ICYMI: We Are Recruiting for a

Disability Resource Coordinator - Based in Oneonta!

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Welcome New Business Services Representative

Antonio (Tony) Avanzato!

A Little About Tony:

" I was born in Italy, my father brought myself, my mom, my sister and two brothers to the United States in 1966. My managerial background began at a very young age with the family restaurant business.

"I owned The Italian Kitchen and Stella Luna Ristorante in Oneonta until 2019. I’ve hired, trained, supervised, and fired many in my lifetime. Owning and being in the restaurant business for most of my life, one learns to be and do everything for everyone. I love interacting with people, that’s my forte, customer service. I love helping people. Communication is key with me. I can be a leader, but I also know how to listen. As I embrace this new venture with CDO (and HMO), I look forward to collaborating with businesses and workers and try to establish a bond between the two. My connections over the years will help me to make this possible.

"I am the father of three adult kids, (with jobs), (Olivia, Gianluca and Massimo), they are my world. My beautiful wife Rosemarie teaches at Suny @ Oneonta University where she also came to study 43 years ago, met me and never left."

Employment & Training Director Penny J. Seeger says, "We are very excited to be welcoming Tony to our CDO Workforce team as a Business Services Rep. Tony will be working as part of the Business Services team and will be involved with employer out-reach, enhancing employer relationships & On-The-Job Training (OJT) development. His home office is in Oneonta but he will be traveling throughout the three counties as needed."

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To Contact Tony:

aavanzato@working-solutions.org

607-434-4800 x 106

Veterans’ Program Office Incentive Award Recipients

"The Norwich and Oneonta offices both were recognized with the Program Year 2022 Veterans’ Program Office Incentive Award.

"From July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023, both offices demonstrated extraordinary priority of service to Veterans by:

• Providing an initial assessment to a higher percentage of veterans than non-veterans; and
• Having a lower percentage of unemployed veterans than non-veterans exiting from services without a successful outcome.

"Both offices received a New York State office award to display and every staff person in each office received special award items:

• USB port
• Lunch box
• Carabiner
• Pen

"Thank you everyone for prioritizing services to our veteran customers and for all your hard work!"    

 --Cheri Hess

Supervising Labor Services Representative

New York State Department of Labor | Division of Employment and Workforce Solutions  

Businesses: Our New York College Apprenticeship Network (NYCAN) Grant Can Help You Upskill Your Workforce

The Workforce Development Board of Herkimer, Madison & Oneida (WDB/HMO) has partnered with the NYCAN (NY College Apprenticeship Network) grant to reimburse on-the-job training costs for advanced manufacturing companies that have less than 50 employees and a registered apprentice program. 

Wages can be reimbursed at 50% up to $25 an hour for six months of on-the-job training (OJT) with minimum paperwork.

The undirected funding provides many benefits for small to medium-sized manufacturing companies and ensures the apprentice is trained in accordance with the company’s standards and procedures.

If you would like to know how your company can take advantage of this funding or know of a company that would benefit, please contact Meghan McBennett at mmcbennett@working-solutions.org. 

Workforce Development Board

Learning/Training Grant Programs for Job Seekers and Incentives for Businesses

Many of these programs are available in up to 17 counties across New York State! There are business incentives and training opportunities in Manufacturing, IT/Cybersecurity and more...

Go Here to See our Learning/Training Grant Programs

And Contact Us to Find out how we can help!

Email Jocelyn

"Mark your calendars for Oneonta Job Corps' Future Workforce Event: Tuesday, December 12th, from 9:30 am to 12 noon at the Foothills Performing Arts Center. Tabling will start at 9:30 am and go until 11 am, then there will be a presentation and awards from 11 am to 12 noon.

"The purpose of this event is to raise awareness of opportunities that we have for the future workforce within our communities. This includes but is not limited to grants, vocational programs, college programs, apprenticeships, recreational activities, employment opportunities, and other services that can help our future workforce be successful.

"This event will be open to the entire community but really focuses on BOCES students, high school students, college students, and their supporters.

Coming together will always be the best way to build the community and the people within it. Showing our young people that we care about their growth and that there are opportunities RIGHT HERE is the best way to ensure that the workforce continues to strengthen and grow."

Job Corps Opportunities:

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SUNY Delhi's Office of Continuing Education and Professional Studies: Opportunity for individuals to earn certification in the following Business and IT Programs - Costs covered by the Project Excite Grant! 

This program is 100% funded by Project Excite, a United States Department of Labor H-1B One Workforce Grant. Individuals who are at least 18 years old, with at least a high school level education, and are NYS residents are able to be funded up to $3,000 per person toward earning certifications in the IT field, to be completed no later than May 2024. 

The following courses and their certifications that we offer are all 100% online and are all eligible for this grant! Interested individuals should fill out the H-1B Grant Program Registration and, once approved, we will contact you and register you for your selected course. Visit https://www.delhi.edu/ceps/project-excite/index.php for full course descriptions, prerequisites, and requirements.

To start the enrollment process, register online for the Project Excite (IT/Cybersecurity Training Funding) Grant: www.joinprojectexcite.com 

Please contact the Office of Continuing Education and Professional Studies with any questions about this excellent opportunity! 607-746-4545 or email Project Excite at cdoworkforce@gmail.com

Project Excite Funded Training Available:

• Certified Ethical Hacker 
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
• CompTIA Certification Training Network+, Security+
• CompTIA Certification Training: A+ Network +, Security+
• CompTIA A+ with ITIL Foundation Certification
• Information Security Training
• IC3 Digital Literacy GS5 (Vouchers Included) 
• CompTIA Project+ (Voucher Included) 
• CompTIA IT Fundamentals (Voucher Included) ** 
• CompTIA Certification Training: ITF+ and A+ (Vouchers Included) ** 
• Cisco CCNA Certification Training (Voucher Included) ** 
• Certified Network Defender (CND) (Voucher Included) 
• CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (Voucher Included) ** 
• Certified AWS Cloud Practitioner (Voucher Included) ** 
• Certified AWS SysOps Administrator (Voucher Included) 
• Certified AWS Developer (Voucher Included) 
• Certified AWS Solutions Architect (Voucher Included) 
• AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (Voucher Included) 
• AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator (Voucher Included) 
• AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies (Voucher Included) 
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) (Voucher Included) 
• Certified Java Developer (Voucher Included) ** 
• CompTIA A+ Certification Training (Vouchers Included) ** 
• CompTIA Network+ Certification Training (Voucher Included) 
• CompTIA Security+ Certification Training (Voucher Included) 
• CompTIA Cloud+ Certification Training (Voucher Included) 
• CompTIA A+ with ITIL 4 Foundation (Vouchers Included) 
• IT Foundations Bundle (Vouchers Included) ** 
• CompTIA Linux+ (Voucher Included) 
• CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) (Voucher Included) 
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) 
• CompTIA CySA+ Training Boot Camp
• CompTIA Security+ Training Boot Camp
• CompTIA A+ Training Boot Camp **
• CompTIA Network+ Training Boot Camp

** Training is appropriate for students without IT work experience.

This program is 100% funded by a United States Department of Labor H1-B One Workforce Grant of $3,206,002. This product was created by the recipient and does not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Labor. The Department of Labor makes no guarantees, warranties, or assurances of any kind, expressed or implied, with respect to such information, including any information on linked sites and including, but not limited to, accuracy of information or its completeness, timeliness, usefulness, adequacy, continued availability or ownership. This product is copyrighted by the institution that created it.

Go HERE to See Our Featured Job Opportunities!

FOR-DO and RR-DOCS present a Career Fair, Thursday, December 7th, 2pm-4pm at Southside Mall

Need a change or looking to kickstart your career? Meet with local businesses and discover all the work opportunities available to you in the area. Don’t forget to bring your resume!

Businesses attending:

• Astrocom Electronics

• Staffworks

• Saputo

• SUNY Delhi

• Fidelis

• Delaware Opportunities

• Delhi Nursing and Rehab

And more to be announced!

If you have any questions, please reach out to Mary at 607-434-9735 or mary@friendsofrecoverydo.org

adulted@oncboces.org

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• Resumes
• Interviewing
• Transferable Skills
• Job Search
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