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.
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3/14/23 @ 2:00pm - BEAT THE BOT
3/30/2023 @ 2:00pm - OVERCOMING LEGAL BARRIERS
Location: 12 Dietz St., Oneonta, NY
3/9/23 at 9:30am - BEAT THE BOT
3/23/2023 @ 9:30am - OVERCOMING LEGAL BARRIERS
Location: 1 O'Hara Drive, Norwich, NY
BEAT THE BOT
Learn what the Applicant Tracking System is and how to get your resume through them. Learn tips and tricks on redesigning your resume to get the interview.
OVERCOMING YOUR LEGAL BARRIERS
This workshop will provide guidance and resources to assist in making changes in participants life and securing long-term employment. We will identify for a variety of documents that the job seeker can present to a prospective employer that will alleviate the barriers of conviction status to employers.
>New Job Fairs and Hiring Events and New Job Opportunities
>Reimbursement/Grant Incentives for Businesses
>Free Learning/Training Opportunities and Workshops
>Community News and Opportunities
>And Lots More...
Workshop: 11:00am to Noon
Recruitment: Noon to 1:00pm
NYS Civil Service
The City of Oneonta
NYS Troopers
NYS OPWDD
Delaware County
Social Security Administration
USPS
The Oneonta City School District
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.
