The AJCs & career service centers are open for virtual and in-person assistance. Due to social distancing & to avoid waiting, the agency strongly recommends that customers make an appointment. Face masks are required in American Job Centers. Looking for a job? We have some recruitment events to check out.

Directions to the Hamden AMERICAN JOB Center
37 Marne Street, Hamden, CT 06514

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Office Hours - Monday - Friday, 8:00a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

• From Route I-91 South
  Take Exit 17 (Wilbur Cross Pkwy/Route 15 South). Continue straight to Exit 60 - Dixwell Ave. At the end of the exit ramp, take a right onto Dixwell Ave. Continue straight for about 3 to 4 blocks. Take a left onto Foch St. Proceed 50 feet and then turn right into the public parking lot. Our entrance is across the street from the parking lot.
   

• From the Merritt Parkway (North or South)
  Take Exit 60, Dixwell Ave. Turn right at the end of the exit. Proceed .7 miles. Turn left onto Foch St. Proceed 50 feet and turn right into the parking lot. Our entrance is across the street from the parking lot.
   

• From Route I-95 to Route I-91 North
  Take Exit 10, Route 40 connector, to Exit 1. Turn left onto Divine St. Proceed to the light. Turn left and proceed under the highway to the light. Turn right onto Dixwell Ave. Proceed straight for approximately 3 miles. Turn left onto Foch St. Proceed 50 feet and turn right into the parking lot. Our entrance is across the street from the parking lot.
   

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Hamden AMERICAN JOB Center Phone Directory (Area Code - 203)

Office Hours - Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Main Telephone Number - (203) 859-3200

Business Services Consultants - (203) 859-3417

Fax Number - (203) 859-3120

Career Center Services/Workshop Schedules - (203) 859-3200

Fax Number (toll-free) - 1 (866) 496-4621

TTY/TDD - (203) 859-3473

Unemployment Insurance

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Hamden AMERICAN JOB Center Fact Sheet

Employment Services

•  Job Search Assistance

• CTHires.com

• Employment counseling and career development guidance

• Professional résumé critiques

• Career related assessment tools including Career Interest Inventory

• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality inventory

• Mock interviews

• Employer Recruitments

• Training and Apprenticeship referrals

• Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)/Trade Readjustment Allowance (TRA)

• Veterans Services

• Certification of Dislocated Workers

• Referral to Supportive Services

• Computers with Internet access - Microsoft Word

• Federal/State job announcements (online)

• Job Search resource books and videos

• Labor Market Information (on-line)

Workshops

ˇ Fundamentals of Résumé Writing

ˇ Interviewing Strategies and Techniques

ˇ  Successful Job Search Strategies

ˇ Over 40 and Looking for Work

ˇ Career Development & Exploration

Veteran Services

ˇ  Forms to use and methods of getting veterans preference on State of Connecticut and Federal vacancies

ˇ Assistance with applying to Federal Positions

ˇ Information on GI Bill Educational Benefits

ˇ Referral to VA & State Medical Services, Counseling Services, Educational Programs and Homeless Outreach

Services to Businesses

ˇ On-site recruitments for job openings

ˇ CTHires: job postings, job matching and résumé search

ˇ Incumbent Worker Training (IWT)

ˇ Apprenticeship information

ˇ Subsidized Transitional Employment Program (STEP UP) information

ˇ Tax credit program information (e.g. Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC))

ˇ Rapid Response for plant closures & layoffs

ˇ Shared Work program

ˇ Information Seminars

ˇ Brokering and coordination of services with other agencies

ˇ Labor Market Information

Special Services

ˇ   Special Services Auxiliary Aids and Services are available for individuals with disabilities  

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