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’ll be assigned a personal Career Adviser who will provide with the services and advice you need to meet your goals. And we’ll even help you explore your career options as you set your goals.
We also offer, as grants allow, special programs that focus on summer employment, low-income young people and other needs.
CDO Workforce Youth Services Program offers:
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Chenango County
Barb Hollings
Youth Services Career Advisor
Norwich CDO Workforce
1 O’Hara Drive
Norwich, NY 13815
(607) 334-2201, ext. 125
Delaware County
Shivaun Gano
Youth Employment and Training Counselor
Delhi CDO Workforce
1 Courthouse Square, Suite 3
Delhi, NY 13753
(607) 832-5494
Delaware County Career Center Youth Services Satellite Offices
Margaretville Library: First Wednesday of Every Month 1-4
Hancock Library: Second Wednesday of Every Month 1-3
Stamford Village Library: Third Wednesday of Every Month 1-4
Otsego County
Penny Seeger
Oneonta CDO Workforce
12 Dietz Street
Oneonta, NY 13820
(607) 432-4800 ext. 111
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You can also visit the NYS Dept of Labor website for additional Workshop information.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.
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.