Services available to job seekers/workers include job referral and placement, referral to training, and job search skill building activities. The VEC provides a wide variety of self-help, computer-assisted, as well as printed and video career guidance materials to help in your job search. Computers available in each VEC field office allow easy access to information about job opportunities, unemployment insurance, and labor market conditions across Virginia. Internet access is available to America’s Job Bank and other employment related sites on the web.

The VEC also administers the unemployment insurance program, which provides protection against loss of wages to individuals who become unemployed through no fault of their own. Benefits are paid through taxes on employers covered under the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act. No part of the cost is deducted from the workers earnings. To qualify to receive unemployment benefits, you must meet certain requirements, and you must file your initial claim for benefits in person or through the Internet.

The VEC home page address for use in accessing job search and career information, or filing your initial claim is: http://www.vec.state.va.us/.


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