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 Registering with the Employment Service increases the number of
resources available for jobseekers, including free job-search and
postings, recruiting, job-matches, hiring fairs, workshops, seminars
and webinars. Additionally, it enables the Department to better
assess a claimant’s employment needs and to help identify additional
employment services.
Effective on or after July 17, 2016, individuals who file a new
claim for unemployment benefits will be required to register with
the Employment Service before receiving UI benefit payments, unless
they are exempt from the registration requirement. A claimant’s
responses on the UI claim application will determine if that
individual is required to register. The registration process
includes creating or uploading at least one resume on
www.IllinoisJobLink.com.
Individuals who are currently receiving benefits are not required to
register again.
“One of our top objectives is to help individuals who are
temporarily unemployed find employment more quickly and effectively,
but with only a fraction of our claimants completing registration
with the Employment Service and filing resumes, our ability to
assist is limited,” said Jeff Mays, Director, IDES. “We want
jobseekers to know that we are ready to put them on a faster track
towards jobs.”
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Currently 60 percent of all UI claims filed with the Department do not include a
completed registration for employment services. Through enhanced enforcement of
the registration requirement, the Department will be able to expand resources
for claimants looking for gainful employment through
www.IllinoisJobLink.com which
most recently had more than 179,000 job postings. For additional information
regarding this requirement, please see the Department’s FAQs or log on to
www.ides.illinois.gov.
[Illinois Department of Employment
Security]
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