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.
You are invited to join the Oneonta Job Corps Academy CDO Workforce and the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce for The Attitude of Gratitude Career and Education Expo.
When: Wednesday November 20, 2019
Noon to 4:00pm
Where: Oneonta/Cooperstown Quality Inn
5206 NY-23, Oneonta, NY 13820
Set Up and Lunch from 11:00am to 12:00pm.
Open to the Public, we welcome you and your organization/business to come showcase education, careers and opportunities available.
Please RSVP to reserve a table to the Career Transition Service Administrative Assistant,
Virginia Perez by Wednesday, Nov. 15th, 2019. / 607-431-1447
No pre-registration required. Bring with you: copies of your resume, your smile and your best attitude!
Veterans Welcome!
Businesses Confirmed as Attending:
1. SUNY Delhi Admissions
2. SUNY Morrisville Admissions
3. Bassett Hospital
4. Chestnut Park Nursing
5. Robinson Terrace
6. Chase Memorial
7. Cooperstown Centers
8. Catskill Hospice
9. Bimbo Bakeries USA
10. Army Recruiter
11. Job Corps HR
12. Job Corps Admissions
13. Job Corps Advanced Training
14. US Care Systems
15. Pathfinder Village
16. Birnie Bus
17. Oneonta Block Company
About the author
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.