1-844-ETWORKS
1-844-ETWORKS
Career Seeker Services
We are committed to helping the citizens
of our 14-county region
We want to help you find, locate, and obtain a career that suits your strengths, lifestyles, and goals. Knowing where to look is only half the battle when it comes to finding a new job. We have the resources to help you locate a position that will meet your needs.
WIOA Program
Workforce Solutions East Texas can provide many services to adults with barriers to employment through our WIOA Program (Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act). This program allows us to provide job skills for our future job seekers. We can do this by providing paid work experience, on-the-job training, work readiness courses, and scholarships for school!
To be eligible, you must meet the income requirement and/or have a barrier to employment
which can include, but is not limited to:
Having a layoff letter
Receiving unemployment
Attending a RESEA or rapid response through Workforce Solutions
Having a disability
Having interactions through the criminal justice system
Being on low-income programs like SNAP, TANF, or housing
Search for Jobs and
Career Enhancing Resources
WorkInTexas.com and MyTxCareer.com are connected - same employers and same jobs.
MyTxCareer.com is ideal for those who just need a job and not other services offered by the system.
Other Program Areas
TAA
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Workers is a federally funded program, with no costs to employers, that helps workers who are adversely affected by foreign imports or job shifts to a foreign country.
TANF
The Choices program provides job search assistance and support services to persons receiving cash assistance benefits through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. The Choices program features a Work First policy that focuses on helping families transition to self-sufficiency through a quick connection to the workforce.
SNAP
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) program requires persons age 16 – 59 receiving food stamp benefits to participate in employment, training or work-related activities unless they are exempt under the law.
NCP
The Non-Custodial Parent (NCP) Choices Program targets low-income unemployed or underemployed non-custodial parents who are behind on their child support payments and whose children are current or former recipients of public assistance.
We are committed to providing employment-related services to all citizens of our East Texas area.
Workforce Solutions provides a variety of options to help customers with disabilities use the services, resources and information offered at each of our Workforce Centers. As a person with a disability, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), you have the right to access all services, programs and activities provided at our Career Centers.
As part of our commitment to providing services to all East Texas citizens, we provide accessible equipment in designated areas of our Workforce Centers to assist people with disabilities in their employment search. In each of our centers, we provide the following:
- Reserved workstations at each Workforce Center
- Wheelchair accessible facilities
- Keyboards with extra-large character font
- JAWS© and Purple© software
- Accessible websites, including
WorkInTexas.com
- Relay Texas info: 1-800-735-2989 (TDD) / 711 (Voice) and IP Relay info
- We also partner with Texas Workforce Solutions
Vocational Rehabilitation Services to insure that individuals with disabilities have access to necessary services.
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Proudly Serving East Texas
Our region includes Anderson, Camp, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Marion, Panola, Rains, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood Counties
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Equal Opportunity Employer/Program
Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. Deaf, hard-of-hearing or speech-impaired customers may contact Relay Texas: 800-735-2989 (TTY) and 711 (Voice).
Equal opportunity is the law. Equal opportunity notice in English and Spanish