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.
Metrix Learning is a great opportunity for youth with disabilities and populations such as veterans, young adults, and dislocated workers to obtain work based knowledge which will make it easier to qualify and be hired for in demand jobs.
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TO SIGN UP:
1.) Go to: http://workingsolutions.skillupamerica.org/
2.) Click “JOBSEEKERS” → “REGISTER FOR FREE”
3.) Fill out your information for instant access (For Career Adviser select "Alan Sessions")
4.) Take as many courses as you want for 180 days (6 months)
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MANUFACTURING TECHNICIANS
Develop advanced skills through training and day to day experience providing critical support for the engineering and operation of a fully automated semiconductor manufacturing facility with state-of-the-art technologies in photolithography, chemical and physical vapor deposition, ion implantation, reactive ion etching, diffusion and more.
PROCESS TECHNICIANS
Provide hands-on support performing tasks related to highly specialized equipment setup, monitoring and operation, or for continuous improvement, new process development, new equipment evaluations, experimentation and characterization of processes.
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For more information about any of these positions, contact Ashley Evans:
Do you have questions about how to maintain health coverage or wonder what happens to your retirement benefits after a termination of employment?
Please review the video about ABLE Accounts.
To learn more, visit the ABLE National Resource Center: www.ablenrc.org or e-mail Alan Sessions at or Kathy DeAngelo at .
The Program is FREE and can be provided via video communication during this COVID-19 Pandemic. Mentors can assist you and support you in many areas of your life, including:
"Move forward & rediscover your personal power and self-sufficiency!"
Otsego County: Penny Seeger (607) 287-5861 or Alan Sessions (607) 435-0595
Delaware County: Jen Mitchell (607) 832-5784
Chenango County: Joshua Haines (607) 334-2201 ext.100
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.
