EDSI acts as a liaison between One-Stops and area employers to provide Business Services. We assist businesses with job postings and pre-screening and increase their awareness of One-Stop services such as On-the-Job Training. We provide services to Employers in three categories:
Employer Contact - Developing and maintaining relationships with employers
Employer Service - Providing information or products to employers
Employer Feedback - Completing the communication loop to the One-Stops
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Face-to-face contact with employers
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Generation of new job orders
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Development of long-term, constructive employer relationships
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Services to targeted employers or employer groups identified by the One-StopOperator
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Marketing of existing One-Stop services that include Employer Upgrade Training or other Incumbent Worker training
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Job task analysis and skill gap analysis to help employers better define their needs
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Identification of career ladders within targeted industries or selected employers to improve opportunities for developing job leads
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Investigation of situations of high turnover and assist employers with this issue
Employer Service:
- Referral of employers to existing business community resources
- Assistance to employers on retention, training, outplacement, labor market information and regulatory compliance
- Collaborate with other business resource organizations in the community to share information on available services with employers
- Identification of training opportunities and resources from equipment manufacturers, vendors, employer associations, educational and training institutions and other sources
- Brokering of On-the-Job (OJT) agreements with employers
- Development of industry partnerships and supplementing existing research on industries and industry trends
- Meetings with One-Stop Employer Services team and all One-StopJob Development staff to ensure coordination of employer outreach
Employer Feedback:
- Employer Customer Satisfaction Surveys
- Program performance and reporting
- Career coaching and ongoing support
- Reports on business/industry intelligence and real-time labor market information
- Active participation in the One-Stop staff credentialing process
Employee Services
In addition to providing services to Employers, we provide the following services to Employees:
- Skill Assessment
- Career Coaching
- Work Support Analysis to assess city and state benefits available
- Application and Job Support
- Individual Training Grants (ITGs) for skills advancement training
- Advancement Opportunities