CareerLink Pittsburgh: For Job Seekers

Click here to find a job opening in the state web site.

Welcome to PA CareerLink!

This guide will provide you with step-by-step instructions on how to enroll in the new Commonwealth Workforce Development System.

Main Page: www.cwds.state.pa.us

Click on the link labeled, New User?

Opens New Page: "User Enrollment"

Check INDIVIDUAL SEEKING SERVICES
Click CONTINUE

Opens New Page: "Individual Identifying Information"

Enter all of your personal information.

If you do not know your social security number, enter "0000" for the last four digits.

Click CONTINUE

Opens New Page: "Create Individual Basic Information"

Enter the rest of your personal information.

You only have to put the information indicated by a red *

Click SAVE AND CONTINUE

Opens New Page: "Create User Account"

Your Keystone ID will be your new username (6-10 both letters & numbers).
Your password must be a minimum of 7 characters long (and cannot include any part of your name in it).

It must be three of these four requirements (example: Buick2004):

Capital letters
Lowercase letters
Numbers
Symbols (@#$&*)

Choose a security question and answer that you know you will remember!
Make sure you write all of this information down for your records.
Click SAVE AND CONTINUE

Opens New Page: "New Participant Confirmation"

This number is your new Participant ID Number.
Make sure you keep this for your records!
Now enter your Keystone ID and Password.
Click LOGIN.

Opens New Page: "View Civil Rights Statement"

Read the Civil Rights Statement.
Check the box next to "I have read and understood the above statement."
Click SAVE AND CONTINUE.

Opens New Page: "Create Program Referral"

Click SKIP at the bottom of the page.

Opens New Page: "Participant Home Page"

This is your home page.
You can create a work record, education record and much more.
Look in the "Participant Profile" section on the left side of the page and click on each link to update your profile.
Also, look at the "Quick Links" section to create a resume, and to create your job preferences to do a job search.

Helpful Tips

Education Record: Enter your most recent school here. If you are attending a Vocational Technical school at the same time as your regular school, create separate entries for each. You must enter a start date, and unless you are still in school, you must enter an end date.

Work Record: List the employment you have had, and create a new work record for each experience. Read through the required information and enter as much as you can!

Skills, Qualifications & Achievements Record: List all honors and awards received in and out of work or school. Highlight your strong qualities: "Works well under pressure." "Dependable and punctual."

Certification/License Record: Enter all certifications that you have, such as CPR, First Aid, or Vo-Tech program certificates.

*Make sure you are saving all of these records as you go*

Creating a Resume: All of the records that you created will be available to add to your resume. When you go to create a resume, name the resume with a job title you are most interested in, then check the boxes next to all of the work records, education records... etc, that you want included in this resume. Then click SAVE AND FINISH.

Printing a Resume: After you finish your resume, click on the name of the resume you want to print from the "View Resume List" page (if you have only created one resume, it will already be checked for you). After you view your resume, click PRINT RESUME at the bottom of the page. After the resume appears on a new page, go to FILE then PRINT to print the resume.

CONGRATULATIONS!

You have completed the enrollment process! If you are ready to do some job searching, go to the Job Preferences Link in the Quick Links section of your Home Page. You can enter all of the information that you want to start looking and applying for jobs!