Looking for work in Kansas ?.- What to do ?

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:

• 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)
• 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:

• 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