Job Search and Reemployment Self-Assessments for
Developing Plans Tailored to Each Individual's Needs and Goals

Guide job seekers and the unemployed to employment with best-practice self-assessments used across the USA in workforce agencies, employment programs, and career centers. Our assessments, cited by a U.S. Department of Labor report as innovative employment tools, assist job seekers, dislocated workers, and UI claimants with informative employment and reemployment strategies and personalized job search planning and guidance.

Learn more about LEAP and YES, two workforce development assessment tools to use with your job seekers.

   

Layoff-to-Employment Action Planner (LEAP)

Assesses Diverse Needs and Concerns of Dislocated Workers and UI Claimants

Your Employment Search
(YES)

Assesses Unique Needs, Issues, and Barriers of Job Seekers

The best-selling LEAP helps dislocated workers and
UI claimants assess and cope with the 8 most important issues faced after a layoff. In 3 easy steps, workers rank their job and life barriers and create a reemployment plan tailored to their needs.

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YES measures and transforms job-search readiness and effectiveness in new job seekers to the long-term unemployed. YES teaches productive job-seeking skills in 5 key areas to immediately boost the job search. In 3 steps, job hunters assess their job-search methods and develop an active and personalized employment search strategy.

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Career Action Blog

Are your job seekers interested in work that doesn’t require them to be onsite? A new remote jobs tool sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor lets UI claimants and the unemployed search for jobs that don’t require them to commute or be onsite every day.

Virtual or remote jobs are available in many fields and at many levels. Learn more about the remote jobs tool and try it out on the CareerOneStop site.

Looking for more ways to help your job hunters get hired? Request complimentary review samples of our two proven tools: Layoff-to-Employment Action Planner and Your Employment Search.

LEAP and YES are entirely self-guiding, so you can provide useful reemployment planning to those you serve with little to no staff interaction.
 

As you reopen your doors to the unemployed, send them home with our proven tools for independent reemployment and job search planning.

Both tools feature a color-coded, easy-to-read, 6-panel foldout design with clear steps. They are entirely 

  • self-guiding
  • self-scoring
  • self-interpreting

After completing the LEAP or YES, individuals can use their results to navigate their transition and plan their job hunt from home. Note: No staff involvement is required for your job seekers to use the best-practice LEAP and YES.

Consider making LEAP or YES part of your reopening. Start by requesting your complimentary review samples today.
 

2020: The year began with historically low unemployment. After the pandemic hit, life changed dramatically for everyone, including the public workforce system and the people we serve. Now it's time to look ahead.

According to WorkforceGPS, a site sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, "the way we provide services and assistance may look very different from now on....The keys to success will be flexibility and forward thinking in the way we serve our customers." 

WorkforceGPS is giving workforce professionals technical assistance and resources to connect individuals to available jobs and training.  As a starting place, they have organized Pathway to Recovery resources into the following categories: Job Seeker and Business Customer Service Delivery, Labor Market Information, Partnerships & Planning, and System Infrastructure & Capacity. Of special interest: a Quick Start Action Planner, which aids workforce system stakeholders in preparing for economic recovery.

Are you helping dislocated workers and the unemployed find work? Learn about best-practice tools that guide the unemployed in job search and reemployment planning. Workforce and career professionals can request complimentary review samples.