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Other Employer Services
 

The services listed below relate to both the employer and the job and service seeker.

Job Bank

The Job Bank provides a single point of contact for employers who have job listings they wish to post. It also offers several convenient methods for that contact:

Experienced and professional staff will enter your job opening specifications, including requirements and qualifications, into an automated computer system that will make your job posting available immediately to all of our locations.  The job posting is also made available statewide through our Internet site on Kentucky’s Job Bank and nationally on America’s Job Bank. This ensures that your job openings receive maximum exposure to job seekers locally, statewide and nationally.

When you list your job opening with the Office of Employment and Training Job Bank, you are making your position available through the largest and most widely recognized labor exchange systems available to job seekers and employers today!

 

Recruitment and Mass Application

Assistance can be provided to employers in the initial start-up of a new company, company expansions, seasonal hiring, or just to fill vacant positions as they occur. We can provide assistance in recruitment, testing, taking and screening applications and resumes. Local OET staff will go on site to an employer’s place of business or provide space in any of our offices for application taking, interviewing and testing. If you are an employer in need of this type of assistance contact the local Office of Employment and Training Office in your area.
 

Enterprise Zone

The Enterprise Zone program provides a substantial tax credit to businesses that locate or expand their operations in areas designated as state Enterprise Zones. To receive the tax credits, the employer must hire a percentage of new employees from certain groups of job seekers.  OET helps such employers meet their obligations to hire from these targeted groups by referring eligible job seekers to the employer for job openings listed with OET.  Additionally OET is responsible for conducting employer orientations as well as certifying  employees eligibility.
 

Notices, Posters and Publications

Posters Under Revision.

To obtain poster information or compliance assistance regarding state posters, you may contact the Department of Workplace Standards at
(502)564-3070.

To obtain poster information or compliance assistance regarding federal posters, you may contact the U.S. Department of Labor at 1-888-9-SBREFA.

Workforce Investment Act

The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) is a federally funded employment and training program administered by the Division of Workforce and Employment Services (DWES). WIA services are available to eligible adults, youth, and dislocated workers. The funds are distributed to ten (10) local workforce investment areas. Services can be accessed through local One-Stop Career Centers.

The Division of Workforce and Employment Services (DWES) is a state government agency that is responsible for the administration of federally funded employment and training programs. The office is the oversight agency for Title I, Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and federal National Emergency Grant funds which provide services to adults, youth, and dislocated workers. The WIA replaces the former Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). The legislation mandates that the major portion of funds be passed to Kentucky's ten (10) Local Workforce Investment Boards for the provision of services under this Act. If you are interested in receiving services provided under this Title, you can contact any of the ten (10) local workforce investment areas or stop by the nearest One-Stop Service Center.

Reporting New Hires

You may mail your new hire report to:
Kentucky New Hire Reporting
P. O. Box 2586
Atlanta, GA  30301


You will also want to visit the Kentucky New Hire Reporting Center
web site to obtain information or to report your new hires on-line.

You may call the Kentucky New Hire Reporting Center at 1-800-817-2262
or 1-804-771-9602 for any questions regarding the new hire law.  Help
Desk staff are available Monday through Friday from 8:00am - 5:00pm.

The Public Employment Service

Workforce Development Agencies

If you are an employer wanting to recruit employees or obtain employment related information from another state; or you are a job seeker interested in relocating to another state and finding job opportunities in that state, the best place to start is with the Public Employment Agency.

Public Employment Services

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New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio
Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico
Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee
Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands

 

Office of Employment and Training
275 East Main Street 2nd Floor
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
502.564.7456 Phone
502.564.7459 Fax
Kentucky Relay Service
1-800-648-6057

Last Updated July 09, 2008

 

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