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.
Commerce Chenango, Inc., in Norwich, NY, is seeking a new President and CEO who will provide dynamic leadership and passionate advocacy on behalf of Commerce Chenango and its affiliates.
Qualifications:
Oneonta Job Corps is now accepting applications for Overhead Line, Underground Residential Distribution, & Smart Meter & Instrumentation Advanced Training Summer Cohort ‘19.
Applications are due March 22, 2019.
Questions? Contact the Program Coordinator:
Davelyn Whyte-Jhonson 607-431-1426
To download the application, click here.
To download the student transfer medical summary, click here.
Bassett Medical Center wants YOU!
We are holding a job fair on Saturday, March 23rd, 10am-Noon, at the Main Campus Clinic Lobby located on River Street in Cooperstown, NY (follow the signs).
Departments will be on hand to talk about opportunities in medical office assisting, finance, skilled service work, medical assisting, allied health, nursing, and more!
Tours and interviews will be provided. Learn more about current sign-on bonuses offered for nursing assistants, food service workers, and housekeepers. Interested in nursing?
Come learn about our LPN to RN program and the Nurse Residency Program for Graduate Nurses!
Don’t miss this important opportunity – we hope to see you there!
Job Seekers can apply to positions of interest in advance on www.CareersBMC.org
The America Saves Week campaign is happening February 25th through March 2nd to help Americans understand why it is critical for their financial success to make savings a priority. To support this effort, CDO Workforce is highlighting one way people with disabilities can invest for their current or future financial needs is through ABLE accounts, which are tax-advantaged savings accounts for individuals with disabilities and their families.
To learn more, visit the ABLE National Resource Center:
http://www.ablenrc.org/
You can learn about ABLE tax advantaged savings accounts for individuals with disabilities and their families by watching this 5 minute video.
Where: FOXCARE Center, 1 Foxcare Dr., Oneonta, NY 13820
When: Saturday 2/23/19 11am-2pm
PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES
• Bassett Healthcare
• Family Planning of South Central NY
• UHS Hospitals
• The ARC of Delaware County
• The ARC of Otsego County
• US Care Systems
• AO Fox Hospital
• Pathfinder Village
• Chestnut Rehabilitation and Nursing Facility
• Hampshire House
• NYS Veteran’s Home (Oxford)
• Mobile Life Transport
• Springbrook
• Catholic Charities
• United Way of Delaware & Otsego Counties
• Chase Memorial Nursing Home and Rehab
• Achieve
• Hampshire House Assisted Living
• SUNY Delhi
• Cancer Services Program of the Central Region
• The Daily Star
• NYS Dept of Health
• Otsego County
• Delhi Rehab and Nursing Home
Will update as more businesses participate.
To view/download the flyer, click here.
For more information, please call Debbie Bender, 607-432-4800, ext. 101
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.
