Business services are offered by One Stop Northern Kentucky partners to assist employers to meet their current and future workforce development requirements. We concentrate on high demand occupations in Manufacturing (Advanced Manufacturing), Health Care, Information Technology, Service, Logistics Transportation Distribution and Energy.
The Business Services Liaison, J. David Miller, is available to discuss how we can best meet your business needs with our services. To request more information beyond the answers to Frequently Asked Questions, Ask David on how One Stop Northern Kentucky may assist in solutions to your business needs. All inquiries will be addressed as soon as possibleWhere is the One Stop Northern Kentucky Located?
What are the business services available to companies?
What organizations provide business services at One Stop Northern Kentucky?
Is there a fee for One Stop Northern Kentucky business services?
How do I get a job listed?
If I post a job, will applicants contact me?
We have a company policy to use staffing agencies. Can we still use your system?
What kind of job applicants do you have on file?
Where do I go to recruit veterans?
What services do you have for new or small businesses?
Where can we go to compare our company salary range to similar local companies?
Do you have a means to assist companies to evaluate candidates for jobs?
What training is available to assist in developing employees?
Conference and Interview Facilities
What tax credits are available to companies?
Is there help available when a company must issue a WARN?
What companies may participate in local job fairs?
Where can a company find assistance with ADA and other disability issues?
General Questions
Where is the One Stop Northern Kentucky Located?
One Stop Northern Kentucky has four locations in Northern Kentucky. There are two comprehensive sites in Covington and Florence and locations at the Greater Cincinnati International Airport, Falmouth and Carrollton locations.
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What are the business services available to companies?
Categories of services offered by One Stop Northern Kentucky:
- Employment Recruiting
- Labor Market Information
- Pre-Hire and Post-Employment Testing and Assessments
- On the Job and Customized Training
- Conference and Interview Facilities
- Tax Credit Information
- Layoff and Closure Assistance
- Speakers Bureau
- Targeted and Customized Job Fairs
- ADA Technical Related Assistance
- Apprentice Opportunities
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What organizations provide business services at One Stop Northern Kentucky?
Services are provided by nine partner organizations:
- Office for Employment and Training
- Kentucky Adult Education Learning Centers
- Gateway Community and Technical College
- Brighton Center
- Northern Kentucky Area Development District
- Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission
- Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
- Office for the Blind
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Is there a fee for One Stop Northern Kentucky business services?
Most services are free, or a low cost or on a shared cost basis. Grants to help fund training may also be available for companies.
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Recruiting
How do I get a job listed?
While you are welcome to fax or call in a job order, we encourage you to use our internet system to post your job openings. The job listings are then available on a local, regional and national website. There is an internet job posting process and standard form to add position description information.
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If I post a job, will applicants contact me?
You specify how you want to be contacted.
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We have a company policy to use staffing agencies. Can we still use your system?
Job listings come from any employer including staffing agencies. To recruit additional applicants, you may want to encourage your staffing agency to list their positions with us.
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What kind of job applicants do you have on file?
One Stop Northern Kentucky serves the public. People with a wide range of experience and abilities utilize our One Stop. Some of our customers are working and intending to make a career change. One Stop Northern Kentucky has access to a large pool of unskilled as well as skilled workers who are not currently working due to economic conditions. Job applicants are available from a cluster of graduates and students from Gateway Community and Technical College.
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Where do I go to recruit veterans?
One-Stop Northern Kentucky provides a wide array of services for Veterans including placement assistance.
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What services do you have for new or small businesses?
All businesses large or small are given the same attention. Small businesses might be especially interested in recruitment and screening services. By listing a job with our system, you can save the expense of an advertisement. Interview space, copiers, fax machines and computers are available for companies who wish to interview at the Florence, Covington and Falmouth centers.
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Labor Market Information
Where can we go to compare our company salary range to similar local companies?
Access on-line Labor Market Information including labor market trends and prevailing wages, federal and state mandatory posters for the workplace, notices and publications at workforcekentucky.ky.gov
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Pre-Hire and Post-Employment Testing and Assessments
Do you have a means to assist companies to evaluate candidates for jobs?
Several One Stop Northern Kentucky Partners provide free or low cost assessments and testing. Many companies wish to find workers that meet certain benchmarks to assist in effective hiring practice. We can help establish company benchmarks to evaluate applicants as well as use of national standards. Assessments may also assist in making decisions on incumbent workers for promotion and or training.
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Customized Training
What training is available to assist in developing employees?
On the Job Training-up to 50% of wages may be paid for prospective employee candidates prior to hiring who meet eligibility criteria.
Customized training can be designed to meet your company’s management and leadership development requirements. Such training may benefit companies in employee retention. Lean Manufacturing training and training to improve the supervisory, decision-making and teamwork are a few examples. Grant funding may be available up to 75% of training costs.
A customized educational curriculum can also be developed specifically for a company to include topics such as reading, grammar and math skills, the metric system, communication, etc.
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Conference and Interview Facilities
Are there rooms available for companies to conduct employment interviews?
Conference rooms are available for use during regular business hours to conduct interviews. Audio/visual equipment, phone, fax, copier, may also be made available.
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Tax Credit Information
What tax credits are available to companies?
Tax credits are available for employers to help save money. Targeted Jobs Tax Credits apply when hiring persons with disabilities and low income persons for example. In addition, Unemployment Tax Credit of $100 may be applied against a company’s Kentucky income taxes owed per eligible hire-restrictions apply.
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Layoff and Closure Assistance
Is there help available when a company must issue a WARN?
Employer WARN notices activate our rapid response teams. We assist employers undergoing layoffs or transitions and assist a firm’s employees by providing information about retraining, job opportunities, filing for unemployment insurance benefits and other services.
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Targeted and Customized Job Fairs
What companies may participate in local job fairs?
All companies are eligible to partake in job fairs sponsored by One Stop Northern Kentucky. Job Fairs regularly occur through out the year in Northern Kentucky. The Veterans representatives at the One Stop coordinate the scheduled Job Fairs. Customized Job Fairs for specific companies may also be organized. Please check with this web site (One Stop Job Fairs above) on the upcoming Job Fairs and the locations.
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ADA Technical and Related Assistance
Where can a company find assistance with ADA and other disability issues?
Technical assistance for all disability related issues is provided by representatives of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. Voluntary accessibility evaluations of business facilities is typically provided when an injured employee is ready to return to work but there are barriers to his/her return or a candidate is going to be hired and there are physical or work barriers to his/her placement.
Technical Assistance is also available for deaf and hard of hearing persons in evaluating special equipment to assist them in acquiring a position or in retaining a job. Furthermore, assistance is provided in locating interpreters for interviews, for example.
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"Ask David" does not provide any legal advice and users of this web site should consult with their own lawyer for legal advice. "Ask David" provides an additional way for employers to receive information of the type employers would receive through telephonic or other contact with One Stop representatives. While the information provided may be of assistance, it is no substitute for independent research, and it may or may not apply to your specific factual situation. "Ask David" specifically disclaims any liability or legal responsibility for voluntarily responding to employer inquiries.
