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 Enhanced NYS B5 SUNY-CUNY Workforce Scholarship: Early Childhood is a needs-based scholarship designed to support those individuals working 20 hours or more in a licensed early childhood center or Family/Group Family Day Care Center.
The Enhanced NYS B5 CUNY/SUNY Early Childhood Workforce Scholarship is a grant for individuals seeking early childhood credentials, certificates degrees and or certification in early childhood education at CUNY or SUNY schools across the state. The scholarship is funded by the NYS Birth to Five grant and is jointly administered by the NY Early Childhood Professional Development Institute at the City University of New York and the Professional Development Program, Rockefeller College, University at Albany.
We hope that you can join us for this great opportunity!
The Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations grant helps recruit, train, and retain women in quality pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs, and encourages them to pursue apprenticeships and non-traditional occupations. Non-traditional occupations are occupations where women make up 25% or less of the workforce, including but not limited to: trades, information technology (IT), advanced manufacturing, transportation, public safety, agriculture, and more.
This program is available in Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga, Otsego, Schoharie, St. Lawrence, Tioga and Tompkins counties.
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This program is 100% funded by a United States Department of Labor grant administered by the Women’s Bureau and Employment and Training Administration of $716,676.00.
The purpose of the forum is to have discussions about the impact this new industry will have on workforce, social justice, skill needs entrepreneurships, just to mention a few, hoping that the community will participate and take interest around this new industry coming to New York State and CNY.
Invite link: https://actionnetwork.org/events/cannabis-roundtable-adult-use-social-justice-unions-and-you-5
Job seeker registration is now open!
Please note – job seekers must register for new accounts for each event, their information does not carry over. Please upload your resume, as this gets shared with every business you visit during the event.
A PREVIEW DAY WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2021 BEGINNING AT 9AM.
PRE-REGISTER TODAY: https://nysdolvirtual3.easyvirtualfair.com
For this event we currently have:
• Registered Businesses - 33
• Available Jobs – 1,423
Businesses Number of Openings
Arnot Health: 400
Cornell University: 250
Unity House of Cayuga County: 135
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE: 100
Mirabito Energy Products: 50
Unity House of Cayuga County, Inc: 50
St. James Hospital: 42
Oneonta Job Corps Academy/ETR - Staff Recruitment: 33
MMC Group: 30
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals: 27
Good Shepherd Communities: 27
NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities: 25
Amphenol Aerospace: 25
Chenango County: 21
United Health Services: 21
Corning Inc: 20
Stafkings Personnel -Binghamton: 20
The William George Agency For Children's Services: 20
United Methodist Homes: 18
The Children's Home: 15
Springbrook NY, Inc: 12
Catholic Charities: 10
Stafkings Healthcare Systems: 10
Pathfinder Village: 10
Great Binghamton Health Center: 10
Broome County Child Support Enforcement Unit: 8
STCR:: 7
Ithaca City School District: 7
Evans Roofing Company, CFE inc: 5
Arnot Realty: 4
Dairy One Cooperative: 4
Foam It Insulation LLC: 4
Chemung Canal Trust Company: 3
"The New York State Department of Labor is excited to invite you to our upcoming Southern Tier Virtual Career Fair, being held on Thursday, December 16th from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm!"
BUSINESSES REGISTER NOW - DEADLINE FOR BUSINESSES TO REGISTER IS DECEMBER 6th!
***This event supports recruitment efforts in the Southern Tier Region of NY. This includes Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, and Broome counties***
There will be a preview day on Wednesday, December 15th, where jobseekers can view content and job postings and prepare themselves for the “live” event. The Virtual Career Fair will go live on December 16th from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm.
Following receipt of exhibiting businesses registrations, businesses will receive an email containing deadlines, important links for accessing the event, login credentials to “create” your booth and a Virtual Career Fair Exhibitors Guide. This guide details information about the event, gives helpful tips and answers many frequently asked questions. Department of Labor staff will be available throughout the process to help you with overall technical assistance.
If you are interested in exhibiting, please register at the link below, by 5pm on Monday, December 6th, 2021!
http://virtualevent.nysdolboothregistration.com/event3
For more information or if you have any questions, please contact Cameron McMicken at
Please note – If you have participated in a Southern Tier Virtual Career Fair event (license 3) – you will not need to “re-create” your booth after registering! You can however, make any changes/updates you would like after receiving your login credentials. If you are interested in participating, you MUST complete a new registration by the deadline!
Important Dates:
"We hope you will join us for this exciting event!
Thank you,
NYSDOL Virtual Fairs Team"
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.
