Tough Luck for Those Looking for Jobs

More and more people are looking for jobs in the bay area. Here is an email from Nick M. in San Francisco, who tells us about his recent experience at a "Career Link" office in San Francisco:

I went to a 'Career Link' office at 3120 Mission St. in San Francisco for a training workshop entitled 'Fast Forward your Job Search Workshop' to learn specifically what services the federal program WIA(Workforce Investment Act) can offer in their supposed mandate of providing funds to retrain/retool people for industries that need workers. We were immediately told upon entering that:

1. There is an income limitation for funds
2. …if they were available, and they are not,
3. …unless you are in a 'dislocated industry'
4. …which they did not have a listing or definition of
5. …but the workshop leader would be able to tell you if you are in a dislocated industry
6. …because there are exceptions to every rule
7. …but those lists of exception guidelines were not available to us.

We were then told that all of the above was probably beside the point as the offices we were in were weekly receiving layoffs and there probably wouldn't be anyone there to process anything for us ANYWAY.
These are offices apparently sponsored and 'funded' by the City of San Francisco.
Yippee! Welcome to the world of government sponsored funding for our citizens.

Write and tell us about what resources you have found useful or not useful out there in your job-hunting, or call us and leave us a message at 415-264-7106.