinois Employment & Training Center

Crossroads Workforce Center
Employment Assistance
Services
WELCOME!
• Just laid off or about to experience a
layoff?
• Are you underemployed or unemployed?
• Need your GED or basic literacy skills?
• Want to prepare for a new career?
• Need to learn basic computer skills?
There’s help available…
The Crossroads Workforce Center offers
access to these services and more…
Partners involved in the One Stop:
• Illinois Department of Employment
Security and veterans assistance
• CEFS adult and youth services
• Dislocated Worker Services
• Office of Rehabilitation Services
What services are available to help me with the job
search or improving my job skills?
Resource Room
Everyone has access to
services listed below…
Resource Library
Book, audio & video topics:
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Interviewing
Resume writing
Job search techniques
Salary negotiating
Electronic resumes
Fastest growing jobs
Company profiles
Job-keeping skills
Small business
development
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Career change
Employment trends
Self-improvement
Civil service employment
Temporary agencies
Manufacturer’s directories
GED preparation
Labor market information
Business to Business
directory
State-of-the-Art Computer Lab
Featuring:
• Computers and color printers
• Illinois workNet
• Internet access for job search assistance and career
exploration
• Illinois Skills Match
• Copier and fax machine
• Learn computer skills and keyboarding
• Basic education skills in math and reading
• Current software releases including: Word, Excel,
Powerpoint, Access
• Telephone availability for job search purposes
Job Search Assistance
Job search assistance includes those services designed to help
teach people job search techniques which will allow them to
become employable despite changing economic cycles. They
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Career exploration counseling
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Interview and resume assistance
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Job seeking skill workshops
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Help in planning how to get back to work or
prepare for a better job
Resume Writing
Assistance
• Winway Resume writing program
• Sample resumes and cover letters
• Resume critiques
• Internet resource sites
• Directions for posting resumes online
(Local Listings, Employon, Monster, etc)
Job Seeking Skill
Workshops
Provides assistance with:
• Discovering your transferable job skills
• Surviving the stress of job seeking and unemployment
• Accurate completion of job application forms
• Resume writing
• Interviewing tips
• Returning to school – Can I do it?
• Who will hire me at my age?
Career Exploration
Counseling
Explore your:
• Interests and values
• Job skills, abilities and strengths, goals
• Attitudes and priorities
• Allows you to identify accomplishments and concerns associated
with looking for work
Training Resources
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Career planning and placement statistics
Illinois workNet
College catalogs and applications
Training program descriptions
Financial Aid information and application packets
Mavis Beacon typing tutorial
Horizon’s career exploration program
GED study guides
Skills bank: reading & math skills enhancement
Additional services that may be
available to customers who qualify…
These may include:
• Vocational – Occupational - Certificate or
Degree Seeking Training programs
• Skills upgrading or customized training
• Job readiness training
• On the Job Training
Trade Adjustment
Assistance
• Income support: The TAA program provides income support (TRA
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weekly benefits) for eligible workers who are enrolled in approved
training programs OR who have received a waiver from the
requirement to be in training.
Job retraining: TAA provides for up to 104 weeks of job retraining.
Retraining must be occupational, remedial or on-the job (OJT) or a
combination of these.
Job search allowance: Job search allowances are provided by TAA
to workers who want to search for work outside of their commuting area
if it is determined there are no opportunities for reemployment within
the local area.
Relocation assistance: TAA provides monetary assistance for
relocation to engage in new employment. This allowance covers nearly
all of the costs of relocation for the worker, his/her family, household
goods and other items in addition to income support.
Trade Adjustment
Assistance cont’d.
• Alternative TAA: A program for older workers which provides a
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subsidy program for workers at least 50 years old who become
reemployed at wages below what they were making at their job of
dislocation. If ATAA (wage subsidy) is chosen, relocation benefits are
available but TRA benefits, retraining, and job search allowances are
not.
HCTC: The main benefit of the HCTC (health care tax credit) is a tax
credit equal to 65% of the premium payments for qualified health
coverage for the eligible worker and his/her family. If determined
eligible and you are interested, please call the HCTC toll free number
1-866-628-4282 or visit the IRS Website at www.irs.gov and enter
HCTC in the search box. The Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance
Plan (CHIP) can provide health coverage that is qualified under HCTC.
Further information can be obtained by calling the toll free number 1866-851-2751 or on the website at www.chip.state.il.us.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES!!
• The worker must meet all TRA eligibility
criteria within 8 weeks of the
certification date OR within 16 weeks of
the most recent qualifying separation.
Failure to meet this deadline may result
in loss of TRA (weekly benefits).
Actions required
Immediately
• File a claim for Unemployment
Insurance.
• File a TRA claim.
• Schedule an appointment with a DWS
case manager to determine eligibility for
services.
What Should I Do Next?
** File a claim for Unemployment Benefits
AND TRA**
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Use Resource Room to job search
Register for a user account on Illinois workNet
Register with Illinois Skills Match
Explore careers and training options
Make an appointment with a career advisor to
determine if you qualify for additional services and
education opportunities.
6. Register to attend Job Seeking Skills Workshops to
enhance job search skills
Equal Opportunity
Program
• “It is the policy of LWA 23, the Dislocated Workers
Program and CEFS Economic Opportunity operation not to
discriminate against any individual on the basis of age,
gender, race, racial origin, or religion. LWA 23, the
Dislocated Workers Program and CEFS are equal
opportunity employers/programs and auxiliary aids and
services are available upon request to individuals with
disabilities. While utilizing the services of the program, if
you feel that you have been discriminated against in any
way, you are encouraged to file a complaint to the LWA’s
EEO officer. Posted in our lobby are the nondiscrimination policies and the grievance procedures,
including the name and contact information for the area
EEO officer. We encourage you to review that
information.”