Indiana Workforce Development Site Services

The Indiana State Site for workforce development, http://www.in.gov/dwd/ offers to its user multiple benefits.
In fact, as recently as March 18th, new additions to the site include the news that the Indiana Department of Workforce Development announced that those from Indiana who have exhausted their federal and state unemployment benefits may still qualify for another thirteen weeks of unemployment extension, and that they will be notifying those who are eligible by mail.

The Workforce Development of Indiana site http://www.in.gov/dwd/ offers more than simply the most updated news however, by virtue of a job matching service, which lets you offer up your skills, experience, resume and other data, and matches it with an employer who is looking for the same qualities that you may have, making it easier for employers and prospective employees to find each other.

Additionally a list of grants and credits for which you, as a displaced worker may qualify is on the site, as well as retraining and other important parts of the job seeking and retraining process that will put you back on the roles of the employed.

In addition to these services, you may if you choose to, apply for your unemployment compensation insurance on the Indiana Workforce Development site, using one of the many different links on the site http://www.in.gov/dwd/2625.htm that is termed the Uplink Employment program.

These links include such services as Claimant self service, tutorials, screen shots to assist you in properly filing your claim, along with other services for the Employers who may also need to use the uplink system.

The Indiana Workforce Development Site also features various other small services to the displaced worker including tips for searching for a new job, services for veterans and customized services for those who require additional help in application or verification of unemployment compensation.

Indiana Unemployment sits currently at about ten percent or a bit higher. That is the bad news.
The good news is that those same companies which are letting people go, are still going to have to hire for certain jobs, even at the same time they down size other departments.

The current US overall unemployment rate sits at about 8.9 percent so the Indiana rate is a bit higher than this. Until recently it was lower than those surrounding states, but has crept upward in the past few months.

The Automobile industry obviously isn’t in as great a shape as it used to be and to that end, since many actually commute to jobs in that field, have given their share of layoffs and downsizing. Significant other layoffs in Indiana include primarily manufacturing, with most of these in the transportation industry. Many of those job losses were also moved, rather than closed, meaning a relocation may have helped the workers to keep their jobs.

According to the BLS, in the last three and one half years, since 2005, 67 percent of job layoffs were the manufacturing industry,so it does appear that’s not the place to start if you are beginning a new career.
Retail trades permanently laid off about 5,245 workers, which encompasses more than 12 percent of the total permanent layoffs since about 2004, while companies which ply their trade in the finance industry lessened their employee rates by about four percent.

Their health care industry seems to be the most stable at the moment, with just a two percent loss, as well as the warehousing industry at just three percent loss in the same few years time span.

The companies in which you’d likely find employment are service industries in the Indiana job s market, as well as health care, and electrical and computer manufacturing industries, which seem to be growing even in a severely limited job market.
IT jobs, and technical support positions are fairly stable as well, though many of them are not currently hiring.

The key to finding that new job you’re looking for seems to be to keep your eyes open and keep digging, since many of the industries which are laying off for one position are hiring for another.