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Article Title: What is Your Post College Job Search Plan?
Author Byline: CareerAlley
Author Website: CareerAlley

If you’ve not done so already, you need to come up with your Job Search plan. If you are a College Senior, you should have this in place already (and be active in your search). If you have not yet made a plan, why not start now? Previous posts on this site cover the major points of a plan (two of which are):

• College Seniors, are you Organized for you Job Search?
• Winter Break - Do You Have a Job Search Plan Yet?

Today’s College related links follow below.

• AfterCollege - “Find the Job you want” is this site’s tag line. The site has a very clean interface on it’s main page and suggests a very simple approach: Find your school, join your network, Access exclusive jobs/events OR quickly search over 200,000 jobs (sounds like a lot to me). From the main page you can set-up an account and profile, find your school, search for jobs (with very flexible search parameters), or do a quick search. The page lists featured career networks, featured employers and “browse popular jobs”. A quick search returned over 100,000 jobs, 93 intern jobs and 136 co-op jobs.
• JobDoggy - An interesting name (not sure how it ties to site’s focus), the site’s tag line is “Part-time jobs for teens, college students, and high school students”. The main page offers job search, job articles, “how it works” and an FAQ. The resources section is split between College Students and High School Students/Teens with job search, part-time jobs and seasonal jobs. Clicking on these links provides a wide range of additional resources.
• SummerJobs - It may sound a bit early for Summer jobs, but it’s not. Absent Intern positions, a summer job looks good on your resume (employers will ask what you did with your summers). The site has featured employers and a quick search function on the main page (there were over 500 jobs when I checked). You can register on the site and have access to additional tools. The jobs range from camp counselors to cartooning instructors. Take a look.
• Crossroads - This is The Association for Computing Machinery, Inc’s student magazine. The main page offers a vast listing of company links to Co-op and Intern programs (too many to list here). There is also a careers page which offers additional resources.

Good luck in your search.

Article courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap, a content exchange service sponsored by CollegeRecruiter.com, a leading site for college students looking for internships and recent graduates searching for entry level jobs and other career opportunities.

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In order to keep your benefits you must abide by several guidelines established by the Massachusetts DUA.

You may be able to have your benefits extended if you apply for additional training by the 15^th week of your benefits.

Please consult the following document for all rules and regulations.

http://www.mass.gov/Elwd/docs/dua/P2594_508.pdf

If you or someone you know needs help with your job search feel free to call me toll free at 1-800-791-7794 for a brief consult.

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In order to keep your benefits you must abide by several guidelines established by the Massachusetts DUA.

If you get a full time job, your benefits end. That seems to be self evident but this is where a lot of the fraud takes place. If you get a part time job you may still be eligible for some benefits. Make sure you communicate clearly with the DUA.

Please consult the following document for all rules and regulations.

http://www.mass.gov/Elwd/docs/dua/P2594_508.pdf

If you or someone you know needs help with your job search feel free to call me toll free at 1-800-791-7794 for a brief consult.

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In order to keep your benefits you must abide by several guidelines established by the Massachusetts DUA.

You must file the initial claim. This seems obvious but if you don’t do it no one is going to pay you.

Please consult the following document for all rules and regulations.

http://www.mass.gov/Elwd/docs/dua/P2594_508.pdf

If you or someone you know needs help with your job search feel free to call me toll free at 1-800-791-7794 for a brief consult.

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The guidelines state that you will receive about 50% of your average weekly wage up to the current maximum set at $628. The max amount during regular times is $18,840 over a period of 30 weeks.

Please consult the following document for all rules and regulations.

http://www.mass.gov/Elwd/docs/dua/P2594_508.pdf

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Today I experienced my very first unemployment insurance hearing. I was representing my company against a claim made by one of my former consultants.  The following document is a must read for anyone looking to file for unemployment. It is essential that both employers and employees understand just how vague the law delineates why someone may or may not file for unemployment.

http://www.mass.gov/Elwd/docs/dua/P2594_508.pdf

Essentially, if you quit, get fired, or refuse a job you cannot file a claim. However, termination is a thorny issue and even quitting can be viewed from various angles differently.

If your claim is challenged by your former employer you will have an opportunity to present your case at a hearing. The reason the employer is interested in having those benefits denied to you is that their unemployment contribution to the Massachusetts unemployment fund is directly related to how many employees file for unemployment and how much they collect.

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=elwdterminal&L=5&L0=Home&L1=Businesses&L2=Unemployment+Insurance+(UI)&L3=Forms+and+Publications&L4=Simplifying+the+Unemployment+Insurance+Law%3a+A+Guide+for+Employers&sid=Elwd&b=terminalcontent&f=dua_forms_pubs_business_p3534_financing_ui&csid=Elwd

For this reason, your former employer may send a representative to present their side of the story. The hearing takes about an hour depending on the circumstances as a Massachusetts Division of Unemployment agent gathers your testimony under oath. I suggest not lying under oath whether you are the employer or the claimant.

If the employer succeeds in challenging your claim, you will be liable for all the money the State of Massachusetts paid you over those months. You may also be persecuted for fraud, although I suspect this rarely happens since employment law is designed to protect the claimant rather than cause additional pain.

On the other hand, if the employer does not show up within 10 minutes of the hearings official start, the case is decided in your favor by default. I saw a very happy claimant when he was informed that the employer had not shown up. Whether his claim was legitimate or not become irrelevant in the eyes of the Massachusetts once the employer defaulted on the hearing.

Whether you file or not is completely up to you. Know your rights, but also beware of the employer challenge and Massachusetts State Law about fraud. After the hearing, I have no idea which way the agent will decide.

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