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JCPL Employment Assistance Guide

Looking For Work

Work One Northwest Indiana
Regional Employment Assistance Services, help with UPLINK CSS and other services.
116 N Van Rensselaer St
Rensselaer - (219) 866-4330

Indiana Dept. of Workforce Development
Job matching and other services

Manpower
211 W Washington St. Suite A
Rensselaer, IN 47978
(219) 866-2121

Job Search Assistance

Indiana Career Connect
Official job search engine of Indiana Work One.

CareerBuilder.com
Owned by Gannett Co, Inc., Tribune Company, The McClatchy Company, and Microsoft Corp., CareerBuilder offers a vast online and print network to help job seekers connect with employers. CareerBuilder.com powers the career sites for more than 9,000 Web sites, including 140 newspapers and broadband portals such as MSN and AOL.

Linkup.com
Job search engine that only lists jobs taken directly from company websites, typically unadvertised outside of company websites. All job listings are from real companies. You won't find work-at-home scams, recruiters, or staffing agencies. If you choose to apply to a position you do so directly to the employer.

Monster.com
Monster pioneered the business of digital recruiting in 1994, and now focus world-wide with a presence in approximately 50 countries around the world. Owns several focused recruitment and career sites including Military.com, FastWeb.com and Admissions.com.

Recommended by Patrons

Indeed.com
Indeed is the #1 job site worldwide, with over 50 million unique visitors and 1 billion job searches per month. Since 2004, Indeed has given job seekers free access to millions of jobs from thousands of company websites and job boards. Indeed is a privately held company founded by Paul Forster and Rony Kahan, with investors including The New York Times Company, Allen & Company, and Union Square Ventures.

Special Needs Employment Assistance

Comprehensive Developmental Centers (CDC) Heartland Employment Services (219) 583-8227

Unemployment Assistance

UPLINK - Indiana Unemployment Claim Form

Indiana Resource Guide for the Unemployed (PDF)

Indiana Dept. of Workforce Development

Indiana Employment Statistics

Hoosiers by the Numbers
A site of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development

Resources that can help

Learning Express Library

Study for and take practice tests for official exams in law enforcement, civil service, real estate, cosmetology, EMS, firefighter, ASVAB, citizenship, basic skills more. You will need to register a user name and password of your choice to use this service.

INSPIRE

Inspire is Indiana's Virtual Library, providing access to several databases for biographies, literature, and newspaper and magazine articles. Search from dozens of sources all over the web at once with a single click or narrow your search for specific materials.

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