Owensboroworks.com Update

An e-mail has gone out to all OwensboroWorks job candidates from the OwensboroWorks database to update their profiles. This should remind job candidates that their profiles need updating in order for employers to contact them for potential job openings.

If you are an employer who has not used Owensboro Works in quite some time, you might conisder giving it another try.

If you would like to post a job position to the OwensboroWorks website, at no charge, e-mail your job description to works@owensboro.com with a timeline for the posting. Don't forget to search for potential candidates for that posting. If you need assistance with your search, e-mail works@owensboro.com with a request and with your criteria for the job and your list of potential candidates will be e-mailed back to you.

Good luck with filling that position.

SAVE THE DATE

The Owensboro regional colleges and workforce agencies are teaming together for a regional Career & Job Fair. Please save the date and send your Human Resource directors to this unprecedented event. Companies wishing to sign up, click on the image below.

TALENT RECRUITMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Your organization is invited to recruit at Wetern Kentucky University in a variety of ways including:

• On-campus recruitment from September 7-December 10, 2010


• Free advertising of full-time, part-time, internship, and volunteer positions via TopJobs


• Career Expo on October 28, 2010; registration will go live on Thursday, July 22


• Information sessions to give students an opportunity to ask questions about your organization


• Participation in the KWSP Program, a wage reimbursement program for Kentucky Employers

To participate in WKU career recruitment activities, please log into TopJobs via WKU website at www.wku.edu/career. You can use TopJobs to schedule on-campus interviews and info sessions, post vacancies and search resumes.

If you need assistance in meeting your recruitment goals or help with scheduling recruitment activities, feel free to contact Rebecca Tinker via phone or e-mail.

Rebecca Tinker, WKU Career Services Center, 270-745-3095

News & Calendar

The News and Calendar feature has been added to Owensboro Works in order to offer employers, higher education institutions, and community organizations the opportunity to advertise job openings, training sessions and other events that benefit job seekers and employers alike. If you have a posting you would like to include, please email works@owensboro.com with the date, time, location and brief summary of the event.



Also, check out http://intern.owensboro.com/ where you can post internship opportunities available this summer in the Owensboro region. Internships are a great way to screen and train potential hires plus give students a learning link to your company and the community. GOEDC and its partners will host monthly networking opportunities this summer for all area interns. For more information visit the site or call 270-926-4339.

Welcome to Owensboro Works' Employer Broadcast

In response to local industry demands Skills Inc. was created in 1990 as a free service to assist employers with finding qualified applicants in the Green River region. After several years of success with the program, changes in both technology and administration left Skills Inc. with a demand for a higher quality database and more efficient accessibility. During 2007, the Greater Owensboro Economic Development Corporation, Owensboro Community and Technical College, Green River Area Development District and Northwest KY Forward formed a partnership focused on redeveloping Skills Inc. and launched Owensboro Works/Green River Works/Northwest KY Works. These combined sites currently contain over 6,000 registered job seekers mainly from Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, McLean, Ohio, Union and Webster counties in Kentucky. Job seekers are required to possess an Associate degree or higher, professional certification or complete the WorkKeys test administered through KCTCS before receiving approval on the site. Many job seekers are currently employed with extensive experience in several areas including construction, food service, manufacturing, health services, and information technology. During 2008, the OW partners have taken great strides to respond to employer feedback and further improve the site. Search criteria has been narrowed, categories added, and a News & Calendar section incorporated to allow employers, colleges and more to promote opportunities for employers and job seekers alike. If you have never utilized Owensboro Works or have and found it inefficient, please visit the site again at http://www.owensboroworks.com/. Click on the blue tab for 'Employers' and explore!Owensboro Works was created for YOU - the employer. The idea is to put local, qualified talent at your fingertips. If you experience any difficulty with the site or have ideas for how to improve, please let us know by responding to this post or contacting us directly at 270-926-4339 or email works@owensboro.com. We look forward to hearing from you and will update you on changes to the site here on the Employer Broadcast.