Resources

Below is a spreadsheet developed by Rena Kottcamp of Economic Research providing an occupational profile of those individuals claiming UI and EUC. The profile provides information on the number of UI Claimants by area and occupation.
Claimant Profile by Standard Occupation Classification
Week Ending 8-13-11

Week Ending 11-13-10

Week Ending 9-18-10

Week Ending 5-16-09

Week Ending 1-17-09

Each week UI creates a file of all permanently separated claimants (profiled). This file of claimants is uploaded to the MOSES database and a "mini registration" is created. The document below describes how to identify Permanently Separated Claimants in the MOSES database.
Identifying UI Permanently Separated Claimants in MOSES

UI Claimant Briefing Materials Added 6-8-10

Information for Service Providers and Stakeholder Organizations

Unemployment Insurance Benefits: Exhaustion Trends

Massachusetts Child and Youth Readiness Cabinet Statewide Integrated Data Sharing System: Strategic Plan Added 7-20-10

Public Consulting Group Report

Career Center Seminar and Supporting Documents Updated 11-17-11

1) Career Center Seminar Power Point Presentation

Please note: as stated in the Facilitator's Guide, this presentation can be customized to meet the specific services of your career center however, some slides / information are mandatory as indicated in the Facilitator's Guide.
Other Available Versions:

a) Spanish

b) Portuguese

c) Vietnamese

d) Haitiian-Creole

e) Chinese

f) Italian

g) Laotian

h) Russian

i) Khmer

Download Font (right click and 'save as')

2) Facilitator's Guide for the Career Center Seminar
Please note: the Facilitator's Guide includes mandatory slides and a list of mandatory handouts as well as optional ones.
3) A Job Readiness Inventory
Please note: This is an example that may be modified to meet the needs of your career center.
4) Newly designed handouts for Trade and WOTC
5) UI Handout for STAFF on UI Policies and Procedures that relate to profiling and selection for the CCS.
6) See Information Issuance 10-07 for Career Center Seminar Procedural Adjustments as well as Revised Invitation Letters and Staff Desk Aid.

Resource Archive

QA Technical Assistance Webinar Added 9-30-10

Webinar Presentation

Business Services Conference Material Updated 11-5-10

Best Practices Presentation

Social Media Tips

JobQuest for Employers

JobQuest for Job Seekers

WTF Presentation

WTF Flyer

Microsoft Elevate America Updated 5-7-10

Voucher Distribution for Week Ending 5-7-10

Voucher Distribution for Week Ending 4-17-10

Voucher Distribution for Week Ending 4-10-10

Voucher Distribution for Week Ending 4-3-10

One Stop Career Center Instructions

Step by Step User Instructions

Download individual sections of the instructions below (PDF Format):

Elevate America Playbook

Distance Learning Self Assessment

Certiport Checklist for Windows XP and Office 2003

Certiport Checklist for Window Vista and Office 2007

New JobQuest Goes Live Tuesday, November 24 Added 11-19-09

Reference: Issuance 09-79 announcing launch date

JobQuest 2009 PowerPoint -- with updates since October 28 call-in session

Screenshots -- provides full-page renditions of selected JobQuest pages

Introducing the New JobQuest Added 10-22-09

A call-in session to introduce the redesign of JobQuest will be provided on Wednesday, October 28 from 10:00 - 11:30. This session is to familiarize Career Center users of JobQuest, staff who assist customers in the Resource Rooms, and MOSES Local Experts with the new design and functions. Business Service Representatives will be interested in features for employers.

Call-in instructions and a PowerPoint will be posted on this site beginning Monday, October 26.

PowerPoint presentation at the Workforce Partners Meeting on October 7, 2009

Best Practices Added 10-21-09

Greater Lowell - Best Practice (CAP)

Greater Lowell Best Practice (CAP) Plan B

Valley Works - Lawrence Best Practice

EOLWD H1N1 (Swine) Flu Website Added 10-12-09

With the flu season underway, it is important that we do what we can to stay healthy. For more information about protecting yourself and others, please visit www.mass.gov/eolwd/flu for the most up to date information.

Other Resources:
www.mass.gov/flu
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
FLU.gov

Operational Summaries - Fiscal Year 2009

Operational Summary - June, 2009

Operational Summary - May, 2009

Operational Summary - April, 2009

Operational Summary - March, 2009

Operational Summary - February, 2009

Operational Summary - January, 2009

Operational Summary - December, 2008

Soft Exits in MOSES

DCS has revised the Exit functionality in MOSES to align with the Department of Labor's federal reporting requirement to standardize the exit dates across all programs (TEGL 17-05). The following two documents describe the changes to the MOSES application.
Soft Exit Changes Presentation

Soft Exit Changes Handout

On-The-Job Training Program

On-The-Job Training Presentation power point

Policies and Procedures Manual PDF

Attachments A - I

Q Handouts

Quality Improvement tools and resources can be found on the Q Handouts page.

External Resources for Career Centers and Workforce Boards

Full Capacity Marketing, Inc provides marketing services to the Workforce Development Community.
John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development is a research and policy organization dedicated to applying the best research to address the core challenges of New Jersey's and the nation's workforce.
The National Center on Workforce and Disability/Adult (NCWD) provides training, technical assistance,policy analysis, and information to improve access for all in the workforce development system. The National Center on Workforce and Disability/Adult is based at the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston. It is funded through the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) grant number E-9-4-1-0071.
NetAssets covers the entire field of Human Capital Management including HR, outsourcing, staffing, education, training, recruiting, economic development, business and much more.
The Workforce3 One Integrated Webspace offers the public workforce system, employers, economic development professionals, and education professionals an innovative knowledge network designed to create and support a demand-driven community

Crystal Reports Project

The MOSES Crystal Reports Project was created in response to the statewide MOSES survey conducted in June 2005. One of the primary findings was that the field wanted better access to customizable ad-hoc Crystal Reports, rather than having to rely only on the standard MOSES Production Reports.

Career Center Change Request Forms

Career Center Change Request Form. To assure that all pertinent One-Stop Career Center information is updated in a timely manner, information changes should be provided using this link, at least sixty (60) days before the change is scheduled to occur. For more information click here

Fiscal Year 2008 Operational Updates

1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.