Companies hired by New York state to work on economic stimulus-related projects are being required to make public all job openings created by those developments.
Available jobs must be advertised by the contracted companies on the state’s Job Bank Web site, www.labor.state.ny.us, in order for each contracted company to receive payment via stimulus money. In turn, the state Labor Department will help match job-seekers with available jobs created by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds.
Gov. David Paterson announced the new regulations Wednesday.
A spokesperson for the state Labor Department said companies already are posting open positions.
“It’s up and running,” spokesperson Michelle Duffy said. “There aren’t a lot of postings yet, but with today’s announcement, we’re hoping more and more people start to post.”
Here are step-by-step instructions to access available ARRA jobs:
- Go to the Web site, www.labor.state.ny.us.
- Click on “Job Seekers” tab.
- On the next page, click again on “Job Seekers” tab, which takes viewers to the New York state Job Exchange page.
- Make sure menu bar on the left says: All areas within zip code.
- Type ARRA in the Keyword section.
- Type zip code.
- Select the number of miles for travel outside zip code.
- Click “search” to get results.
The state is expected to receive about $26.7 billion in stimulus funding. Currently, about 507,000 New Yorkers are collecting unemployment checks, the state Labor Department said.
By Allissa Kline
May 27, 2009
source: bizjournals.com