Skilled Workforce
Attracting and retaining a skilled workforce is crucial for the success of any organization. A skilled workforce ensures that your business can operate efficiently, effectively and adapt to changing market demands. Project RISE is dedicated to providing you with the resources you need to build and maintain a skilled workforce.
Recruiting new employees is one of the primary ways the Workforce Center assists employers. Business Services offers a complete range of recruitment services, whether you need help with just one hire or a mass recruitment effort. We see all skill levels of job seekers and can provide you direct access to entry-level, skilled tradesmen and professional personnel looking for gainful employment. Employers who have an account with us may post unlimited job vacancies to the KANSASWORKS job board at no cost. Additional services such as interview pre-screening and skills assessments are also available at no
cost, however, detailed testing may incur a nominal fee. We are happy to arrange hiring events for your business (on or off site), and assist with the intake of applications and candidate screening. We can even develop a Recruiting Agreement customizing our services to meet your specific needs.
Need to hire, but don’t have a local venue to complete the interview or assessment process? Workforce Partnership can provide you with space to greet and interview candidates at any one of our three comprehensive workforce centers. All centers have conference space available to host your hiring event. Some centers have dedicated meeting space and assessment labs for rent, if you have unique or private hiring needs. All centers have guest offices and cubicles where you can privately interview candidates. If you would like to set up a special event and use our space please reach out to our Business Services team.
Training an employee is costly. Workforce Partnership can help you structure a variety of Work-Based Learning experiences for job candidates that provides you with an exceptionally trained employee, equipped with the skills needed for a specific permanent position in your business, often at a reduced cost. For job candidates approved in one of our many programs, we may reimburse an employer for up to 50% of an approved trainee’s gross hourly rate for a portion of their training period or reimburse related technical instruction for an apprentice. Work-Based Learning programs can be developed for a wide range of skill level career paths. For a video orientation to the major Work-Based Learning Models we use, click here.
Sometimes you need to build a training program that includes both classroom and/or on-the-job learning, and that is designed to meet special job requirements of your business or industry group. Workforce Partnership is experienced in working with businesses and qualified, approved training providers (if necessary) to help develop and deliver customized training. Your commitments are to partner with us in the development of the customized training curriculum – delivering precisely what you need to employ candidates (or retain workers) who successfully complete the training. Similar to our OJT program, Workforce Partnership can often reduce your training costs by half.
Closings and layoffs are unpleasant and difficult situations for both the employer and employee. If you will be experiencing a layoff or closure, we ask you to contact us with as much advance notice as possible. We can then work with you and your HR team to help affected employees begin their transition, before the final workday arrives. Providing this peace of mind to your employees is a benefit we provide at no cost to you and it is only a phone call away.
The Workforce Centers can also provide links to local educational institutions for training new or existing employees. Call for a complete list of available programs that can be customized to your specific needs. We can assist with promotion of employer/educational institutional relationships, customer training for an employer or group of employers, On-the-Job Training for targeted new hires, and local/state training grants.
If you have experienced a recent injury or illness that has impacted your ability to work, the RETAINWORKS program might be able to assist you with strategies and coordinated services to help you stay at work or return to work quicker! RETAINWORKS is a part of the national Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury/Illness Network (RETAIN).
RespectWorks is a program designed to assist individuals who are close to release from incarceration with their employment goals. The program is part of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Pathway Home grant (2nd cycle) and it is implemented in partnership with the KS Department of Commerce and the KS Department of Corrections.
Individuals with life experience bring tremendous value to the workplace. If you are a mature worker or job seeker aged 55+ and would like assistance in meeting new career goals or are looking for a career change, Workforce Partnership's Mature Worker Program could be an excellent resource for you.
This program incentivizes employers hiring individuals whose background can pose significant barriers to securing or retaining employment. Qualified employers may receive fidelity bonds for applicants who have been or may be denied coverage by commercial carriers.
The Foreign Labor Certification program qualifies employers to hire foreign or alien workers if unable to find qualified and available U.S. workers to fill vacancies.
Build and maintain a quality workforce and increase your competitiveness. This work-based training program helps employers avert potential layoffs and increase the skill level of employees to create a solid workforce pipeline.
This program is a job retention tool that helps employees of restructuring companies who are likely to be displaced because of obsolete or inadequate job skills and knowledge.
This program assists companies involved in job creation in Kansas. Training can include subjects that provide knowledge and specific skills necessary for job entry including instruction on the company’s own production equipment on the plant floor or on similar machinery in a classroom setting.
On-the-Job Training allows businesses to train and retain skilled, productive employees. What we do is simple – we work with you to find new employees that you train – your way, on site.
Registered Apprenticeship is a talent development model that combines actual work experience with classroom related instruction and produces a worker skilled in the occupation.
This federal tax credit is available to employers who hire individuals from certain target groups who consistently face barriers to employment.
This employer-led program is designed to help fill the skills gap by connecting industry with technical training providers and talent pool ready, willing and able to learn specific functions.
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