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You find yourself unemployed in Illinois. Let us see what you can do to redress the matters and move on with your life. First and fore most within the first week of loosing your job, you will have to apply for the unemployment benefits so by the time the standard waiting period has expired, you can have some cash in hand.
In order to be eligible for the unemployment benefits you will need to:
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- 1. be a US citizen or a registered legal immigrant
- 2. have a second identification form such as driver's license, photo credit card, etc
- 3. have social security number (US citizen) and registration number (aliens)
- 4. have earned remuneration under insured employment
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5. give accurate and complete information about your last employer during the past two years (address, phone, duration of employment
6. be available and capable to work again
7. was fired from your job for no fault of yours
8. give information on your non-working spouse (if any) and supply his/her social security number
9. give all information regarding other income (if any) such as severance pay, or retirement pay, etc
NB: If you have a dependent spouse or children you will receive allowance for them as well
You will be disqualified if:
- 1. you resigned from your job
- 2. you were terminated owing to misconduct
- 3. you refused to take up any new employment
- 4. you were/are involved in labor disputes
- 5. you join your work place
You can file a claim either by phone, at 888-337-7243 which is toll free, or over the net which is extremely convenient, at http://www.ides.state.il.us/individual/default.asp . The unemployment check will come three weeks after your first claim, and afterwards it will be disbursed once every two weeks after checking whether you are still unemployed or not. You will be eligible for a maximum 26 weeks or till you start working again, whichever it is earlier. The amount of weekly benefit will be calculated on the basis of the total payment received as wages during the base period. The 'base period' is the first four of the last five quarters of employment.
Once you have done this, you can concentrate on actively seeking a job so you can get off the unemployment benefits as soon as possible. The trends in Illinois are briefly outlined under:
- 1. The highest turnover with approx 3970 people annually, is in the field of health - as registered nurses to be more precise. In order to apply for this job however, you will need to have an associate degree.
- 2. The next highest job turnover per year is in the field of General and Operations Manager, with 3460 people. For this job you will need to have a bachelor's degree or higher qualifications.
- 3. The third position is occupied by Customer Services which has an annual turn over of more than 2750 people. Here you will need to have moderate hands-on job experience and an easy and outgoing attitude to apply.
- 4. Fourth, is the Sales Representative position which has an annual job opening of 2700. Here too you will need to have a moderate hand-on experience, and of course the gift of the gab to apply.
- 5. Fifth in the countdown is the position of school teachers with an annual turn over of 7890. For this position, you will need a bachelor's degree or higher qualification to apply. Besides these, there are a lot many avenues which are not exactly quantified in economic data. These are restaurants staff, shopping mall staff, book store counter staff, etc. There are many seasonal jobs available but these are mostly advertised locally, or filled by personal networking and recommendations. Hence, once you finished applying for the unemployment benefits, make a beeline to a few good placement agencies. The websites where you file your claims mostly have links with good placement agencies - try them out. Otherwise, check out which are the popular placement agencies and get enrolled. That is the fastest way you can get a job that you want. In the meantime, to keep the fires burning, you may recur to the following methods:
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- 1. advertise in the local community newsletter/ newspaper
- 2. post 'wanted' ads on the local notice boards
- 3. visit the overcrowded areas (restaurants, shopping malls, libraries, cd shops, etc) and offer your service - you may get an on-the-spot offer to assist
- 4. search the local newspapers, local notice boards for ads of vacancies
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5. network heavily, telling each and everyone you know or get acquainted with that you are looking for a job (mention your line of interest)
6. ask your ex-employer to refer you to anyone he/she knows in Illinois
7. use the Net to create a great income for yourself right at home; with the Net you can:
- a. freelance - simply pick up jobs that are posted on freelancing websites (many of them are free for job seekers) and start earning; you can write articles, ghost write books, write software programs, etc. You have a million and one choices in freelancing
- b. start a business online - you can start selling a product or a service online
- c. you can earn money answering surveys on the Net - there are a lot of sites which will send you surveys for you to fill and which pay anything from $5 to $50
- d. you can sell other people's products through affiliate programs which can earn you well also
NB: A note of caution here - there are a lot of scams with earning cash online, so before you jump into any venture (specifically those who promise you rags-to-riches stories) take a step back and research. To find out their genuine ness run a search on the net with the site name and scam written on the search bar. You will get the entire story about it. To be safe, always look and accept what looks and sounds logical; look for work not for magic cures. If you are asked to pay money in order to get a job, be very wary of it.
There is a lot of opportunity out there and you can get the best ones if you maintain the right attitude and keep your feet firmly on the ground. Happy job hunting!
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