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  Corporate Services   Developing Business Services

The purpose of this workshop is to learn new approaches for improving relationships with the business community. When an employer tells you they have no job openings…do you walk away or are you prepared to ask other questions to gain a new understanding of the crucial workforce issues they are facing? If you understand these needs, are you able to provide ideas on where they can find solutions? Working with the business community to improve program performance will provide your agency with the necessary tools to:

  • Develop new and ongoing relationships with employers.
  • Increase placement opportunities.
  • Gain a better understanding of the businesses who are hiring your applicants.
  • Enhance the opportunity for increased wages for employed participants.

    Participants who attend this training will learn:

    • Basic ingredients of a Business Service strategy.
    • Steps to implement an employer proposal to upgrade the skills of employed participants and other underemployed workers.
    • Ideas for Value-Added services and information that can be utilized to recruit and maintain your business customers.
    • The most frequently asked workforce issues of California businesses.
    • Accessing Internet resources to help solve business problems.
    • Strategies to increase placements and career advancement of program participants.
    This is your opportunity to learn what is presently working with agencies that are providing Business Services. Learn from the success of others!

    Learning Objectives:

    1. Participants will learn innovative fee for services strategies.

    2. They will gain the knowledge necessary to start the process for implementing a fee for service component.

    3. Attendee’s will learn new ideas to add to existing fee for service activities.