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.
DCMO BOCES will be conducting an Information/Registration Session to the new HSE class!
The orientation will be held on Wednesday June 1, 2016 at 4:00pm-5:30pm at CDO Workforce.
Find out how earning a high school equivalency diploma will improve your employment opportunities.
Talk directly with the instructor and learn the true facts about the new high school equivalency exam (formerly GED).
Learn how quickly you will accomplish the goal of earning a high school equivalency diploma.
Just like the HSE class, the orientation is FREE to attend!
Classes begin on Monday, June 6, 2016.
For more information, please call (607) 335-1210.
If you cannot attend the orientation, you will still be able to enroll in the HSE classes. Just contact (607) 335-1210 to discuss your enrollment.
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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.