Working On Welfare

To learn more about hiring welfare workers, check out the following resources.

1. The Welfare to Work Partnership provides information and assistance to companies interested in hiring welfare recipients. It has a toll-free information line, (888) USA-JOB-1, and a Web site (http://www.welfaretowork.org ).

2. Hiring Welfare-to-Work Employees: A Step-by-Step Guide for Small Businesses is accessible only at the Department of Labor's Web site (http://www.dol.gov ).

3. Public Employment Service is a state-operated program that matches employers and job seekers through a network of 1,800 offices throughout the United States.

Employers can list available jobs on the service's Internet site, America's Job Bank. For information, visit the Web site at http://www.ajb.dni.us .

4. America's Talent Bank (http://www.atb.org ) is an electronic resume system where employers can search for potential employees.

This article was originally published in the January 1998 print edition of Entrepreneur with the headline: Working On Welfare.