Jobs Portal - Oakland

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Online Job Portals

Eastbay Job Developers: a local website that regularly posts job announcements, along with updates on job fairs and hiring events throughout the East Bay. In addition, the site organizes workforce news from the Employment Development Department and the Department of Labor.

Walk-In Employment Services

One-Stop Career Centers provide a variety of employment services across its centers, but vary based on the size of the center and its focus. All centers provide job searching tools and resources, information on hiring events, referrals, workshops, and a range of self-directed services. Workshops include but are not limited to resume development, interviewing techniques, networking, utilizing social media, completing online applications, and appropriate work behaviors and grooming. Self-directed services include but are not limited to vocational assessment, labor market information, career exploration, and access to computers, telephones, faxes, and copy machines. All of these services are free of charge.
Oakland One-Stop Career Centers in Oakland

Specialized Agencies

The East Bay maintains a considerable number of agencies providing employment services to job seekers and employers. The types of services vary widely and may differ on the populations served, as well as, eligibility requirements for receiving services. The directories below are divided by populations served.