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.
Get Ready For the Southside Mall Mini Job Fair and Other Upcoming Hiring Opportunities!
Come and learn tips on how to navigate an in-person job fair; how it is different from "normal" interview processes. Get your resume "job fair ready." Learn job fair “do’s and don’ts", develop a greeting, interviewing questions, and more...
For more information or to register, call 607.432.4800 x117 or email
Conducted by NYS Employment Counselor and the City of Oneonta personnel.
Where: 12 Dietz St., Oneonta, NY 13820
TO REGISTER: Contact Margaret Burkett: 607-432-4800 ext.125 or Email:
We've got a new learning/training grant to tell you about, plus upcoming free classes, career opportunities, resources for business, community news, and much, much more.
We've got a new grant to tell you about PLUS new recruitment events, featured job opportunities, free learning and training opportunities and lots more...
Would You Like To:
> Learn new or brush up on BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS, like Word, Email and Zoom?
> Learn new techniques for SUCCESSFUL INTERVIEWS?
> Create a NEW RESUME to stand apart from the crowd?
> Learn to NAVIGATE THE INTERNET to find and apply for jobs?
Space for this valuable opportunity is limited. Register today to ensure your spot in the class!
To Register Contact Tylena Daniels at (607) 334-2201 or email:
What will you get?
At the completion of the course you will leave with:
A $50 gift card at the completion of the training series. (You must complete all four days of training to be eligible for the gift card.)
A folder that includes hard copies of your new resume, reflecting the new skills you have gained.
A USB drive to store your new resume in elecronic format.
Submitted job applications.
An appropriate social media presence.
An Email address that is synched to your smart phone.
The confidence to jump-start your search for a new job or career!
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.
