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Labor’s referral service
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Posted on Nov 28 2008
[B]Q: What does the Department of Labor’s referral service mean to workers?
A:[/B] The Labor’s Employment Services provides a referral service for citizens, residents, and alien workers located in the CNMI. According to Labor, this service shall match information about prospective employees with information about job vacancies so that private sector jobs may be filled expeditiously with qualified persons who are willing and able to do the work required by the employer.
Citizens, permanent residents, and foreign national workers may register with Labor’s Employment Services for assistance in finding employment in the CNMI. According to the Alien Labor Rules and Regulations, registrants shall complete a standard form for registration online or in writing. Registered applicants may post resumes on Labor’s website.
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[B]Q: What are the other services provided by the Labor’s Employment Services?A:[/B] Labor’s Employment Services will provide orientation materials to help applicants with job applications and interviews and with referrals to other agencies that provide related assistance.
Employment Services will catalog and evaluate the skills, qualifications, and interests of applicants seeking employment in order to be able to match applicants with job vacancy announcements.
For jobs with a legitimate requirement for fluency in a foreign language, Employment Services will evaluate oral foreign language skills through the use of standard conversational tests administered by translators employed or contracted by Labor. Employment Services will evaluate written foreign language skills through the use of standard written tests administered by translators employed or contracted by Labor.
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[B]Q: Does Labor’s Employment Services maintain a referral list?A:[/B] Yes. Employment Services maintains a current list of all persons who have registered within the past six months and who have not yet become employed. With respect to each job vacancy announcement, Employment Services shall determine whether any person on the Referral List is qualified for the vacancy. Labor says if candidates are available from the Referral List, a suitable number of qualified candidates will be referred to the employer within five working days after receipt of the proposed job vacancy announcement.
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