Home → Bureau of Employment Services

Bureau of Employment Services

The Bureau of Employment Services provides a variety of employment and training services for Maine workers, businesses, and jobseekers through the Maine CareerCenter network.

What's New

5/11/2013: Bangor CareerCenter Offers Programs for Job Seekers in May
5/11/2013: May Events at the Skowhegan CareerCenter

Upcoming Job Fairs at the CareerCenter

[Other Maine Department of Labor News...]

Services for Workers and Jobseekers

Job Referrals
Employment Workshops
Résumé and Interviewing Skills
Wage Information and Job Growth Projections
Information on Education and Skill Training Options

[see all jobseeker services at the CareerCenter...]

Services for Business

Free Job Postings
Job Fairs
Worker Recruitment and Screening
Interview Space
Workforce Information
Training Resources

[see all business services at the CareerCenter...]

Special Programs of the CareerCenter

Maine Apprenticeship Program: Designed to meet the needs of Maine employers through customized on-the-job training and related classroom instruction.
Business Visitation Program: Helps businesses with a variety of financial, business planning, marketing and job training resources.
Competitive Skills Scholarship: Grant for adult workers to earn a degree or certificate in an approved training program. Pays for tuition, fees, and educational supports not paid for by other programs.
Disability Program Navigator: Helps people with disabilities access programs and services that impact their ability to gain/retain employment.
LifeLong Learning Accounts: Employer-matched, portable individual savings accounts used to finance education and training. Maine was selected as the first state in the nation to pilot this initiative.
Monitor Advocate: Works to ensure safe and fair working conditions and access to employment services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Maine.
Rapid Response Team: Hosts informational sessions to workers dislocated by company layoffs. Workers receive information on state and community resources available to laid-off workers including: unemployment benefits, CareerCenter employment and training services, and health care options.
Veterans Services: Provides veterans and transitioning services members with employment and training opportunities, and protects their employment rights.
Work Opportunity Tax Credit: Federal tax credit for employers who hire workers who qualify as members of target groups.