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The Workforce Development staff is located in the Pennsylvania
CareerLink of Erie County, at Lovell Place. The CareerLink is a
"one stop" shop for career and workforce development
services. It provides employers and job seekers instant access to the
tools and information they need to get linked to each other.
Whether accessing the physical site or the virtual site via the Internet, customers have
access to a large network of services.
The CareerLink assists job seekers and helps workers ireach economic
self-sufficiency or change careers.
Through the CareerLink, employers can hire new employees, train new
employees to their specifications or upgrade incumbent workers to
maintain a competitive edge in a global economy.
The CareerLink
system is a collaborative initiative which includes the
Pennsylvania Departments of
Aging; Community and Economic Development; Education; Labor and
Industry; Public Welfare and partnering local agencies.
The Erie CareerLink is located at Lovell Place, 1309
French Street, - Erie, PA 16501, (814) 455-9966, or virtually at www.pacareerlink.state.pa.us.
Specific services GECAC offers at the CareerLink
are:
Title I WIA Adult Services - match employers with job
seekers. Gecac staff provides Core, Intensive, and Training
services for job seekers and employers at the Erie CareerLink
CORE
SERVICES are universally accessible to all job seekers coming into the
CareerLink, or via the Internet. Core
services include, but are not limited to enrollment assistance on the
CareerLink website, job matching, and labor market information.
Staff also conduct workshops on topics such as interviewing,
writing a resume, and writing an appropriate cover letter. Core
services are available to anyone, but job seekers must meet WIA Title
I Adult eligibiity guidelines to receive Intensive Services and
Training Services.
INTENSIVE
SERVICES for eligible job seekers include, at a minimum: case management and
the development of an
Individualized Employment Plan (IEP).
GECAC staff works with each customer to both build and follow an
IEP that results in economic self-sufficiency.
INDIVIDUALIZED
TRAINING ACCOUNT (ITA)--Some registered individuals need skill
training to meet their goals. GECAC
staff assess customers to determine training needs.
Skill training may be provided through an ITA that assists in
the cost of formal, approved training through local schools and
training providers. GECAC staff continue case management through the training program and on to
self-sufficient employment. Other
registered individuals who have skills, but need job specific
training, may benefit from On-the-Job Training.
EMPLOYER-BASED TRAINING (EBT)--Some
registered individuals may benefit from training geared to specific
needs of employers. Employer-Based training may take the form of
On-the-Job Training (OJT), or through Customized Training (CT)
primarily conducted in a classroom setting. Trainees selected by
employers for OJT are hired, and then trained on-the-job.
Employers agree to hire trainees who successfully complete customized
training. Given today's diverse workplace and fierce global
competition, EBT provides mutual benefits to both job seekers and
employers.
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