Each of the military service offers assistance to family members looking for employment through their community or family service center. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) is responsible for ensuring and increasing the economic security, well-being, and productivity of Hawaii's workers. The department promotes access to employment. DLIR announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May 2007 was 2.5 percent, a slight increase over April's rate of 2.4 percent, but lower than the rate of 2.6 in May 2006. Hawaii shares with Utah the distinction of having the country's second lowest unemployment rate.

Courtesy of Hawaii DLIR, www.hirenethawaii. com, is a online job seeker/workforce services system. It was specifically designed for job seekers, students, case managers, employers, training providers, workforce professionals in Hawaii. The system provides fast access to a complete set of employment tools in one Web site.

Joint Employment Management System (JEMS): JEMS assists in connecting active duty personnel, their family members and retirees to employment opportunities. Serving as a central point of contact for businesses and job seekers, they host job fairs and offer an online job bank at www.jemsjobs.com. At the JEMS job bank, participating military communities have exclusive online access to over 1,600 jobs in Hawaii. On the job bank you can search for a job, post your resume and receive notification of new jobs in your area of interest. For more information, call 473-0190.

The Army Community Service Hawaii Employment Resource Guide has extensive information and Web site links for anyone (not just Army family members) looking for employment, including contact information for many agencies and business.