The Best Kept Secret in Human Resources

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The Best Kept Secret in Human Resources

• Presented by
• New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce
  Development
• Monmouth County Division of Workforce Development

Jersey Shore Association for Human Resources May
10, 2012
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Introductions

• Jeff Flatley, Assistant Director of Business
  Services
• NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development
• Eileen Higgins, Director
• Monmouth County Workforce Investment Board
• Monmouth County Division of Workforce
  Development
• Jason Staiger, Business Services Representative
• NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development
• Larry Sternbach, Job Developer/Outreach
  Specialist
• Monmouth County Division of Workforce
  Development 

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Agenda

• How to listen to this presentation
• Three ways we can help today
• Recruitment
• Training
• Incentives and Grants
• and More
• Labor Market Information
• Rapid Response Team
• Workforce Investment Board
• Summary
• Contact us

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How to listen to this presentation

• We plan to overwhelm you
• You have handouts
• Use your checklist
• We will email this to you
• Ask questions as we go

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So

• What is
• The Best Kept Secret in Human Resources?

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• That state and county workforce agencies can help
  your business recruit, train and hire employees.
  
• Usually at no cost.
• Sometimes we can even help you obtain grants
• up to 75,000.

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Three Ways We Can Help Today
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Myth 1

• People who are out of work
• or on unemployment
• are not quality candidates.

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Recruitment

• Find Qualified Ready to Work Candidates
• Proactive email blasts to our database of job
  seekers
• Monmouth University, Church Dwight
• Pre-screen and refer candidates
• Fortunoff Backyard Store, Gateway Group One
• Open Houses at our office
• Costco, Secova
• All at NO COST to you

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Recruitment

• www.Jobs4Jersey.com
• Conduct easy, skill-based, online searches
• Receive referrals to qualified candidates
• The difference is Smart Technology
• The go to site for NJ job seekers
• 66,233 registered job seekers
• 2,000 new users each week
• Spiders 2,400 websites and proactively emails
  jobs
• NO COST to you
• Contact us for free in-house training

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Recruitment

• NJ Talent Networks
• More than 50 of NJ workers are in six industries
• Those industries account for over two thirds of
  wages
• Mission to help develop a workforce that fuels
  growth
• Sectors
• Transportation, Logistics, and Distribution
• Life Sciences
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Financial Services
• Health Care
• Technology and Entrepreneurship

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Myth 2

• There is too much paperwork
• to work with the government.

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Training

• Customized Training Grants
• For your current employees
• To receive training that meets your needs
• Maximum annual grant award based on company size
• 250 or fewer employees up to 50,000
• 251 or more employees up to 75,000
• Employer match of at least 50 percent of the
  total training cost
• Examples
• Air Cruisers
• Cooper Electric

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Training

• Literacy Training Grants
• Improve your current employees basic skills
• English language
• Math
• Reading
• Writing
• Computer
• Maximum annual grant award based on company size
• 250 or fewer employees up to 50,000
• 251 or more employees up to 75,000
• Employer match of at least 50 percent of the
  total training cost
• Examples
• Astor Chocolate Corporation

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Training

• NJBIA through Community Colleges
• Classes conducted
• At Your Site (minimum 10 participants)
• At Brookdale or Ocean County (no minimum)
• ESL, Reading, Writing, Math, Computers
• No application is required!
• Major Hospitals to Small Businesses
• Contact
• Jim McCarthy at jmccarthy_at_brookdalecc.edu or
  [phone]

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Training

• Metrix
• eTraining from SkillSoft
• www.metrixlearning.com
• 5,000 Skills Courses
• HR, Project Management, Sales, IT, Healthcare
• 121 Professional Certification Tracks
• NO COST LICENSE

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Training

• Prove It!
• eAssessments from Kenexa
• Gives you the power to identify and select the
  most talented candidates and employees
• 1,200 skills and behavioral assessments
• For clerical, software, technical, call center,
  industrial, financial, legal, medical and more
• NO COST LICENSE

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Myth 3

• There are so many restrictions,
• wed never qualify for a grant.

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Incentives

• New Hire Incentive (Partially Paid Salaries)
• Reimbursement of 5090 of a new hires salary
• Maximum of 4,000
• New hire must meet eligibility requirements
• Employment status
• Income
• To assist with defraying the costs of on-the-job
  training
• Examples
• K. Hovnanian
• Hair Replacement Center

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Incentives

• Green Jobs Hiring Incentive (Partially Paid
  Salaries)
• Within an approved green job or company
• Energy Efficiency or Renewable Energy
• Reimbursement of 5090 of a new hires salary
• Maximum of 4,000
• New hire must meet eligibility requirements
• Employment status
• Income
• To assist with defraying the costs of on-the-job
  training
• Examples
• Alpha Associates
• Environmental Infrastructure Solutions

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Incentives

• Workforce 55 Program (Fully Paid Salaries)
• Open to non-profits and government agencies
• Pays the salaries of economically disadvantaged
  seniors
• Part-time stipend for up to 48 months
• Examples
• Neptune Food Bank
• Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

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Incentives

• Community Work Experience Program (No Cost to
  Employers)
• Provides approved non-profits with qualified,
  entry-level staff
• Candidates are transitioning from welfare to
  work.
• Workers Compensation is provided by the state at
  NO COST to non-profit employers.

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Incentives

• Work Opportunity Tax Credit
• Receive a federal tax credit of 2,4009,600
• Hire employees with employment barriers
• Individuals with disabilities
• Certain veterans
• General assistance recipients

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Incentives

• Federal Bonding Insurance
• To hire employees with credit or legal challenges
• Receive fidelity bond insurance coverage of
  5,00025,000
• NO COST and with no deductible for 6 to 12 months

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Labor Market Quick Quiz

• What was the official unemployment rate in NJ as
  of March 2012 ?
• What occupation is projected to be the fastest
  growing in NJ between 2008-2018?
• (Hint at 41.6)

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Additional Business Resources

• Labor Market Information and Data
• Workers
• Wages
• Jobs and Careers
• Employment and Industries
• Trends and Projections
• Economy and Demographics
• http//lwd.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/LMI_index.html

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Additional Business Resources

• Rapid Response Team
• Assists employers and workers in a closing or
  mass layoff
• On-site at your invitation
• Information and assistance with
• Unemployment Insurance
• Re-employment services
• Training

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Additional Business Resources

• Workforce Investment Board
• County policy board for workforce development
• Mission To utilize public funds to develop a
  workforce system that is responsive to the needs
  of both job seekers and employers
• Volunteer opportunities
• WIB Board
• Committees Strategic Planning, Job Seeker, Youth
  Council, Business Services, Services to People
  with Disabilities

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Additional Business Resources

• Workshop Series for Employers
• www.Jobs4Jersey.com
• Labor Market Data

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Summary

• We can help you recruit,
• we can help you train,
• and we can help you get a grant.
• So before you hire,
• before you train
• Please call us!

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Contacts

• Jason Staiger
• [phone] x4011
• jason.staiger_at_dol.state.nj.us
• Larry Sternbach
• [phone] x3711
• lawrence.sternbach_at_dol.state.nj.us

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• Thank You