Workforce Solutions

Sensacional, muy contenta con Unilocal,muy agradecía con la información. que me ofrecen y sobre todo con la amabilidad y ligereza con la que me respnden

The VA rep here was Excellent! He answered all my questions and even simplified everything we talked about. He was ready to help me in anyway he could. He was energetic and excited. Any vet who is looking for a job go see him. I don’t know if we can say names on here but I will just say his first name. His name is Neil. He knows what he is talking about. He will help you build a good portfolio. He will also point you in the right direction for things he can’t answer.

While receiving unemployment, I received a notification that I had to attend an orientation at the North office. In that meeting where 120 people sat, a pixie appeared to advise us that, «All unemployment would end Dec 30^th. Hurry up and get a minimum wage because low pay’s better than no pay. I know how little people are doing looking for work. Have you lost weight, learned a foreign language or done anything useful since you’ve been unemployed? Did you finish your degree at least?» In just a few sentences, she had transformed the room from curious to furious. She then went over different things Workforce Solutions does to help the unemployed referring us to a handout. This is when I stopped listening to her.
Her handout mentioned WIA which is a program that helps people get additional training free and provided a time for the next orientation. There they tell you to take 3 more classes before you are eligible to set up an appointment to talk to a WIA person to see if you even qualify.
During the three classes, my self-​esteem went from a 7 out of 10 to being maybe a 3. It seemed in every class the instructors found a way to break you down. (Ever see those programs where the new recruits are totally ripped apart so they could be rebuilt into killers? This felt like that.) I felt less and less worthy of any job above minimum wage but I was determined to follow the process to talk to someone with WIA. When I called to set up that appointment, the East WIA person’s next available appointment was more than 2 weeks out.
First, their front desk person barked at me asking me if I was with «blah blah blah» seemingly irritated when I had no idea what she was talking about. Then she mentioned lots of other acronyms that I now know are different social service programs. I provided my contacts name and appointment time and she proceeded to lecture me about how bad it was to arrive late, how important their time is, how if I can’t take their service seriously I don’t need to be there, etc. Ummm I was 15 minutes early for my appointment and hadn’t even really received any service yet. Then I sat and waited ten minutes past my appointment time because the person my appointment was with was busy.
The contact I met (not the person I had scheduled with anyway) was disinterested and listened to me with half an ear open. I asked many more questions and received half answers. I sent clarifying emails afterwards and received no responses. After all that work, I left that location without information I needed, with more work to do on my own, and feeling like I didn’t deserve a jail cell or a cardboard box but should just give up and kill myself.
Needless to say, I don’t recommend this location. I’ve since been to another and found people who were (dare I say) «Friendly». But be warned, each person has their one thing they are in charge of and if you need to talk about some other subject or multiple things you will likely be asked to schedule an appointment with that other person and come back on a different day.
Also if you are considering paying for a career consultant ASK me about my experience with mine. I could have gotten the same level of service through Workforce Solutions for FREE even if it took a few extra hours.

Did you go to that Workforce Solutions orientation? What is it? An employment agency?
I got a one pager in the mail that said…
«According to our records, you recently filed for UI Benefits. … To assist with your job search requirements and efforts, we have made an appointment for you with staff members of your local workforce center. You are scheduled to attend a Workforce Center Orientation:…*time/directions* The orientation will last approx 90 minutes. DO NOT BE LATE. If you have any questions or previously attended…*contact information*…*end*»
I got there late and the associate at the front desk was well, odd…
I said «Hi I got this in the mail and I’m not sure what it is…»
She said looking pretty disappointed, «Orientation? It’s closed now. You need to come back next Friday.» (Good icebreaker)
Well gee the mailer doesn’t say orientation is every Friday…
So I said «Ok…I don’t know if you’ve heard this before but this mailer doesn’t really indicate you have any association with the Workforce Commission.»
«You need to come back next Friday for orientation.»
I said a bit shaken, «That doesn’t really have anything to do with it… This mailer just looks like you’re soliciting something. It doesn’t look like your offering a service for unemployment.»
«We usually don’t. You need to come back next Friday.»
What does that mean? Broken record? That’s not helpful. Why would that make me want to come back? At least give me some information or a pamphlet or something… If that’s any indication of how you run your business… Yeah I don’t think so… thanks.
I thought it legitimate because it’s linked on the Workforce website.
:-?
*UPDATE*
After calling the downtown Workforce Commission I’ve found out they are the job placement agency. Neat. And there is another location here
I’ll try that if I go.