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You find that you are unemployed in Kansas. The first step you have to take when you loose your job is file for your unemployment benefits. This is because these benefits do not come in retrospect and hence any time sated is money wasted.
In order to apply you need to know your eligibility criteria:
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- 1. You must have earned (paid) wages in at least two out of four quarters of the base period (base period = the first four of the last five quarters before the beginning of the claim)
- 2. Your base pay should be 30 times your calculated weekly benefit
- 3. You need to be citizen of USA or a registered alien
- 4. You need to have a social security number or a registration number (in case you are an alien)
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5. You need to be registered with the local Workforce Development Centre (you can so online at www.kansasjoblink.com or in person by visiting your nearest centre)
6. You need to have been terminated for no fault of yours
7. You need to be willing and able to work
8. You need to be actively seeking to work
You will not receive unemployment benefits if:
- 1. you are medically unfit to join work
- 2. you cannot accept work immediately due personal circumstances
- 3. you are an alien without proper authorization or permit to work
- 4. you are receiving compensation for permanent or temporary disability
- 5. you did not report for re-employment services
- 6. you are/were involved in strike or labor disputes
- 7. you are self-employed and it interferes with your accepting work
- 8. you are attending school or training, etc
- 9. you are a professional sports person/ athlete
- 10. you are on leave of absence
- 11. you are a school employee and are during the vacation period
- 12. you were discharged from your
last place of work due to misconduct
- 13. you quit your job
- 14. you are not looking for work
NB: this is not an exhaustible list
For filing your claim you may like to use the toll-free telephone 1-877-665-4457 (if you are outside Topeka) and if you are in Topeka (785) 296-7800. You may also use the Kansan City UI Call Centre at 913-596-3500 (if you inside the area) and 800-292-6333 if you are outside the local area. For the hearing impaired please use 1-877-457-5432 or Kansas local number 913-287-6488.
You can also do it online at https://www.uibenefits.dol.ks.gov/default.asp and/or www.kansasjoblink.com You can also use this link if you want to renew the claim. If you use the phone, please keep in mind that you will to have a touch-tone phone. The system will give you a PIN (personal identification number) the first time you connect to the facility and thenceforward you will need to use that PIN whenever you want information on the claim. Be careful to use easy to remember number - or have them written in one or two places so you can retrieve the information easily.
The information that you will need while applying for the claim includes:
- 1. Complete name and address of your past employer(s) and the time periods you worked
- 2. Driver's license or state issued number; if you are a non-US citizen, then your registration number will be required
- 3. Your PIN
Your weekly benefit will be equal to the highest base period quarter wages multiplied by 4.25. If this sum is higher than the statutory minimum weekly wages, then that will be your weekly benefit;; if not, then your weekly benefit will equal the minimum statutory weekly wages amount.
Once this is done, you should start looking around for landing some good jobs. In Kansas the following jobs have the leading economic trends:
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- 1. Registered nurses for which you will to have as associate degree to apply - this job opportunity has a annual turnover of 950 jobs
- 2. The next highest turn over is experienced by and auditing clerks for which you will a moderate and-on-experience. This types of job has an annual turnover of about 830 jobs
- 3. Closely on its heel with a yearly demand of 710 jobs is Truck/ Heavy and Tractor Trailer drivers for which you will also need moderate hand-on-experience to apply.
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4. On the fourth rank in popularity comes General Operations Managers with a annual turnover of 600 jobs - for this type of job you will need to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
5. Fifth in rank come the Secretaries (excluding legal, medical and executive) which has an annual demand of 590 jobs. Here too you will need to have some moderate hands-on-experience to land the job.
This is an overview and by no means excludes the so many other avenues that are available in Kansas. You need to go around and look for opportunities that suit your capabilities, attitude, qualification and experience best. Always look for a job that you love to do - then the work will be effortless and you will never be dissatisfied. In the meantime you have to have adopt a strategy to get to you goal the fastest way possible:
- 1. Advertise with 'wanted' classified ads in the local community newspaper and put your availability on all common notice boards
- 2. Search regularly all classified in the local newspapers for best job openings
- 3. Enlist your name in a few leading placement agencies - who are dealing with the local employment
- 4. Offer your services as a consultant to the business houses, educational institutions, and where else applicable (go with quality at a slightly below-the-market price offer)
- 5. Check the Net for opportunities to earn cash online:
- a. Freelancing - you can freelance in absolutely any area of expertise you have (writer, ghostwriter, programmer, web-designer, software engineer, financial service, administrative assistant, PR, etc)
- b. Set up a business online - look up the net on 'how-to' advice and set up a business online; this will require moderate investment
- c. Become an affiliate and sell other people's products earning commission - this is mostly automated so you do not need to send emails, or make cold calls - this is a good way to make money
- d. Set up a virtual office and sell a service - the same way you would have an office in the physical world - the only exception is that if you do it right you will have clientele from the world over
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