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.
Job Seekers, connect one-on-one with local businesses at our Virtual Job Fair this Tuesday, June 22nd, from 11am to 1pm. More than 50 local Chenango, Delaware and Otsego County businesses are already registered and will be there looking to hire YOU.
Just register now at the link below to create your profile-- and use the same link to log in on the day of the job fair. You can visit the businesses of your choice, view their job openings, submit your resume, and chat one-on-one with recruiters.
Register Here:
https://portal.premiervirtual.com/event/register-jobseeker/8384-workforce-fair
There are training materials and an FAQ available in this easy-to-use system once you register.
Please have a resume available in PDF format. If you upload it, you will have a chance to win a $50 gift card!
Please reach out to CDO Workforce Communications Coordinator, Jodi Delapaz, 315.207.6951x104 or for any questions in the meantime.
We hope you will join us for this exciting event!
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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.