Filling the Gap Between Jobs
Submitted by Nancy Toth, Acting Director
The COVID 19 pandemic has been the underlying cause of many disruptions in our daily lives. Many resources of the Seneca Nation have been available during the past nearly 18 months to assist our communities with filling some of the gaps due to loss of income from employment or even from individuals not becoming employed due to hiring freezes and temporary shut-downs by employers to slow the curve of the pandemic and protect the public.
What about the job gap?
If you have found yourself to be in the position of being unemployed for whatever reason, the staff at the Training & Employment Resource Center are available to assist you in developing a plan for employment. Maybe you are thinking about a new career? TERC’s program may also be able to assist you with the training funds to earn certification and acquire new skills to put you in a better position for employment or career advancement.
Services available: tuition for certificate based programs (excludes college courses for the 477 program), books, fees, tools and equipment required for training or a specific job, job search assistance, job readiness skills training such as resume writing, interview skills, communication skills, and various supportive services to assist you in reaching your goal. We offer high school equivalency preparation classes that are tailored individually to the adult learner. Testing to earn a high school equivalency diploma is done at the BOCES location nearest the student’s address. An annual celebration is held once a year with a graduation ceremony.
There is no application deadline. We do request an application be filed at least 3 weeks before the start date of a training program so processing of all paperwork can be completed. Applications must be approved before any type of service component is initiated.
Additional Resources:
SUNY For All Online Training Center. A number of trainings online are available to unemployed, offering free skills-building training to assist with future employment. Examples of the courses: Customer Service, Child Development Associate, Certified Medical Admin. Assistant, Hospitality, Incumbent Worker Series, Pre-Certified Nursing Assistant, Security Guard, Self-paced Microsoft Office Suite certification. Website link https://www.suny.edu/otc/
Another site for free training for the unemployed is through Coursera. Sample topics of training in the areas of: Transportation, Health Care, Digital Literacy, Information Technology, Entrepreneurship, Data Security, Project Management and Business Management. This list is not all inclusive. The website link: https://dol.ny.gov/online-learning-coursera A registration form Is on this website.
TERC offices have laptops available for use to learn more about these opportunities. Printers and a copier is available for printing training or job search related materials at no costs. Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 3674 Administration Drive, Salamanca NY Phone 945-8120 & 23 TIS Ext. Irving, NY 532-1033
Career Readiness Workshops – August 2021:
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