If you’re one of the 155,000 unemployed Washington residents currently looking for work, you may be interested to know that more than 26,000 Washington-based job openings are currently posted on the Employment Security Department’s go2worksource.com Web site.

According to Employment Security Commissioner Karen Lee, the number of jobs posted on the site steadily increased over past year, from 16,510 in January 2005 to 26,505 in January 2006.  Meanwhile, the number of job searches by workers decreased from 1.3 million per month to 950,000 per month over the same period.

“Our unemployment rate is at its lowest point in several years, and it’s getting harder for employers to find people to fill their vacancies,” said Lee.  ”More and more employers are turning to our site to find talented employees, so I strongly encourage people who are looking for work or looking for a better job to visit go2worksource.com.”

Go2worksource.com is an Internet-based, self-service system where registered employers and job seekers can quickly find each other.  There is no fee to use the service.

Employers can post job openings to be viewed by job seekers, search for résumés and contact prospective candidates by e-mail.  Job seekers can post a résumé to be viewed by employers, search for job openings, contact employers by e-mail and even apply on-line.

“This Web site has a lot of valuable information, beyond bringing employers and job seekers together,” Lee said.

WorkSource is a partnership of business, government agencies, colleges and non-profit organizations that offer career services for job seekers and businesses.  There are 66 WorkSource offices open to the public statewide.  The offices are listed online at http://www.go2worksource.com and in blue pages of the phone book.