Employment Activities 


We can help you acquire the skills, training, and knowledge you need to find the right job! You can also get paid to work in a full-time State government job with wage subsidy or part-time job with Career Link. 

Career Link

Career Link candidates are hired into part-time positions, working 20 hours per week for up to six months. These positions will be tailored to match individual career goals. A Career Consultant will help every step of the way.

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Weekly Time Sheet with Instructions 

Job Search Card

Wage Subsidy

Wage Subsidy candidates are hired into full-time, 40 hours per week jobs within government agencies. These positions last up to 12 months.

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Bi-Weekly Time Sheet with Instructions 

Job Search Card

Job Search and Job Readiness 

We can help enhance your résumé and interview skills and give you the tools you need to find the right job.

The act of seeking or obtaining employment, preparation to seek or obtain employment, including life skills training, participating in job search (searching for job openings, applying for jobs and interviewing for positions), parenting classes, money management, short-term substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, or rehabilitation activities for those who are otherwise employable. Such treatment or therapy must be determined to be necessary and certified by a qualified medical or mental health professional. Job search and job readiness assistance activities must be supervised by the TANF agency or other responsible party on an ongoing basis no less frequently than daily. This activity is limited by statute to six (6) weeks per year (or twelve (12) weeks, if needy state), and no more than four weeks may be consecutive to count toward the work participation rates.

Contact New Mexico Works

Phone: 1-800-283-4465
Email: NMDWS-subemp@dws.nm.gov
Mailing address:
New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions, Attn: NMWorks Program, P.O. Box 1928, Albuquerque, NM 87103

Non-Paid Work Programs


Volunteer toward the benefit and improvement of your community while gaining hands on work experience at the same time!   

Community Service

Volunteer toward the benefit and improvement of your community. 

Structured programs in which participants perform work for the direct benefit of the community under the auspices of public or nonprofit organizations. Community service programs must be limited to projects that serve a useful community purpose in fields such as health, social service, environmental protection, education, urban and rural redevelopment, welfare, recreation, public facilities, public safety, and childcare. Community service programs are designed to improve the employability of participants not otherwise able to obtain employment and must be supervised on an ongoing basis; no less frequently than daily. A State agency shall consider, to the extent possible, the prior training, experience, and skills of a participant in making appropriate community service assignments.  

Non-Paid Work Activity Timesheet

Work Experience

You can acquire the skills, training and knowledge needed for employment.

An unpaid work activity, that provides an individual with an opportunity to acquire the general skills, training, knowledge, and work habits necessary to obtain employment. The purpose of work experience is to improve the employability of those who cannot find unsubsidized employment. This activity must be supervised by an employer, work site sponsor, or other responsible party on an ongoing basis no less frequently than daily.  

Non-Paid Work Activity Timesheet

Contact New Mexico Works

Phone: 1-800-283-4465
Email: NMDWS-NMW@dws.nm.gov
Mailing address:
New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions, Attn: NMWorks Program, P.O. Box 1928, Albuquerque, NM 87103

  • Do you want to become an

    Applications Developer?

    Develop, create, and modify general computer applications software or specialized utility programs. Analyze user needs and develop software solutions. Design software or customize software for client use with the aim of optimizing operational efficiency.

  • Do you want to become a

    Plumber?

    Assemble, install, alter, and repair pipelines or pipe systems that carry water, steam, air, or other liquids or gases. May install heating and cooling equipment and mechanical control systems.

  • Do you want to become an

    Ironworker?

    Raise, place, and unite iron or steel girders, columns, and other structural members to form completed structures or structural frameworks. May erect metal storage tanks and assemble prefabricated metal buildings.

  • Do you want to become an

    Electrician?

    Perform preliminary work with the material and tools of the trade; residential and commercial rough wiring and finish work including the installation of various kinds of wires, cables, and conduits per the National Electrical Code; industrial lighting and service installation; motors controls and installation including emergency generators, relays, and timing devices.

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