Dislocated Workers  Tags: displaced_workers personal_finances wellness switching_careers job_seeking  

"With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment.  But community colleges provide lifetime employability."

-President Barack Obama

Read more about the President's Plan for technical
and community colleges

MATC
Truax Campus
3550 Anderson St.
Madison, WI

Free to anyone who wants to learn more!

With MATC Career Counselor
Alfonso Studesville

To reserve a spot call:
[608] 246-6076 or [608] 243-4271
Truax Campus

11:00-12:30 on Mondays

Did you know that if you are resident of our District you have access to some of MATC's best resources?  You will find a variety of information and resources at the MATC Libraries -- both online and in person. 

  Search for helpful books, videos and more at a library nearest to you.

US Department of Labor: Dislocated workers

US Department of Labor: Rapid Response Services for Laid Off Workers

Looking for a job? Updating your skills? Switching careers? Maximize all your options by becoming information smart in the real world. MATC Libraries have joined forces with the public libraries of the South Central Library System to maximize your taxpayer dollars and serve our communities.  By sharing our staff, services and resources we hope to provide dislocated workers with information and skills they need to leap forward in life.  The guide contains the latest news, helpful video clips, reliable web sites, useful library resources and more to help you during your transition. All libraries are offering FREE training sessions to our community.  Your librarians are here to help. 

Come meet the MATC Librarians at your local public library.  We will be heading out to many community libraries in the District to provide information and computer literacy skills to dislocated workers.  We hope to see you there.  All members of the community are welcome.

Next Session: Wednesday, November 18   Monona Public Library, 6:00-8:00

Looking for a job? Updating your skills? Switching careers?  Explore all your options by becoming information smart in the real world. Using their customized web site, MATC Librarians will guide you to the latest news, helpful video clips, reliable web sites, job sites, community resources and free library resources to help get you through your transition.  It truly is one stop shopping.

Job Assistance

Madison Public Library, the Madison Senior Center, and the UW-Writing Center will be offering bi-weekly workshops for job seekers at the Central Library. Trained personnel from the Library, the Writing Center, and the Senior Center will help interested individuals

• write resumes and cover letters
• use credible job search web sites
• apply for jobs online
• establish free, web-based email accounts for job search contacts.

Sessions are offered Monday and Thursday afternoons, 1 - 4 p.m. through mid-August. Reduced hours will be available through November. Interested job seekers may register for hour-long sessions by calling 266-6350. Drop-ins are welcome and will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis

Computer Training

Free basic computer training is available at the Central Branch.  Learn computer basics, how to set up an email account, how to search the Internet, Word Processing for resumes and cover letters, and how to use the library’s catalog, magazine and newspaper searching, including our Genealogy and other databases.  Training is offered all year long on Saturdays, at 9:00 and 10:00.  Call 266-6350 to register for a 45-minute, one-on-one appointment, or for additional information.

Job Booms Typically Follow Recessions, May 8, 2009, Wall Street Journal video
History shows that job booms typically follow recessions. What will be the next boom industry? Stacey Delo reports.

Work Shift: Video profiles of people changing jobs in a dynamic economy. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel video, Jan 25, 2009

State's Unemployment Claim Hotline Jammed Channel 3000 video Jan. 23, 2009 VIDEO: Watch The Report

From the Wisconsin Department of Commerce comes resources for those communities facing plant closing or layoffs.

Plant Closings and Employee Layoffs: Resources For Communities

This site details resources available to assist communities and impacted workers, both for mitigating immediate consequences but also to foster long-term recovery.

Checklist of warning signs, what to do first, state programs and services, community analysis tools, and more.

Search for thousands of more articles like these through Badgerlink.  Badgerlink is free to all State residents.  It's loaded with helpful information.  Check it out.

House Moves to Extend Unemployment Benefits
September 21, 2009
Jim Abrams, AP Writer, on Yahoo News

Weathering the jobless storm, some emerge as winners
July 25, 2009
by Joel Dresang, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Need a job?  Join the club.
July 5, 2009
by Matthew DeFour, Wisconsin State Journal

Madison Is Ranked As One of the Best Places to Find A Job
May, 2009
Money Magazine/CNN

Rebooting a Career at a Technical School
April 25, 2009
by Conrad De Aenlle, New York Times

Community Colleges Play Key Role in Tough Economic Times
April 11, 2009
by Stacy Teuchner Khadaroo, Christian Science Monitor

Displaced Workers Find the Courage to Start Over
April 2, 2009
by Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Career Central:MATC is go-to place for area's newly unemployed
March 31, 2009
by Todd Finkelmeyer, The Capital Times

The Art of Your Story
March 30, 2009
by Alexandra Levit, Wall Street Journal

Laid Off? No New Job? How Bad Can It Get?
Feb 22, 2009
by Anna Prior, Wall Street Journal

State's Technical Colleges Humming As Economy Goes Flat
Feb 8, 2009
by Deborah Ziff,  Wisconsin State Journal