Career Development Network

 If you are an out-of-work financial professional living in Connecticut, you may qualify for a National Emergency Grant (NEG). The Federal NEG program is designed to help the former employees of over 40 financial service businesses who were dislocated as a result of the mass layoffs in 2008.

Services offered by the National Emergency Grant include career counseling and training services to assist in finding a new job or to change careers.

Only individuals who have been laid off from a specific list of financial services companies are eligible to receive NEG benefits.  Click here to determine if your former employer is on the list.

What does the National Emergency Grant offer?

  • Education/Training Scholarships
  • Networking Events
  • Job Search Workshops
  • Career Coaching
  • Resume Writing
  • Interviewing Skills
  • Assessment Tools

Are you eligible?

  • Your former employer must be on the list of financial services companies eligible to receive NEG benefits
  • Anyone laid off from these companies after March 2008 is eligible
  • You can be currently employed or unemployed and still receive NEG benefits
  • You can either live or work in Connecticut
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For More Information

Please contact The Business Council at 203-359-3220.

About The Career Development Network 
The Career Development Network has been developed jointly by The WorkPlace Inc. and The Business Council of Fairfield County. It is made possibly by funds from a National Emergency Grant awarded to the State of Connecticut's Workforce Development System by the U.S. Department of Labor.


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