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.
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 Chenango-Delaware-Otsego Workforce Development Board, Inc. 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.
We’re a consortium of state and local agencies, including the Department of Labor, Colleges, BOCES, Chambers of Commerce, Job Corps, and Social Service Agencies.
We were created through the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide critical services for businesses and job seekers alike.
CDO Workforce is at the hub of a network of resources, from education and training, to professional networks, to information sources, grants and other programs to help you.
CDO Workforce can help your business through difficult times. We can help you maintain your workforce during lean times, or help your employees find new jobs should you need to downsize.
CDO Workforce has access to more than a dozen local organizations to help you improve your skillset, from basic literacy to vocational and occupational training to degree-granting college programs.
CDO Workforce's On-the-Job Program provides companies with an incentive to hire, train, and upgrade individuals who may lack the skills and/or experience for a particular job.
Want to know what to expect when you visit a CDO Workforce Career Center?
We can act as an extension of your human resource department, providing a wide range of services, all free of charge. We’ll help you:
Labor market information helps you understand the economy, job market, businesses and the work force. The New York Department of Labor provides information on:
Better workers and better facilities deliver more value, but the initial capital investment can be off-putting. CDO Workforce Career System can help.
YourDreamYourTeam.com is a website toolkit helping to create career pathways for job seekers with disabilities and the families and communities that support them.
Think about what you're doing for money right now: Do you want to do that for the rest of your life?
Few people do. But getting that job you’ll enjoy and get paid the amount you want takes planning, training, education, experience, flexibility and planning. Did we mention planning?
And keep in mind that at this point in your life, time spent learning is only going to help. A person with a four-year college degrees earns, on average, $1 million more during a career than a person with just a high school diploma.
And if a four-year program isn’t for you - yet - you’ll need to consider two-year programs, vocational training or any other way to get knowledge that’ll help your career.
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CDO Workforce Career System is at the hub of a network of resources, from education and training, to professional networks, to information sources, grants and other programs to help you.
All our resources are available to you whether you’re employed or not. Developing and managing a career doesn’t happen just when you’re looking for work. It’s an ongoing process.
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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.