Saint Louis Job News & Opportunities St. Louis Front Page is a weekly news publication, with daily updates, spotlighting attractions, events, business and hospitality in St. Louis, Missouri and Southwest Illinois. St. Louis News Community Info St. Louis Job News St. Louis CitySide Business News St. Charles News Southwest, IL News Fairview Heights,IL Art Gallery News Hotel News Restaurant News Style St. Louis Not Just For Kids   Downtown Map America's Center Busch Stadium Gateway Arch Savvis Center Laclede's Landing Old Courthouse Union Station Washington Avenue   Metropolitan Map Casinos Clayton, MO Grand Center Grant's Farm Forest Park Kimmswick, MO MO Botanical Garden Soulard St. Charles, MO West Port Plaza Transportation Lambert Airport How To Reach Us: St. Louis Front Page P.O. Box 1354 St. Louis, MO 63188 Voice: 314-771-0200 Fax: 314-771-0300 To submit news, contact: editor@slfp.com To advertise, contact: advertising@slfp.com Missouri Career Centers Responding to Hurricane Katrina Evacuees JEFFERSON CITY, (SLFP.com) September 10, 2005 - In an effort to help Hurricane Katrina displaced Americans in Missouri rebuild their lives, Gov. Matt Blunt has directed the Department of Economic Development (DED) to make Career Center services available to help people find gainful employment. The DED's Division of Work Force Development has mobilized its 40 Missouri Career Centers and is making available its Internet-based jobs service known as Great Hires to help those displaced Americans in the state begin searching for jobs in Missouri. As many as 4,000 displaced Americans will make Missouri their permanent home, according to the Missouri National Guard. "After emergency needs like shelter, food and clothes are met, skilled workers who are trying to start over in Missouri to provide for themselves and their families will need our help," Gov. Matt Blunt said. "Our role through the Department of Economic Development will be to connect displaced Americans with employment and training opportunities and connect businesses with a ready labor pool. Our one-stop career centers also will provide displaced Americans access to local, state and federal agencies that can provide additional assistance in this time of crisis." The locations of Missouri's Career Centers can be found at www.ded.mo.gov/wfd/wfds/frontpage.shtml. The directory of local workforce boards and Career Centers, as well as job search capability, can be found at www.greathires.org . Those seeking to contact Career Centers near them can call 1-888-728-5627 and they will be routed directly to the nearest center based on telephone prefix. The Career Centers also can provide the most current labor market information and guidance to help displaced Americans. Personal computers at these "one-stops" are available for displaced workers to apply for assistance from their home states, look for temporary work in Missouri, prepare/update resumes and access other needed services/information provided on the web. In some areas, DED will be providing laptop internet capability at evacuee centers to speed up the process. The department also will be available to provide career counseling, job search assistance and application assistance to partner agencies. The department is currently checking various sources to determine the numbers of displaced Americans and will evaluate the need to target specific regions where the need is greatest. Archived: Travel Industry Jobs Impacted by Hurricane Katrina Major Re-organization Designed to Create Jobs in Missouri Maintaining Health Insurance Is More Important Than Pay Increase Missouri Labor Market Shows Improvement Mortgage Rates Rise Following Employment Report National Job Quality is Declining 18- to 34-Year-Olds, Low Earners Tops Among Job-Hoppers 'Class of 9/11' Finds Patriotism Is Not Enough to Work for Government Laptops, Not Autos, Tempt Today's Job Seekers Survey Highlights Mothers as Ideal Workplace Leaders Worker's Compensation Reform Bills Protect Missouri Jobs Employment Rebounds in St. Louis Missouri Quality Jobs Act to Create Jobs, Spur Economic Growth Smurfit-Stone Anticipates Job Growth at New Headquarters in St. Louis County Worker Confidence Drops Sharply in February Employment Market Minority-Owned Businesses Boost Local Economies in Tight Job Market Workers Rate Bosses Highly, But Say They Can Do the Job Better U.S. Households Led by Single Mothers and Displaced Homemakers on the Rise Job Market Continues Growth As Worker's Confidence Levels Increase    The Saint Louis Front Page is owned and maintained by the Moore Design Group for the sole purpose of disseminating news and information about the Metropolitan Saint Louis area. Text or graphics may not be copied, rewritten or distributed in any manner whatsoever without written permission. For more information, contact editor@slfp.com All rights reserved world wide © 1996 - 2008 Moore Design Group .