Tricks to Get Through to California Unemployment

Here's yet another trick that has proven effective method for getting through to California's Employment Development Department (EDD CA)! 
This method was submitted by Kenny and many have used this to get through to a real person at California Unemployment. As a result, it has earned a spot here...

Posted by out smart em, this latest trick appears to be a direct line to people that can answer questions at the California Employment Development Department (EDD). We have already seen positive feedback and believe this method will continue to bring more success. Be sure to thank out smart em if this method brings you success. In order to measure the success of this new method, please answer the poll question at the bottom of this post. 

Here is out smart em's comment and the direct line phone number:

Here's a trick has proven to be yet another effective way to get through to California's Employment Development Department (EDD CA)! Though it seems most visitors have already found great success with the tricks listed previously, listing another never hurt anyone. 
This trick was provided by Allisa and has had several success stories. As a result, it has earned a spot here. Her comment is quoted below. 

Thanks again to all who have left comments regarding your experience trying to get through to California EDD. It seems their normal English line will always be busy, so it becomes necessary to find other means of getting through. One of the comments on the List Your Tricks page seems to be another valid method provided by Jeff H for getting through to EDD, using a different phone number than the one in my original post. For this reason, I have decided to post it here and wish success to all who try it.

Here's the trick that has worked for several others on this site:

Thank you to all who have left comments regarding your experience trying to get through to California EDD. The comments section has clearly proven that Anna's method for getting through is also an effective way to get a live person. As a result, I think it deserves its own post on this website.

Here's the trick that has worked for many...

On Wednesday, April 18, 2012, I got through to EDD using one of the tricks I found online. 

Here are the steps I took. I hope they work for you like they did for me:


1. Call EDD on their Vietnamese line at (800) 547-2058...

I know I'm not the only one who can't get through to the CA Unemployment Department by phone. If you have any tips or tricks, please respond here so that people like me that have been trying to get through to them for weeks have a chance.

Chart acquired from the official California EDD website.

I'm sick of hearing, "Due to the number of callers already waiting to speak to one of our representatives, we are unable to assist you at this time"?

The latest message from the California EDD says, "The US Department of Labor has determined that California no longer meets the threshold to file and pay Fed-Ed extension benefits for weeks of Unemployment after May 12, 2012. If you are currently collecting benefits on a Fed-Ed extension, you may be eligible for those benefits for weeks of Unemployment prior to May 12, 2012, but not for weeks of Unemployment that end after May 12, 2012.