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Employers seeking
skilled workers, or interested in upgrading their workers’ skills,
can tap into many valuable programs and services of the River
Parishes One-Stop Centers. These services include job and applicant
postings through various job banks. Access to on-the-job,
apprenticeship, and other adult and youth training programs; tax
credits and other incentives to hire job seekers from various
target groups; assistance for laid-off employees; and extensive
local and state labor marker data.
There is a strong role for businesses in the local area. Business
and labor have an immediate and direct stake in the quality of the
workforce investment system. The active involvement of business is
critical to the provision of essential data on what skills are in
demand, what jobs are available, what career fields are expanding,
and the identification of programs that best meet local employer
needs.
Recruitment and
pre-screening of qualified applicants
Job seekers are interviewed by Resource Specialists to
determine employment background, skills, abilities and interests.
This process enables the job seeker to be guided toward job
openings which lead to successful employment and gives you, the
employer, skilled workers to fill job vacancies in your company.
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Test computer,
clerical and data processing skills of potential employees
The assessment software we use incorporates functions at basic,
intermediate, and advanced skills - to develop a precise picture of
a candidate's competency level. Assessments can be customized to
meet the needs of your company.
Computer applications (word processing,
spreadsheet, database application, and presentation graphic
packages)
Each assessment simulates the real environment in which the
candidate will be working and are designed to give candidates the
feeling they are in the actual application. They must answer by
doing (instead of guessing) and, as a result, reveal the exact
level of their hands-on expertise. In addition, each assessment
supports the method preferred by the applicant - mouse, pull-down
menu, keyboard shortcut, shortcut menu, and keyboard entry.
Secretarial and Clerical
Each assessment accurately indicates overall performance of Data
Entry, Typing, Business Letter and Ten-Key.
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Assess vocational interests and
aptitudes
Vocational assessments are aligned with O*Net (standardized
descriptors of skills, knowledges, tasks, occupation requirements,
and worker abilities, interests and values for all occupations).
The assessments can be customized to fit the needs of your company.
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OJT
Contracts and Customized Training
On-the-Job training contracts (OJT)
OJT is provided under a contract with an employer in the public,
private non-profit, or private sector. Through the OJT contract,
occupational training is provided on site for the WIA participant
in exchange for the reimbursement of up to 50 percent of the wage
rate to compensate for the employer’s extraordinary costs.
OJT contracts are limited to the period of
time required for a participant to become proficient in the
occupation for which the training is being provided. In determining
the appropriate length of time of the contract, consideration will
be given to the skill requirements of the occupation, the academic
and occupational skill level of the participant (O*Net), prior work
experience, and the participant’s individual employment plan.
OJT contracts are entered into with
employers who will provide long-term employment with wages,
benefits, and working conditions that are equal to those provided
to regular employees who have worked a similar length of time and
are doing the same type of work.
Customized Training
Customized training is defined as training that is designed to meet
the special requirements of an employer (including a group of
employers); is conducted with the commitment by the employer to
employ, or in the case of eligible incumbent workers, continue to
employ, an individual on successful completion of the training; and
for which the employer pays for not less than 50 percent of the
cost of training.
OJT contracts and Customized Training may
be provided to eligible employed workers when:
The employee is not earning a self-sufficient wage as determined by
the Local Workforce Investment Board, and
The OJT relates to the introduction of new
technologies, introduction to new products or service procedures,
upgrading to new jobs that require additional skills, workplace
literacy, or other appropriate purposes identified by the Local
Board.
Funds provided to employers for OJT or
Customized Training must not be used to directly or indirectly
assist, promote or deter union organizing.
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Earn Federal Income
Tax Credits
The Welfare-to-Work Tax Credits and Work Opportunity Tax Credits
are two Employer-Friendly benefits for hiring job seekers most in
need of employment. Employers can apply for and receive
certification from the One-Stop Center (or state employment agency)
that their new hire is a long-term welfare recipient or member of
one of the WOTC target groups before they can claim the WtW Tax
Credit or WOTC on their federal tax return. Employers make the
hiring decision, there is no limit to the number of new hires who
can qualify their employer for these tax savings, and there is
minimal paperwork to claim the tax credits. More information on
these
tax credits can be found at the Louisiana Works web site.
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Post job listings on Louisiana
Virtual One Stop and America’s Job Bank web sites
Manage your job listings as a Registered Employer with
Louisiana’s Virtual One Stop (LAVOS). Enter the information
directly into the system and make any changes as necessary, have
One-Stop staff assist you at the level you require, or give us the
information and we’ll list it for you. You control all aspects of
the listing, for example, the number of applicants to be referred,
the level of previous experience you require, educational level,
the method in which you wish to be contacted by applicants, etc.
These same job listings can be uploaded to
America’s Job Bank (AJB) web site to reach the
nationwide workforce, if you wish to do so.
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Labor Market
Information
Louisiana Labor Market Info/LOIS
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