One Stop Activities

 

Customized Job Fair
Lear Siegler Services, Inc.


Lear Siegler Services, Inc. is a market leader in operations, maintenance,
modification, overhaul, systems integration, logistics support and training
services to government agencies and commercial customers in the United
States and worldwide.

LSI contacted Lassen Career Network in October 2007 inquiring about a
Customized Job Fair. LCN Staff quickly began working on the job fair, marketing
and organizing the One-Stop to handle the job fair. Specifics on the Job Fair and
the open positions are as follows:

Job Fair Details:
Thursday November 8th, 2007
Lassen Career Network
9:00am – 4:00pm
2545 Main Street Susanville, CA 96130
530-257-5057

Herlong, CA Material Handlers $13.04 hr
Herlong, CA Secretary I $15.95 hr
Herlong, CA Certified Welders $16.93 hr
Herlong, CA Mechanical Leader $21.08 hr

Other positions are also available worldwide.

LSI offers an exceptional benefits package including medical, dental, vision,
life insurance, disability, 401(k) and Employee Stock purchase plan.

AFWD - The Big Picture

Holly Schirmer, Director of Business Services and Traci Holt, Executive Director
for AFWD, had the privilege of presenting at the October 2007, WIB/GB
Meeting. The focus of the presentation was to highlight AFWD's successes from
July 1, 2007. AFWD started 2007-2008 renewed emphasis on the business
first philosophy. 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.”

We have 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.

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 500 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.

To view the presentation and see the honor that Holly and Traci received
from the AFWD Team, please click here.

A BIG Thanks to the AFWD Team for all of your accomplishments!!

For a look at the accomplishments of the Lassen Team, please click here

Another Great Success Story.......

We here at AFWD would like to Congratulate Gregory Todd for successfully
completing his C10 Electrical Contractors license. Greg came into the Lassen
Career Network in January of this year. He had been laid off from HL Power.
Greg had been working in construction for over 30 years prior to being laid off
and had always wanted to obtain the C10 license. In fact, he stated that his wife
had been pushing him to get it for the last 20 years. Through his own hard work
and AFWD’s continuous encouragement Greg finally obtained his goal. Greg
has stated several times in the last month that without AFWD’s encouragement
he may never have ventured toward obtaining the C10 license that he has been
wanting for years. Once again AFWD would like to Congratulate Greg for all his
hard work.

Susan Miller-Dooley came through our one-stop to get some help with job
search. She had moved to Susanville from Quincy and had a lot of grocery
experience. She needed help creating a resume. We assisted her with her
resume and referred her to Susanville Supermarket. She came back in and
reported that she got the job. The business owner commented on how nice
her resume was. Susan has been at Susanville Supermarket for a little
over a month now and she really likes it. She is planning on staying there
for a long time. CONGRATULATIONS Susan!

Financing Your Business

For more detailed information about the event, including panelist,
please click here.

Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Meets Labor Law
Requirements.

On November 13th and 14th Holly Schirmer, AFWD’s Director of Business
Services, provided Sexual Harassment Prevention Training to 24 area
managers and supervisors. This training is offered by AFWD twice a year.
This training meets the requirements of California AB 1825 for business’s
with 50 or more employees. Each attendee receives a certificate upon
completion of the workshop.

The interactive workshop covers a wide rage of topics. For example, Holly
answers the question of what constitutes sexual harassment. Many other topics
are covered as well, including recent court cases affecting businesses, how to
prevent harassment as well as how to respond to it.

This workshop is always well received here in Lassen County. We get calls
asking when the next workshop will be. Local business managers and
supervisors save time and money by attending our local Sexual Harassment
Prevention Training.

 

 

 

AFWD New Hire Training

On Thursday November 8, 2007, Chris Sullivan held a WIA Training for
all four counties. Among the trainees were Hyun Kim and Cathy Beach from
Plumas County, Dianna Simar from Sierra County, Mary Martin from Modoc
County and Alicia Fogal, Denise Larimer, Henri Daughtery and Heidi Elder
from Lassen County.

Chris Sullivan’s training included step by step procedures for new clients,
from collecting WIA applications, to what form of documentation was authorized
for eligibility, as well as entering information into the MIS NoRTEC database
and our own office applicant pool data bases. Chris was able to break down
and explain the differences between Adult, Youth, Dislocated Worker and
MCLAUS candidates. The training also provided information on Supportive
Services for our clients and introduced different situations we may face while
our clients excel through the different stages of assistance we provide.

The training provided beneficial knowledge for each new hire to help us all
exceed in our ability to serve clients.

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