Employers

PA CareerLink^® offers Employers access to our FREE and comprehensive labor exchange system to help you find the best candidates for your job openings. As a registered employer with PA CareerLink^®, you will be able to create a business folder to:

• Create, upload and manage your job postings
• Perform candidate matches for any of your job openings
• Search, sort and connect with candidates registered on PA CareerLink^®

For assistance with posting jobs, registering as a new employer – Contact our Business Services Team at 610-280-1010.

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Employers can access training dollars through Chester County’s On-the-Job Training (OJT) program to help offset the training costs associated with the on-boarding and training of new hires. With a plan in place outlining how your business will train a new employee in specific skills, the program can reimburse employers 50% of a new hire’s wages earned for a period lasting up to 26 weeks, with a maximum reimbursement level of up to $6,000.

PA CareerLink^® can assist with identifying eligible candidates, or employers can identify eligible candidates themselves. Full time (30 or more hours per week) positions that provide direct new hires with permanent employment in high-priority or in-demand occupations are eligible. Contact the Business Services Team at PA CareerLink^® at 610-280-1010 or pacareerlink@chesco.org for more information.

PA CareerLink^® Chester County Business Services team work with you to create a tailored approach to address your company’s workforce needs. We offer our employers a full range of services to assist in the development and retention of a quality workforce.

Our services include but are not limited to:

• Web-based recruitment through PA CareerLink^®
• Participation in individual or multi-employer recruitment events at our location
• Use of our Interviewing rooms
• Staff-assisted services to include: candidate matching, screening and referral of qualified applicants
• Outreach / advertisement coordination
• Paper application services
• Access to Labor Market Information
• Information on Regional Training Providers
• Referrals to other available business supports and community services

For assistance with posting jobs, registering as a new employer – Contact our Business Services Team at 610-280-1010.

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If you’re looking to hire, consider participating in one of our FREE recruitment events held on-site at PA CareerLink^® Chester County. With conference rooms of various sizes and configurations, we can accommodate a wide range of employer requests.

PA CareerLink^® can offer employers the opportunity to participate in one of our on-site Mutli-Employer Recruitment Events or an Individual Employer Recruitment Event. Regardless of the type of event you choose, PA CareerLink^® can help bolster event awareness through social media, community outreach and e-blasts to PA CareerLink^® registered users and the community at-large.

Employers can benefit from holding or participating in recruitment event at our location by:

• Having the ability to conduct on-the-spot interviews
• Receiving flexible scheduling options
• Gaining access to targeted groups of candidate
• Receiving assistance from our professional and courteous staff
• Increasing brand awareness

To learn more and/or to schedule your recruitment event with PA CareerLink^®, please contact our Business Services Team at 610-280-1010. or pacareerlink@chesco.org.

Industry Partnerships bring together employers, workers, and job training providers from a single industry sector to collaborate on improving the industry’s competitiveness and address common workforce and training needs.

Chester County’s current Industry Partnerships include: Advance Manufacturing, AgConnect, HealthCare Connect, Information Technology Action Group (ITAG) and Smart Energy and are managed by our partners at the Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC).

Through these partnerships, employers may be eligible for training grants, also known as Incumbent Worker Training Dollars, to pay for upskilling their current employees. These training grants help workers learn critical skills to advance our regional econonmy.

These grants can reimburse up to 50% of a company’s costs for a given training project, with special opportunities for training that supports layoff aversion and/or is critical to a company’s long-term growth and success in the region.

To connect with any of our Industry Partnerships and to learn more about the Training Grants, contact the CCEDC at (610) 458-5700.

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PA CareerLink^® Chester County can connect employers to the Federal Bonding Program as an incentive to hire at-risk, hard-to-place job seekers and provide employers with a business insurance policy that protects an employer against loss of money or property due to employee dishonesty.

Employers may also apply for this a federal tax credit for hiring individuals from specific target groups who have consistently faced significant barriers to employment. The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) joins other workforce programs that incentivize workplace diversity and facilitate access to good jobs for American workers. WOTC helps targeted employees move from economic dependency to self-sufficiency while earning a steady income and becoming contributing taxpayers.

For more information regarding both programs, employers may contact the State Bonding Coordinator/Tax Credit Services Unit at 800-345-2555.

Employer Hiring Incentives

When businesses face a substantial layoff or permanent closure of a facility, our reemployment services can help affected employees connect to employment opportunities within an industry or within their communities and aid in the transition.

Labor & Industry’s Rapid Response Team provides employers free, integrated business support to help ensure business continuity in the event of a mass layoff, plant closure or economic hardship.

PA CareerLink^® also offers targeted onsite services to minimize disruptions associated with job loss – including coordinating on-site orientation services as well as re-employment services for impacted workers.

For more information contact Yanimer Serrano, Regional Coordinator at (717) 606-1291 or yserrano@pa.gov.

Consider a veteran for your next new hire!

PA CareerLink^® Chester County works with a regional Veteran’s Employment Representative that can assist businesses with matching veterans’ skills with available employment opportunities, providing information regarding available training funds and tax credits. and connecting businesses with Veterans Organizations.

For more information about our Veterans Services, contact our Business Services Team at 610-280-1010 and we will connect you with our Regional Veterans Representative.

Hire One, an Initiative of the Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC) partners with the Chester County Workforce Development Board, Pennsylvania CareerLink^® Chester County, and over 400 committed private/public organizations to develop new and innovative strategies for connecting job seekers to hiring employers by leveraging available resources.

Over 200 regional employers, known as “Company Champions,” have agreed to hire a minimum of one full-time person to their labor force. In addition, input is gathered from job seekers to populate an informal job network.

Employers also provide valuable insight into the skills and tools that are needed from prospective employers. Armed with this information, Hire One assists the region’s businesses to establish strong, competitive workforces.

To learn more about Hire One, or become a Hire One Champion contact Jim Lauckner at jlauckner@ccedcpa.com.

Keep Your business moving with SkillUp PA. Access a variety of no-cost course and certification programs to help your employees build their skillsets and meet your business needs.

Your employees have access to 6,000+ training modules and 130+ industry recognized credentials. Courses are available by simply registering for a no-cost account on the PA CareerLink® website.

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