Resource Guide

Career Encores

Referral service for people 50 and older. Serves only Los Angeles County, networking with 50 other agencies . countywide.

Services:

Information on job training

Job listings for employers and job-seekers

Job search assistance

Job clubs:

Burbank 2100 Magnolia Blvd.

Los Angeles 3700 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 200

Orientation at 10 a.m. Fridays. Call before visit.

Cost: Free to job-seekers and employers

Hot line hours: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Mon.-Fri.

Telephone hot line for all sites: 1 (800) 833-6267 for job seekers and employers

Chicana Service Action Center

JTPA-funded job training and ‘ placement services for low-income persons. All nationalities-male or female-may apply.

Services:

Job training and placement

Job-Links program offering training to become electrician, plumber, steam fitter, sheet metal or carpet worker. The 10-week program offers on-the-job training paying $4.25 per hour beginning with the third week of the program.

GED classes

Transportation

Requirements:

The following documents are required of applicants. I.D. or driver’s license; social security, birth certificate, proof of residency or work permit; proof of income (from public assistance or employer), address verification. selective service registration (required of males only between 18 and 28 years of age)

Job Links program requires high school diploma or GED.

Must meet low-income requirements based on family size

Cost: Free to qualified applicants

Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.

Address: 134 E. First St., Los Angeles

Telephone: (213) 253-5959

Comprehensive Jobs Assistance Centers (CJACs)

A one-stop career center sponsored by the city of Los Angeles Private Industry Council (PIC). CJACs assist dislocated workers (plant closures, layoffs and long-term unemployed) with job search, training and placement.

Services:

Counseling and assessment

Workshops on resume writing, interviewing skills, networking and economic survival

Supportive services such as stress and financial management, and if qualified, transportation and child-care assistance

Remedial skills training

Retraining opportunities, such as classroom, on-the-job and customized training

Job resource centers including job listings, telephones, faxes, copiers, computers and laser printers

WorkLink computer network matching employers/job opportunities to job seekers

Locations:

Crenshaw/South-Central, 3500 S. Figueroa St., Suite 201, Los Angeles, (213) 743-3950

East Los Angeles/Central City, 3951 E. Medford St.’ Los Angeles, (213) 268-1100.

Mid-Wilshire/West Los Angeles, 1541 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 407, Los Angeles (213) 353-1677

Northwest San Fernando Valley, 14515 Hamlin St., Van Nuys, (818) 781-2522

Northeast San Fernando Valley 2600 W. Victory Blvd., Burbank (818) 972-2695.

Harbor Gateway/Wilmington/San Pedro, 1 Civic Plaza, Suite 500, Carson, (310) 518-8100

Cost: Free to people who qualify

Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Mon.-Fri.

East Los Angeles Skills Center

Offers academic, vocational, business and industrial classes, and GED program’ Classes are accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

Services:

A wide range of classes are offered including, but not limited to, computer software applications, medical secretary, electronics testing, cable television installation, construction inspection, bookkeeping, telephone maintenance and banking careers.

Aptitude assessment tests

Job postings

Classes in resume writing and interview techniques

ESL classes

Job development counseling matching skills and job openings

Employers may test and interview prospective job applicants on-site

Cost: S10-S55 depending on program or service

Hours: Class and office hours, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

Address: 3921 Selig Place, East Los Angeles

Telephone: (213) 227-0018

Employment Development Department

State agency offering a variety of services to job-seekers and employers.

Services:

Job Match, a statewide computer network matching applicants and openings

Job-search training workshops

Experience Unlimited job clubs geared to professional, managerial and technical workers seeking jobs

Referrals to training or educational facilities and social service agencies

Unemployment and disability insurance

Cost: Free

Telephone: Look for nearest EDD Job Service office. listed under “California, State of” in the government listings section at the beginning of the telephone directory white pages.

EMPLOY Network

A coalition of agencies that assists job applicants with a variety of disabilities and special needs. The network maintains a computerized bulletin board of job listings for qualified applicants. employers are invited to use the bulletin board to fill job openings.

Services to employers:

Matching prescreened applicants with job openings

Information on tax credits available to employers hiring people with special needs

Assistance on meeting affirmative action goals

Cost: Free

Telephone: (310) 258-4025; (800) 244-1JOB

Forty Plus

A nonprofit, self-help employment service for people over 40 with professional, technical or executive experience.

Services:

Instruction in computer skiffs, resume preparation, interview and networking techniques

Job listings

Research library

Free seminars

Biweekly meetings

Cost: Entrance fee, monthly dues and charges for computer time and telephone service

Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Mon.-Fri.

Address: 3450 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 510 Los Angeles

Telephone: (213) 388-2301

Other locations:

23172 Plaza Pointe Drive, Suite 285, Laguna Hills, (714) 581 -7990

Jewish Vocational Service

Nonprofit, nonsectarian service organization.

Services:

Motivational, job search, interview and resume workshops

Job club support group geared to professionals

Job listings

Research library

Career testing and counseling

Job placement services for the disabled

Career Transitions, career man agreement services to corporations and employees

Career Focus, a five-session work shop for people interested in exploring a career change Mondays, 6-8 p.m.

Second Wind, workshop and support group for people 55 years and older

Free employment service for the City of West Hollywood

Entertainment Networking Group, geared to persons either in or seeking to enter the entertainment industry

Cost: $35 registration fee; counseling per session, $35-$65 sliding scale. Career Focus workshop, $150

Hours: For more information, call 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Mon-Thur.; 8:30 am-3:30 p.m., Fri.

Locations:

6505 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 303, Los Angeles, (213) 655-8910

22622 Vanowen St., West Hills (818) 587-3222 (closed Fridays)

University Synagogue, 11960 Sunset Blvd., Room 115, Los Angeles (213) 655-8910 (Thursdays only 9-11 a.m.)

Aware Advisory

Services: Vocational and educational counseling; not a placement service

Cost: $5 donation per visit (may be waived for the unemployed). $20 fee for Strong Interest Inventory testing (includes counseling)

Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Mon. and Wed.

Address: Santa Monica YWCA, 2019 14th St., Santa Monica

Telephone: (310) 452-3833

-Compiled by L.A. Times researcher Brent Wyeth