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New! How-to Guide: After a layoff

CareerOneStop’s newest How-to Guide provides a straightforward roadmap for people who’ve lost their job. How to recover after a layoff offers five steps for recently unemployed workers:

  1. Apply for unemployment benefits.Find out if you may be eligible and apply for unemployment benefits.
  2. Connect with your local job center. Learn about available job search assistance and reemployment training funds.
  3. Find more benefits and assistance. Find local resources for financial help and other assistance.
  4. Create your job search plan. Set up a personal plan to guide your daily activities.
  5. Stay on track. Maintain your focus on your job search and unemployment benefit requirements.

CareerOneStop offers three other How-to Guides that provide guided pathways through CareerOneStop resources to help you achieve your goal.

  • How to find career ideas Wondering what type of job would fit you best? This guide will help you learn about your interests, skills, work values, gather information about different careers, and narrow your career list to the best options for you.
  • How to find a job now Need to focus on your job search? Follow the steps in this guide to find employment. You'll target your resume, find openings, look up local employers, apply for jobs, and more.
  • How to switch careers Looking for a new career that builds on your experience? One that offers more pay, new challenges, or better working conditions? This guide can help you identify a new career focus and get ready to search for jobs in your new field.

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Streamlined Job Search Resources

CareerOneStop has recently consolidated its job search resources. The former Worker ReEmployment and Employment Recovery websites are no longer active, and resources for the audiences they served (laid-off workers and pandemic-impacted workers) have been integrated into CareerOneStop’s Job Search section. Please visit CareerOneStop to find the following resources:

  • What’s in demand? A survey of industries that have added jobs in the previous month, updated monthly from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Situation Summary.
  • Remote jobs A simple way to search for job openings that offer remote or hybrid options.
  • Virtual interviews Tips for acing video or phone interviews.
  • How to recover after a layoff A five-step guided pathway through resources to help recently laid-off workers apply for unemployment benefits, learn about special resources available for unemployed people, and plan their next job search.

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New detail for Interest Assessment

Did you know that O*NET recently updated its descriptions for the six RIASEC interest themes and added basic interest detail? The themes remain the same: Realistic (R), Investigative (I), Artistic (A), Social (S), Enterprising (E), and Conventional (C). But now they’ve expanded the theme descriptions with a deeper level of data, basic interests. CareerOneStop’s Interest Assessment now includes the updated descriptions and more detailed basic interests.

Hot occupation

Information Technology Project Managers

  • Average Pay - $95,270/yr across the U.S.
  • Typical Training at entry is Bachelor's degree.

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What's CareerOneStop working on next?

Local Training Finder will include more short-term training programs

CareerOneStop’s Local Training Finder will soon be revised to include WIOA-eligible training provider information. Users will still be able to search by occupation, school, or program in any local area throughout the United States, but their results will include programs that prepare job seekers for in-demand careers and have been certified as eligible for WIOA funding for dislocated workers. These programs will be included in users’ search results along with the currently available results (programs in accredited colleges and universities that receive federal funding).

Questions? Please email info@careeronestop.org.