How do you search for jobs in South Carolina?

DEW keeps South Carolina's job help in separate places: SC Works Online Services is the website, and SC Works Centers are the offices with staff. You can use the website from any computer without ever visiting a center.

SC Works Online Services, the state's job bank

DEW calls SC Works Online Services the state's largest job database. It is also the site that connects your work searches to your unemployment claim in MyBenefits, so the job posts you read there while logged in count toward your weekly claim.

For a claimant, a work search means reading 2 job posts each week while logged into your own SC Works Online Services account. DEW gives you Sunday to Saturday each week to do them. About 24 hours after searching, the Confirmation History tab in MyBenefits shows a "Y" if they were recorded; an "N" may mean your SC Works Online Services and MyBenefits accounts are not connected. The weekly claims guide covers certifying and what happens if you skip the searches.

The site lets you build and store up to 10 resumes, and there is a free SC Works Online Services app in the Android and Apple app stores. DEW's weekly job search tutorial shows how to record your searches, and its find a job page links a Spanish version and a video.

You do not need to show any documents to search jobs or build resumes on SC Works Online Services by yourself.

Help from an SC Works Center

The centers are where people come in. DEW says SC Works gives jobseekers free career counseling, job referrals, testing, training, and resume help, and centers across the state host job fairs and hiring events. Veterans get priority service at every SC Works Center.

Staff help comes with a new step. Beginning July 1st, 2026, federal guidelines require SC Works staff to verify your information and collect documents before helping you at a center or resource room if you need SC Works jobseeker services, have had no staff-assisted services in the last 3 months, or need to update the identification in your SC Works Online Services profile. SC Works' PASS page lists the documents staff accept; for your date of birth, 1 document showing your first name, last name, and birthday is enough. If you have questions before your visit, SC Works asks you to contact your local center.

Some claimants are required to take part. When DEW's profiling system flags you as likely to run out of regular benefits and to need reemployment services, you must take part in services such as job search assistance, unless DEW finds you have already completed them or have justifiable cause. How long benefits last explains the weeks, and the offices page lists the centers that see people by appointment only.

Training while you claim

DEW runs the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) program in South Carolina, which helps jobseekers get employment, education, training, and support services. DEW and the State Technical College System also recognize certain short-term training for high-demand jobs as UI-approved, such as training for patient care technicians, heavy equipment operators, and information technology coordinators.

If you are actively in UI-approved training, such as WIOA, you do not have to do the weekly work search. South Carolina's unemployment law also says a claimant in DEW-approved training cannot be denied benefits for failing the availability and work-search rules, or for turning down suitable work. DEW's training and programs page describes the programs.

Job boards with South Carolina openings

These boards list South Carolina openings too, but DEW's work search counts only job posts read while logged into SC Works Online Services.

• Diversity jobs in South Carolina on Diversity Careers
• Healthcare jobs for veterans in South Carolina on Healthcare Jobs for Veterans
• HR jobs in South Carolina on HR Analyst Jobs
• Trades jobs in South Carolina on The Trades Jobs
• IT jobs in South Carolina on IT Jobs
• Forklift and warehouse jobs in South Carolina on Forklift Jobs
• Environmental and outdoor jobs in South Carolina on Nature Jobs
• University fundraising jobs in South Carolina on University Fundraising Jobs
• Fiber optic jobs in South Carolina on Fiber Optic Jobs
• Medical assistant jobs in South Carolina on Certified Medical Assistant Jobs