Employer Services

​Look below to find out more information available to employers!!!
​Do you need qualified employees? Let Arkansas JobLink help you find them.
Employers are encouraged to establish Employer Accounts in the Arkansas JobLink System for the purpose of posting employment opportunities and receiving applicant self-referrals and staff-assisted referrals of qualified applicants. Employers will have access to post jobs, search resumes, and receive emails on new job hunters. Employers can receive assistance with creating their accounts or establish a self-service account. Employers may enter job postings at any time after submitting the account registration and the account has been approved.
Arkansas Rehabilitation Services assists clients with mental and physical disabilities.  Business and Industry are vital partners in what our agency does.  There are many opportunities for businesses to be involved in our agency and there are many ways our agency can help Arkansas businesses.
  • Evaluation vocational rehabilitation needs
  • Physical restoration
  • Counseling and guidance
  • Supported employment
  • Educational training
  • Assistive technology, services, and equipment
  • Job development and placement
  • Employment retention and follow-up services
Whether you have a job or are job hunting, you can set yourself apart with the competitive edge of having a Career Readiness Certificate.  This certificate demonstrates workplace readiness in possessing these basic foundational skills, which are the fundamental, portable skills that are necessary for conveying and receiving information critical to training and workplace success.  Contact your local Arkansas Workforce Center today to find out more.
​Blytheville Location - Ask for Dominique Euell at 870-762-2035
Jonesboro Location - Ask for Perry Jackson at 870-910-8129
Paragould Location - Ask for Kelly Aaron at ​870-236-8220
Arkansas’ Business Retention and Workforce Transition Team within the Governor’s Dislocated Worker Task Force assists workers who lose their jobs because of business closures or workforce reductions due to the economic climate or because of natural or man-made disasters. The Business Retention and Workforce Transition Team helps employees during business closures or workforce reductions by providing information about retraining, job opportunities, filing for unemployment insurance benefits and other local, state and federal services.
This poster is to display in the workplace for employees to be informed that they are covered by Arkansas Division of Workforce Services’ Law that provides Unemployment Insurance benefits for unemployed workers and under certain conditions, for those working only part-time.
Do you need a location and staff assistance for a Job Fair or Hiring Event?  Let the Arkansas Workforce Centers assist you.
Blytheville Location - Ask for Dominique Euell at 870-762-5365
Jonesboro Location - Ask for Perry Jackson at 870-910-8129
Paragould Location - Ask for Kelly Aaron at ​870-236-8220
Do you need assistance with Job Postings on the Arkansas JobLink website.  Let the Arkansas Workforce Centers assist you.
​​Blytheville Location - Ask for Dominique Euell at 870-762-5365
Jonesboro Location - Ask for Perry Jackson at 870-910-8129
Paragould Location - Ask for Kelly Aaron at ​870-236-8220
Mental health conditions impact one in five American adults each year. EARN’s Mental Health Toolkit is a gateway to background, tools and resources that can help employers learn how to support workplace mental health and wellbeing and cultivate a welcoming and supportive work environment for all employees, including those with mental health condition. In addition to the toolkit, EARN offers this short course to help employers learn more about strategies for supporting worker mental health and wellness. It includes additional resources to build knowledge around the topic, such as common accommodations for employees with mental health conditions.
Federal and State law requires employers to report newly hired and re-hired employees in Arkansas to the Arkansas New Hire Reporting Center. This site will provide you with information about reporting new hires including reporting online and other reporting options.
​How does the employer benefit from OJT? Up to 50% of actual wages (not benefits/overtime) of a participant may be reimbursed to the employer. The wage paid and length of time will be stated in the OJT contract.
ADWS administers Arkansas’ Unemployment Insurance program and facilitates employer compliance with the Arkansas Employment Security Law, collects unemployment insurance contributions from employers, provides unemployment insurance benefits to those eligible, and maintains management information systems for filing unemployment insurance claims and fraud detection. Employers can access online UI services here.

Should you have any questions or comments concerning any of the Online Unemployment Insurance Employer Services features, please contact the ADWS UI department here.
​WOTC is a federal tax credit that encourages employers to hire workers from targeted groups. The tax credit is designed to help job seekers gain on-the-job experience, move towards economic self-sufficiency and help reduce employer’s federal tax liability.

How Much Is the Tax Credit?
The tax credit taken into account for hiring qualified disabled veterans is $12,000 for first-year wages. The tax credit for hiring long-term Family Assistance recipients is applicable to 40 percent of first $10,000 of wages in year one and 50 percent of first $10,000 of wages in year two.

The tax credit for hiring other target groups, except summer youth employees, is up to $2,400 for each new hire: 40 percent of qualified first year wages for those employed 400 or more hours; 25 percent for those employed at least 120 hours (but less than 400). Qualified wages are capped at $6,000. Summer youth wages are capped at $3,000.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM63R7JKIp8
 
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Disabled Veterans Outreach Program (DVOP) and Local Veterans Employment Representatives (LVER) staff, through outreach with employers, develop increased hiring opportunities within the local workforce by raising the awareness of employers of the availability and the benefit of hiring veterans.
To meet the specific needs of veterans, particularly veterans with barriers to employment, the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services utilizes DVOP and LVER staff who are thoroughly familiar with the full range of job development services and training programs available at the State Workforce Agency One-Stop Career Centers, Department of Veterans Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program locations.

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Arkansas Virtual Job Fair (VJF) is an innovative way of providing opportunities for employers and job seekers to connect while allowing for the safety of all as we deal with COVID-19. As an online event, Employers and Job Seekers meet in a virtual environment and use various tools such as: chat rooms, webcasts, training/workshop videos, webinars and employer online hiring sites. Utilizing a VJF eliminates geographical barriers and enables more accessibility to the event for the job seekers and employers (citizens can connect at any location with internet, without transportation and distance issues). Getting a Virtual Job Fair going is easy.
This service is a planned, structured learning experience that takes place in a workplace for a limited period of time.  The purpose of work experience is to gain new job skills and valuable experience which will lead to full time employment.
WOTC is a federal tax credit that encourages employers to hire workers from targeted groups. The tax credit is designed to help job seekers gain on-the-job experience, move towards economic self-sufficiency and help reduce employer’s federal tax liability.
For more information please contact your local Arkansas Workforce Center.
​​Blytheville Location - Ask for Dominique Euell at 870-762-5365
Jonesboro Location - Ask for Perry Jackson at 870-910-8129
Paragould Location - Ask for Kelly Aaron at ​870-236-8220​
The Northeast Arkansas Workforce Centers are an equal opportunity employer/program.
The Northeast Arkansas Workforce Centers do not discriminate on the basis of  race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, age, disability, political affiliation or belief.
Auxiliary Aids and Services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.
If you are a hearing person and you want to call a deaf, hard-of-hearing, deaf-blind, speech-disabled, or late-deafened person, all you have to do is dial 7-1-1. It is that easy! (If the phone from which you are calling does not accept 7-1-1, just call 1-800-285-1121 for the same great results).