Job Seeker Services

Find a new job, a better job, or information about training or how to upgrade your skills--at no charge. Read to the very bottom before clicking on items of interest. For example, the link for job listings is toward the bottom--under the heading "For additional Internet information."

Visit one of the PeninsulaWorks centers throughout San Mateo County for hands-on activities and access to staff for questions. To get some services, you may need to bring a state-issued driver's license or identification card; or a Resident Alien Card; or a United States passport; or other specific documents. You may also use this PeninsulaWorks Internet site for finding job listings and other information. To find out more, click on underlined words.

PeninsulaWorks offers services for people of all skill levels and situations. However, if you fit one of the groups below, click the links or call the phone number shown.

• Youth: Call 650-301-8492
• Persons 55 and older: Call 650-403-4300
• Veterans: Call 650-802-6598 for benefits; 650-802-5064 for employment assistance
• Professionals, management, and high-tech: Call 650-802-5000
• Persons with disabilities: Call 650-358-4180
• Persons wanting to file unemployment insurance claims: Call 800-300-5616
• PeninsulaWorks intern program within San Mateo County: Call 650-301-8432

Job seeker services available at most PeninsulaWorks centers:

• Job search assistance: job listings, phones, computers with Internet access, printers, fax service, copy machines, workshops, newspapers, reports
• Phone claim filing for unemployment insurance
• Information on wages, training, community resources, work-related issues
• Referral to other services

For job seeker services, hours, maps, and directions of PeninsulaWorks centers, click here: Daly City, San Carlos, Redwood City, Menlo Park.

Learn your rights and how to file a complaint relating to employment services.

For additional Internet information:

• Job Listings, Job Hotlines, Job Fairs: Public & private job openings & more
• Self-Assessment Tools: Web sites that provide free online assessments and tests
• Employer Web Sites: Local employers on the Internet
• Some Helpful Sites on the Internet for Job Seekers: Transportation, child care, labor law, state disability, workers' compensation, & other topics
• Occupation Profile: Wages, job openings or possible employers, licensing & skills needed, schools offering training, & more to help in your job search or career choice
• Training Programs:
  • Training Programs by Occupation, in a County or Statewide
  • Training Programs by School
  • Training Programs Approved by Workforce Investment Act
  • Training Program Apprenticeships
• Career Information: Job search, career tools, & more (locally, statewide, & nationally)
• WorkSmart (en Español): Help in preparing for & finding a new job.
• California Occupational Guides: Job search & career tools, including occupational studies by industry (biotech, construction, health care, manufacturing)
• Healthcare Navigator: Healthcare careers and industry resource guide.
• Job Seeking Questions/Special Situations: Search tips such as how to post your résumé, foreign school degree comparison, felony record
• Services by Partners: Community services
• I Can Afford College: Get information on financial aid to attend California community colleges.