One Stop Activities

 

Alliance for Workforce Development. Inc. Charts New Direction for 2007-2008

Alliance for Workforce Development, Inc. (AFWD) has started 2007-2008 with a renewed emphasis on the business first philosophy, as embraced by the Northern California Rural Training and Employment Consortium, NoRTEC. The business first approach places the highest priority on serving the human resource needs of small businesses. As more business customers are pleased with the services received from the One-Stops, including recruiting assistance, the more job orders they bring to the One-Stops. And more job orders bring in more job seekers, which increase the applicant pool available to employers. It’s a win, win situation for small business and job seekers. Our motto is, “Serving businesses to serve job seekers.”

Alliance for Workforce Development, Inc.’s new Executive Director, Ms. Traci L. Holt, is very committed to the business first philosophy, and along with the AFWD Board of Directors, has worked diligently to reorganize the operations of the company to implement procedures that meet the needs of businesses. AFWD offers its services in four counties including Lassen, Plumas, Sierra, and Modoc, an area covering over 13,000 sq miles. AFWD truly believes that the business (employer) is the primary customer in the workforce development system.

NoRTEC has been extremely supportive of AFWD efforts, facilitating training to all staff with the goal of increasing the client base, and matching job seekers to employers, resulting in successful workforce development.

The results so far have been very impressive. More employers are utilizing AFWD’s human resource services and the requests for job order posting and customized recruitments are growing each week. Customized recruitments range from accepting applications for the employer, to pre screening, interviewing, and reference checking. In addition, the numbers of job seekers coming to the One-Stops continues to grow. Currently AFWD has an applicant pool of close to 300 job seekers looking for work. That’s the kind of pool that employers are eager to tap. The bottom line is that people are obtaining satisfying jobs in the communities in which they live, and our businesses are getting the employees they are looking for.

GED Partnership at the One-Stop

As the host location for local adults to study for their high school equivalency exam (GED), we can already report one success:
One client spent two months studying for the exam and was successful in his first attempt. Currently there are 4 other adults with a wide range in ages studying for their test in October. Credit should be given to the GED Coordinator – Mr. Ernie Teague (a retired Loyalton School Teacher) who has worked with his clients as well as Sierra Work Connection Employees to ensure that a good environment and a proper agenda are followed.

Youth Work Experience

We have a new face at the One-Stop, Melanie Carlson has recently joined the team at the One-Stop. Melanie has worked closely with Athea Stephenson, AFWD Youth Program Manager and is enrolled in the Youth Prgoram. Melanie has brushed up on her excel and spreadsheet skills and has proven to be a valuable asset for the Sierra County office of Work Connection. With 2 other youths in the beginning stages of enrollment, we expect that Melanie will be the first of several Sierra County young adults to be involved in the AFWD Youth Program. Great to have you on board, Melanie!

One-Stop Activity

The Sierra Work Connection has been quite busy since July 1, 2007. The team has worked with twenty-nine(29) businesses, sixty-one(61) job seekers and forty-four(44) other visitors. The center is open 4 days a week from 8am-5pm. The other day is spent traveling throughout the county providing services to businesses and job seekers. For more information on what is offered at the One-Stop, please contact 530-993-4295 or visit us at 306 First Street, Loyalton, CA 96118.

New Staff at Sierra Work Connection

Employment Specialist Warren Fallat comes to the Sierra Work Connection office with experience in sales and marketing, both here and overseas. Warren has been a resident of Sierra County since relocating to California from Sydney, Australia. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Warren is familiar with the Sierra Valley because of close family relatives that have lived in the Valley since the mid-1980’s. An accomplished photographer, Warren also provides the local newspaper, the Sierra Booster, with sports and human interest photographs. As a longtime snow and waterskiier, Warren can often be found visiting the Lake Tahoe area to partake in those activities. Warren resides in Loyalton and has an 11 year old son, Will, who has attended school in Loyalton, but currently is living with his mother in Australia.

 

To learn more about what we can do for you, contact your local One-Stop Employment Center or visit www.afwdhr.org

PLUMAS WORK CONNECTION, 283-WORK

LASSEN CAREER NETWORK, 257-5057

MODOC EMPLOYMENT CENTER, 233-4161

SIERRA WORK CONNECTION, 993-4295