The Greenville County Workforce Development Department offers an array of business services to the Greenville Community through the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and through the One-Stop Career System. The Greenville County Workforce Development Business Service Team prides itself on its ability to customize their services to meet each individual business’s needs; from job fairs to prescreening, we can help!

Some of the businesses services include:

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• Advertisements and hyperlinks added to the Greenville County WIB website.
• Advertisements in a local employment guide (Career Builder). WIA reserves the right to limit this opportunity.
• Post jobs through the SC Virtual One-Stop System. The WIA Business service team can provide assistance with this. To begin this process you may utilize the Job Opportunity form to capture details about the job opportunity.
• Post jobs with One-Stop Partner Employment Security Commission’s (ESC) SC Job Link. (WIA staff will connect organization with contacting ESC).

Application Prescreening
The business may receive assistance with screening of applications to ensure minimum job requirements are met. NOTE: Costs for drug testing and background checks are not permitted.

Job Fair and Interviewing Support
The business may reserve space within a One-Stop Career Center to conduct a job fair and/or to schedule interviews. The following amenities will be provided: space for interviewing, conference room, telephone/fax, computer/Internet access (with proper scheduling).

Assessments
Applicants may be assessed using a variety of standardized tools:

• Test for Adult Basic Education (TABE) – the most widely used test for adult basic education and is available in a pen-and-pencil or online. Provides the most reliable measurement of reading, mathematics, and language skills for adults.
• WorkKeys® Assessments – Developed by American College Testing (ACT), WorkKeys® is a job skills assessment system that measures real-world skills.
• WorkKeys® Job Profiling – a job analysis that helps identify the skills employees need to be successful on the job.

On-the-Job Training (OJT)
OJT is offered through the WIA Program to enable businesses to reduce their costs for training new workers who meet WIA eligibility. The business may be reimbursed up to 75% of the gross wages paid to each eligible worker during their first 3 months (maximum of 12 weeks) of employment (depending on qualifying circumstances). The worker must be pre-qualified by WIA prior to the start of training and the proper OJT paperwork must be in place prior to the new hire beginning employment. For more information contact Denise Durham at 864-467-3607 or at dedurham@greenvillecounty.org
OJT Introduction
OJT Checklist
OJT Rules and Agreement

Work Experience (WE)
Work experience is a planned, structured learning experience that takes place in a workplace for a limited period of time. This temporary training program allows registered WIA participants an opportunity to gain exposure to the world of work. The training opportunity may be paid or unpaid. For more information contact Denise Durham at 864-467-3607 or at dedurham@greenvillecounty.org.

Incumbent Worker Training (IWT)
Incumbent Worker Training provides resources for businesses to train currently employed workers in an effort to keep businesses and workers competitive. IWT provides funding for training needed in current businesses due to expansion, new technology, retooling, new services/product lines and new organizational structuring or as part of a layoff aversion strategy. IWT may also fund training in new businesses if those jobs are ineligible for assistance through ReadySC™, formerly the Center for Accelerated Technology Training (CATT). However, there will be a waiting period of 120 days for new or expanding businesses that displaced workers elsewhere in the United States. There is an annual solicitation for the IWT program, to learn more about the IWT Program or to inquire if WIA is currently accepting IWT Applications contact Holly Burts at 864-467-8092 or hburts@greenvillecounty.org. The Program Year 2010 solicitation will be giving priority funding consideration to the applications focusing on high-growth, in-demand sectors as outlined in the Local Operational Guidelines.
IWT State Guidelines and Policy
IWT Local Operational Guidelines and Priority
IWT Application

WorkKeys
WorkKeys® is a comprehensive system for measuring, communicating and improving the common skills required for success in the workplace. It allows these skills to be quantitatively assessed in both individual persons and in actual jobs. WorkKeys® is instrumental in correctly identifying individuals who have the basic skills required to be successful in a given position or career.

WorkKeys® is a Flexible System of Components which includes:

• Job Profiling – Determining the basic skills – Determining the basic skills required for individual jobs and occupational careers
• Assessment – Measuring the basic skills that individuals can apply to workplace situations
• Training – Curriculum guidelines from ACT and ACT Level 1 publishers designed to improve an individual’s skills so that they can be successful in jobs of their choice
• Research – ACT's extensive research and validation has resulted in a tool that, when properly used, is EEOC compliant and legally defensible.

Sed de Saber or "Thirst for Knowledge"
Sed de Saber is a learning program for individuals with very little or no understanding of the English language. The program is designed to give language learners the vocabulary and language patterns they need to be understood in real-life scenarios. The emphasis is on immediately applicable communication and it is achieved through three core program elements: standards-based ESL curriculum, communicative approach to delivery, individual tutoring for each learner.
To learn more about Sed de Saber contact WIA Business Services at 467-3620.

Need assistance developing a job description? The O*Net Resource Center has job descriptions for just about every position! It also has intensity levels and educational and skill requirements. To access the toolkit, visit: http://www.onetcenter.org/toolkit.html

To learn more about any of the WIA Business Services, email employerinfo@greenvillecounty.org

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