Service Name: BUSINESS SERVICES

Organization Name: EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

• Description: The Job Market can assist employers with staff recruitment, staff training, labor market information, wage subsidies for qualifying job candidates, and offer help during layoffs or difficult business times. We are here to help. Unless noted, services are provided free of charge. FINDING JOB CANDIDATES . Assistance with posting jobs in CalJOBS - California's largest job data base . Assistance with screening and identifying qualified job candidates . Job recruitments for your company . Provide a table at our annual County-Wide Career Fair (for a small fee) LABOR MARKET INFORMATION . Through CalJOBS, we can provide employers with labor/job market information - including common wages for a specific job title, number of qualified candidates locally available for specific jobs, etc. . Staff can provide data on local industry growth, unemployment rates and more STAFF TRAINING . Customer service training . Computer skills training including keyboarding and basic computer training; workshops in Microsoft Office software . Customized training as needed WORKSHOPS FOR MANAGERS . The "Better Staffing Now" series provides workshops in: Recruiting the Best Interviewing and Hiring the Best, and Retaining the Best . Tax Credits for Employers SUBSIDIZED WAGE PROGRAMS . Work Experience Placements - a fully paid job trainee is placed with your business for up to six months to learn new job skills . On-the-Job Training - a cost-effective way to train new employees, with wage reimbursements for new qualifying hires during a normal job training period LAYOFF AVERSION AND EVENT ASSISTANCE . "Deep-Dive" business health assessments can be provided to help identify problems or issues to help avoid layoffs and/or sustain and grow your business . Referrals to business counselors and experts . Rapid Response events that provide information on services available to employees in case of a layoff or business closure. Assistance can help these employees cope with losing employment and help them get back to work
• Website: https://www.edd.ca.gov/
• Phone(s): (800) 242-1353, (707) 445-6530
• Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Monday through Friday
• Areas Served:
  • Humboldt United States
• Categories:
  • Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers