This is certainly a time of information overload, or more aptly put, “information overwhelm!” With sudden change-in-work anxieties running high, BCLS has you covered in terms of job and unemployment resources. If you’ve been laid-off from work or are filing for unemployment, ease your despair and know there are job resources on our website BCLS: Jobs and Careers in addition to navigating you towards information originating from the New Jersey state government.
Take consolation in knowing that the federal government recently passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the ‘‘CARES Act.’’ Some of the relief aid comes in the form of extending time periods for unemployment checks and increasing pay, breaking off from the conventional guidelines.
For those who were unemployed and looking for a job when COVID-19 epidemic struck, know that employment opportunities could be knocking, or more precisely, “elbow bumping” on your door. Businesses such as restaurants, grocery stories, delivery, warehouse fulfillment, medical and human health organizations, pharmacies, and hospitals are scrambling for people power. If physically being at work concerns you, know that many of these companies and organizations are allaying anxieties by upping their super-sanitation measures, and increasing pay and sick/family care policies. Many are also hiring new employees for work-from-home opportunities. This helpful link will provide further details : NJ COVID-19 Jobs
If you’ve applied for an unemployment claim, you can still apply for and secure a position as long as you report any employment changes to the unemployment office. Further details at New Jersey’s Unemployment Website. If your plan is to change your field and would like to receive job training, in some cases, you will be able to receive an unemployment check conjointly.
In addition, please utilize our library contact feature for not only how to navigate job and unemployment resources, but also for any library/research related questions. We may not be in the building, but we’re still here for you!
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Weiss, John Henry, author.Title: Moving forward in mid-career : a guide to rebuilding your career after being fired or laid off / John Henry Weiss. Control Number: 645649
End unemployment now : how to eliminate joblessness, debt, and poverty despite Congress by Batra, Raveendra N. Control Number: 483982
Landing on the right side of your ass : a survival guide for the recently unemployed
by Laskoff, Michael B. Control Number: 230312
Knock 'em dead cover letters : cover letters and strategies to get the job you want
by Yate, Martin John, author. Control Number 518028 (hardcopy book)
Knock 'em Dead Job Interview by Yate, Martin. Control number: 477383 (overdrive)
Born for this : how to find the work you were meant to do by Guillebeau, Chris, author.
Control number: 495640
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2012 by Bolles, Richard N. Control number 470068.
Job searching with social media for dummies by Waldman, Joshua. Control number: 388501
Internet Your Way To a New Job (Second Edition) by Doyle, Alison. Control number 475093
The $100 Startup by Guillebeau, Chris. Control number 475699
