CDO Workforce coordinates and focuses employment, training and education development resources across three counties, providing service to employed people, unemployed people and employers alike. Our goal is to improve the long-term growth and development of the work force.
The New York State Department of Labor offers FREE virtual workshops on resume writing, interviewing, transferable skills and more!
WHEN: Workshop @ 9:30am
Job Fair 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
WHERE: 1 O'Hara Drve, Norwich
Participating Businesses:
The City of Norwich
NYS Vets Home
NYS OPWDD
Chenango Valley Homes
For more information contact Norwich CDO Workforce: 607-334-2201
Learn more about these valuable opportunities and how to register here: https://statistics.labor.ny.gov/career-zone/career-calendar.shtml
Chock-Full of new opportunities for job seekers: workshops, job fairs, free learning opportunities and more. Plus grant incentive opportunities for businesses, community opportunities and resources, and some great success stories too!
Resume Development, Networking, Communication, Interviewing, Career Assessment, Public Speaking and MANY MORE!
Our goal is to help job seekers not just find a job, but develop and manage a career. That means helping them when they have a job and when they are looking. We also strive to help employers find the workers they need quickly and the resources to improve training, workforce retention and workforce restructuring.
A DRC is a Disability Resource Coordinator, someone who helps individuals with disabilities find employment.
High School Equivalency (HSE/GED) A high school equivalency or GED/HSE is a recognized alternative to a high school diploma.
Work-Based Learning (WBL) provides students and job seekers with real-life work experience that compliments their academic studies. Typically they include job shadowing, mentoring, internships, and apprenticeships.
A Team Helper is anyone who is the lead support person to the job seeker with disabilities along their career journey. It can be a family member, friend, employment counselor, Disability Resource Coordinator (DRC), or case manager.
A stop-gap job is temporary employment until something better or more permanent can be obtained.
Basic needs refers to the goods and services necessary for a minimum standard of living. This includes access to food, safe shelter, clothing, and sanitation. Reliable transportation and education can also be considered a basic need.
A safe space is intended to be free of bias, conflict, criticism, or potentially threatening actions, ideas, or conversations.
Competitive integrated employment (CIE) is work performed by a person with an impairment or health-related disability (health impairment) within an integrated setting. Wages are at least minimum wage or higher and at a rate comparable to non-disabled workers performing the same tasks.
For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education.
