insurance claimants, and recruitment services to employers with job vacancies. Under the Wagner-Peyser Act, funds are allocated to each State to plan and administer a labor exchange program that most effectively responds to the needs of the State's employers and job seekers. The Federal Government, through the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration, provides general direction, funding, and oversight as well as assisting States with programs of test development, occupational analysis, and development of the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) as the replacement of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT). Veterans receive priority referral to jobs as well as special employment services and assistance. Handicapped workers are also entitled to special employment services. Also available may be job search training or assistance, job counseling and testing services to seekers, as planned by each State. The services offered to employers, in addition to referral of applicants to job openings, include matching job requirements with worker skills and assistance in job modification to help fill hard-to-fill openings. The Employment Service system may provide specialized services such as the following: 1) Services to special applicant groups such as veterans, migrant and seasonal farm-workers, ex- offenders, job seekers with disabilities, disadvantaged job seekers, youth,
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