HARTFORD 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 LinkedIn

ˇ Mock Interviews

ˇ Ex-Offender Workshop Re-entry

ˇ Advanced Resume Writing

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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