GDOL addresses Critical Labor Needs

Businesses across the state have reopened their doors and are gearing up for Georgia’s summer tourism rush. After 14 months of intensive effort to provide unemployment insurance benefits to over 1.2 million Georgians, the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) is shifting its focus to reemployment in a strategic effort to help meet the needs of employers in every region and industry in our state. Employ Georgia is the state’s official labor exchange system and job listings are currently the highest ever recorded reaching numbers of almost a quarter of a million jobs that could include multiple positions for each listing.  The GDOL provides extensive online support to job seekers looking to rejoin the workforce or find a better career. Claimants receive access to over 240,000 job listings, support to upload up to five searchable resumes, job search assistance, career counseling, skills testing, job fair information, job training services, and accessibility and special accommodations for people with disabilities and veterans transitioning back into the workplace. Employ Georgia’s artificial intelligence system works 24 hours a day to match potential candidates with vacancies that best fit a claimant’s skill sets.  Almost 239,000 jobs are listed on EmployGeorgia for Georgians to access. In many cases, employers are willing to train quality candidates and assist with attainment of additional credentials.  Resources for reemployment assistance along with Information on filing an unemployment claim and details on how employers can file partial claims can be found on the agency’s webpage at dol.georgia.gov.