Employment/Unemployment

  There are some handy local resources available for job-seekers, including:

• Employment
• Unemployment
• Volunteering

Employment

• Memphis Area Career Centers
  Provide a variety of free job and career-related services at seven locations in Shelby County.  Services include career counseling, job search assistance, skills training, and resume assistance.  Can also assist in applying for federally-funded employment training programs.
  
  1) Collierville Center
  942 West Poplar Avenue
  Collierville  38017
  Orientation: Mon, Tue 9:00 am
  
  Call 901-853-4752 Mon - Fri 8:00 am - 4:30 pm.
  
  2) Downtown Career Center
  444 North Main Street, 2nd floor
  Memphis  38105
  Orientation: Mon - Thu 8:30 am and 1:00 pm, 1st Sat at 9:00 am
  
  Call 901-522-2240 Mon - Fri 8:00 am - 4:30 pm.
  
  3) Poplar Career Center
  1295 Poplar Avenue
  Memphis  38104
  Orientation: Mon, Tue and Thu 9:00 am
  
  Call 901-543-7535 Mon - Fri 8:00 am - 4:30 pm.
  
  4) Memphis Housing Authority Career Center
  700 Adams Avenue
  Memphis  38105
  Orientation: Mon, Tue 9:00 am
  
  Call 901-544-1385 Mon - Fri 8:00 am - 4:30 pm. 
  
  5) Mendenhall Career Center
  5368 Mendenhall Mall
  Memphis 38115
  Orientation: Mon, Tue, Thu 9:00 am
  
  Call 901-365-3205 Mon - Fri 8:00 am - 4:30 pm.
  
  6) Meritan
  4700 Poplar Avenue #400
  Memphis  38117
  Orientation: Wed, Thu 9:30 am
  Job and career services at this location are provided for adults age 55 and older.
  
  Call 766-0600 Mon - Fri 8:30 am - 4:30 pm.
  
  7) Raleigh Career Center
  2850 Austin Peay Highway
  Memphis  38128
  Orientation: Mon, Tue, Thu 9:00 am
  
  Call 901-543-7842 Mon - Fri 8:00 am - 4:30 pm.

See website at   www.memphiscareercenter.com/services.htm . Other related resources can be found on the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development page:  www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd/mainseeker.html. 

• Memphis Public Library & Information Center
  Provides a variety of free job and career information services, including
  1) JobLINC BUS (mobile unit with current job listings, job and career information, )
  2) Job and Career Centers (special library collections of books and other materials, including information on resume-building, interviewing skills, careers, financial aid and scholarships)
  3) JobLab (hands-on twice-monthly workshop for creating/updating resumes, online job searches and online job applications)
  4) Online job and career resources (including online test-preparation software, links to job search sites and a job and career blog)
  5) Free public access computers (for job-searching, updating resumes, etc.)
  
    Call 2-1-1 for more information, or see www.memphislibrary.org/linc/joblinc and www.memphislibrary.org/ftsbc/Job/.
   
• Memphis Urban League - Department of Employment and Training
  Provides skills training and job placement. 
  413 North Cleveland Street
  Memphis  38104
  
  Call 901-272-2491 Mon -Fri 8:30 am - 5:00 pm, or apply online at www.mphsurbanleague.org/registration_form.asp.
  
  For general information: www.mphsurbanleague.org/index.php

Unemployment

According to the TN Department of Labor and Workforce Development, 

"Unemployment insurance benefits provide income to individuals who have lost work through no fault of their own.  The benefits are intended to partially offset the loss of wages while an unemployed worker searches for suitable work, or until his employer can recall him to work....

You do not have to be totally unemployed to receive unemployment insurance benefits.  You may have eligibility if you still have a job, but your employer has temporarily reduced your hours of work, or if you have lost your regular job, but you have some work at which you earn less than your weekly benefit amount."

Residents of Fayette, Lauderdale, Shelby and Tipton counties must file in person at their local unemployment office (Mon - Fri 8:00 am - 4:30 pm). 

In other TN counties, you can file online at www.tennesseeanytime.org/labor  or call toll-free 877-813-0950 (Mon - Fri 8:00 am - 4:30 pm).

• TN Department of Labor and Workforce Development
  www.tennesseeanytime.org/labor  - click on the "Unemployment" link

Volunteering

Volunteering can help build skills, add to your resume and increase job contacts, as well as decrease the isolation that unemployment can bring. 

• Volunteer Mid-South
  Provides information about wide variety of one-time or on-going volunteer opportunities for individuals, families and groups in the greater Memphis area.
  
  3181 Poplar Avenue #325
  Memphis 38111
  
  Call 901-523-2425 Mon - Fri 8:30 am - 4:30 pm or search the online volunteer opportunities database at    www.volunteermidsouth.org/HomePage/index.php/home.html.