• The U.S. Department of Labor-Employment and Training Administration (USDOL-ETA) Business Resources Page provides access to a wide array of critical employer resources including:
  
  
  
  
  • A Workforce Tool Kit. This publication details a number of strategies and resources for expanding, training, restructuring, and financing your workforce. It can be accessed directly at (PDF Format): www.doleta.gov/whatsnew/insidebind.pdf.
    
    
  • Tools for Recruiting Qualified Employees. This site provides links to two critical employee recruitment tools:
    
    
    
    • America's Job Bank (AJB). On AJB, you can list your job openings, post a job, or update an existing job listing. AJB also provides a database of electronic resumes that have been put into the system by individuals seeking job opportunities. The system is designed so that you as an employer can search those electronic resumes to find qualified employees. AJB can be accessed directly at: http://www.jobsearch.org/.
      
      
    • The U.S. Employment Service (USES). The USES provides Labor Exchange services to employers using a three-tiered system including Self Service, Staff-Assisted services, and Intensive Services that are tailored to meet the needs of the Business and Employer Community. This site provides detailed information about these employer services and how to access them (http://www.uses.doleta.gov/empservices.asp).
      
      
  • Information about Federal Tax Incentive Programs for Employers. This site includes information about national business incentive programs targeting enterprise zones as well as information about the Work Opportunities Tax Credit (WOTC). Information about WOTC can also be accessed directly at: http://www.uses.doleta.gov/wotcdata.cfm.
    
    
  • Labor Market Information Links. This site includes links to data repositories and reports on long-term industry projections and short-term forecasts; labor market information databases; occupational employment statistics and other labor market information resources. This inventory of labor market links can be accessed at: http://www.doleta.gov/almis/.
    
    
  • Policies and Regulations that Affect Businesses. This site contains a collection of some of the Federal legislation and policies that may impact your business. It also includes a link to the Department of Labor’s elaws site, through which you can access interactive tools that provide information about Federal employment laws. The elaws site can be accessed directly at: http://www.dol.gov/elaws/.
    
    
  • Other Resources. The USDOL - ETA Business Resources Page also includes additional links to: information about unemployment compensation, foreign labor certification, the Federal Bonding Program; programs and services addressing dislocated workers and other special populations.
    
    
• Career One Stop Web Portal. This site is the nation’s largest publicly funded resource for jobseekers and businesses. It provides employers online tools to: post job openings; search resume databases; set up an automated search to find potential employees; find wages and employment trends; create customized job descriptions; access occupational licensing requirements; find local workforce development services; locate other employers by industry; get information about employer rights and responsibilities and information about federal wage regulations. This site is linked directly with America’s Career InfoNet ; America’s Job Bank ; and American’s Service Locator.
  
  
• The "Plain English" Version of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 provides an overview of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 (Public Law 105-220), the country’s cornerstone workforce development legislation. The summary highlights the Act’s major features and gives succinct information about the structure, funding and target population groups served through the WIA system.
  
  
• The Occupational Information Network (O*NET). O*NET is a unique, comprehensive database of worker competencies, job requirements, resources and more and is the nation's primary source of occupational information. O*NET can help employers: expand the pool of candidates for open positions; help develop job descriptions quickly; define job-specific success factors; refine recruitment and training goals; and design competitive compensation systems.
  
  
• The Business Resource Group. This site provides information about the U.S. Department of Labor - Employment and Training Administration’s Business Relations Group (BRG). The BRG was established to coordinate with federal, state and local public and private sector partners to: (1) identify businesses and industries in high-growth sectors of the economy and translate their workforce needs to the public workforce system; (2) help the public workforce system respond effectively to business and industry needs for a skilled workforce; (3) help communities use workforce investment system resources as an economic development tool; and (4) work with the U.S. Department of Education to explore vocational education strategies that respond to business and industry needs for a skilled American workforce.
  
  
• U.S. Department of Labor - Map of State One-Stop Websites. This site provides links to every state workforce development agency in the country. Businesses can use this site to access state-specific employer services, policies and programs.