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The SourceApril 2018

Volume 14, Issue 10

A proud partner of theAmerican Job Center network

In This Month’s Issue

Manufacturing Career Day...Page 1

Scenes From Manufacturing Career Day

Page 2

It’s time for the Tuscarawas County Job Fair & Employer List

Page 3 & 4

Workshop Event - Employable Me

Page 5

Don’t Miss the New Recycling Bin...

Page 5

National Association of Workforce Boards...

Page 6

JOG Holds Youth Career...Page 6

Mathematica Training...Page 7

Overheard in a WorkshopPage 8

Dental Clinic Opens in Dover

Page 8

Workforce Initiative Association Announces...

Page 9 & 10

April 11 is WEAR BLUE DayPage 11

Upcoming EventsPage 11

Manufacturing Career Day Sheds Light on Training and Employment Opportunities

From all indications, the Manufacturing Career Day held at OhioMeansJobs Stark County on March 22, 2018, was a huge success. The focus was to provide public

awareness of the types of positions in the manufacturing industry such as Welding and CNC Machining that are in-demand and offer more than just a job--- a career with wage growth and stability.

A panel of representatives from Akron Testing Laboratory and Welding School, Akron CNC Training Center, Stark State College, LSI Industries, The M.K.Morse Co., and Ohio Gratings, fielded questions about welding and CNC machining occupations. Wages, length of training, work environments, scholarship opportunities, job prospects and other details regarding these career areas were discussed.

Each of the schools represented on the panel along with staff from area career centers such as Buckeye Career Center, Portage Lakes Career Center and Alliance Career Center, provided a brief overview of their respective programs related to manufacturing. Afterward, participants were able to connect with presenters and browse through their displays to learn more about their specific programs or industry.

A morning and an afternoon session was planned to accommodate varying schedules of interested persons. Both sessions were well attended and included some of the youth from the Comprehensive Case Management Employment Program (CCMEP) contracted vendors such as Tri-County JOG, CommQuest (Next Level Employment), Project REBUILD and Goodwill, along with the general public.

The message was clearly communicated by the passionate speakers that to keep the local economy thriving, we need people with good attitudes and good skills who can earn livable wages to support themselves and their families while maintaining and growing the industrial base. Opportunities for training and employment are abundant. Participants were encouraged to contact the local training providers and services through OhioMeansJobs of Stark and Tuscarawas Counties to tap into those resources.

“Thank you” to all of the presenters and our staff from OhioMeansJobs who helped to make the event such a success.

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Scenes From Manufacturing Career Day

The Manufacturing Career Day Panel was moderated by Program Manager Susan Berardo (on left) with the assistance of Program

Specialist Rebecca Harris (standing). The panel included (l to r) Laurie Norvall from Akron CNC Training Center, Darryl Woodson of Ohio

Gratings, Inc., Doug Arick of The M.K. Morse Company, Cheryl Phillips of LSI Industries, Lane Smerglia of the Akron Testing Laboratory &

Welding School, and Don Ball of Stark State College.

Stark State College brought a Welding

Simulator to allow interested

participants to try.

Area Career Center representatives attended the event to share training opportunities available at their centers. Centers represented were (from left) Alliance Career Center,

Buckeye Career Center, and Portage Lakes Career Center.

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OhioMeansJobs Tuscarawas County is teaming up once again with U.S. Congressman Bob Gibbs, WJER Radio, the Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce and Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland and

East Central Ohio, Inc. to present the Tuscarawas County Job Fair, Friday, May 11th from 11am to 2pm at the Monroe Centre at 1260 Monroe Street in New Philadelphia. Area job seekers as well as veterans and their families are encouraged to attend.

To date, over 40 employers representing manufacturing, health care, service industries, retail, food service and sales have registered to attend. Area employers are urged to take advantage of this excellent opportunity to actively recruit qualified candidates. As an additional value, no registration fee will be charged. Employers can reserve a booth by contacting Kelly Haer at khaer@omjwork.com or 330-491-2649.

Job seekers are urged to dress appropriately and bring a current resume to the job fair. Resume writing assistance and other job search resources to prepare individuals for the job fair are available at OhioMeansJobs Centers in New Philadelphia and Canton Monday through Friday from 9am to 4:30pm.

It’s Time for the Tuscarawas County Job Fair

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Tuscarawas County Job Fair Employer List

• A Quality Facility Services• Adams Signs• Adventure Harley-Davidson• Amotect• Boltaron, Inc.• Buckeye Landscapes and Design• Buehler’s Fresh Foods• Career Concept• Case Farms (Winesburg)• Community Mental Healthcare• Dawson Staffing• Dutchman Hospitality • Employ-Temps Staffing Services• Fosterbridge• Fresh Mark, Inc.• Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland & East

Central Ohio• Harcatus Tri-Way County C.A.O. Inc., Head Start• Helix Resources• Hines Specialty Vehicle Group• Horizons, Inc.• HW Machine• Inn at Northwood Village• Interim Healthcare of New Philadelphia• Lauren Manufacturing

• Mancan• Meteor Sealing Systems• Nursefinders• OCAL Solutions• Ohio Billing, Inc.• Ohio Department of Transportation• Ohio Gratings, Inc.• PeopleReady• Premier Building Solutions• Randstad• Rescare, Inc.• ResourceMFG• Robin Industries• Safe Staffing of Ohio• Snyder Manufacturing • Synchrony• First National Bank of Dennison• Timken• Tradesmen International• Walmart• Waste Management Energy Services• We’re Rolling Pretzel Company• Western & Southern Life

The current list of employers attending the Tuscarawas County Job Fair includes a variety of types of businesses. OhioMeansJobs Business Manager Kelly Haer states the employer list is growing daily

and advises potential employees to pick up a copy of the employer list at Stark or Tuscarawas Counties OhioMeansJobs Centers. As new employers sign up to attend the event the list will be updated. Haer hopes to have at least seventy employers attend the event. The list of employers as of April 3 is below.

The job fair is one of the activities OhioMeansJobs Stark and Tuscarawas Counties are offering as part of Ohio’s In-Demand Jobs

Week., which is May 7-11, 2018. In-Demand Jobs Week is a celebration of jobs, skills, and industries that are in-demand in Ohio

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Don’t Miss the New Recycling Bin at OMJ Stark County

A new recycling bin for Paper/Newspapers/Magazines/Junk Mail/Phone Books/Flattened Cardboard has been set at the west end of the 30th Street Centre parking lot for businesses and the community to use.

April 22nd is “Earth Day” if you don’t already recycle at home or on the job, now would be a great time to start.

Collect at home, drop it in the bin as you drive into work. Collect at your desk, drop it in the bin as you drive home. In order to keep the bin, each month 2,000 lbs.. must be recycled. Don’t forget to recycle and save the Earth!

Workshop Event - Employable Me

Nearly everyone has some kind of barrier to employment: not enough education, too old / too young, no internet connection, disabilities, lack of a driver’s license, and so on. There are numerous things which

can hold a person back from getting their dream job. However, no barrier is insurmountable. There are many things that can be done to get over or around or through any barrier to employment.

The OhioMeansJobs centers in Stark and Tuscarawas counties are presenting a special workshop to help individuals overcome their barriers to employment and get a job. This special workshop is entitled “Employable Me – Getting and Keeping a Job”. We will be sharing tips on job searching and showing a 10 Step Process for overcoming barriers to employment. As a part of this workshop, we will be hosting a panel discussion with human resource professionals from local companies. These panel members will discuss what they are looking for when they hire new employees and answer audience questions about job searching and overcoming barriers.

Everyone is invited to attend “Employable Me – Getting and Keeping a Job” on Tuesday May 8th, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. at the Stark county office and from 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. at the Tuscarawas office. Pre-registration is encouraged but not required. The event is part of Ohio’s In-Demand Jobs Week, May 7 -11, 2018. Please join us for this great workshop during In-Demand jobs week!

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Ohio workforce board staff talk with Ron Painter, CEO of the National Association of Workforce Boards, at the conference. Pictured are (l to R: Lisa Patt-McDaniel, Workforce Board Director, Franklin County, Jennifer Meek Eells, STWDB Director, Dan Sipe, STWDB Manager, and Ron

Painter.

NAWB CEO Ron Painter talks with staffers from the Hill during a panel discussion at the conference. Pictured are L to R: Ron Painter, Eunice Ikene, Labor Policy Advisor, U.S. House Committee on Education

and the Workforce, James Redstone, Professional Staff Member, U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Katherine McClelland, Workforce and Education Policy Advisor, U.S. Senate Committee on

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Stark Tuscarawas Workforce Development Board (STWDB) Executive Director Jennifer Meek Eells attended Jobs For Ohio’s Graduates (JOG) Career Development Conference at the John S. Knight Center in Akron

on March 20th. Employer and community agency representatives spent the day with JOG program-enrolled youth from Stark, Summit, and Medina Counties assisting them in workforce competitions that included Employability Skills, Decision-Making, Interviewing, Public Speaking, Telephone Etiquette, Application Techniques, Team Challenge, and Employment Process.

Pictured on left is Joel Crites, owner of Micro Fantasy, talking with a group of JOG students about entrepreneurship and how he is turning his “good idea” into a profitable business. “I was so impressed with the JOG young adults who participated in today’s events,” said Director Meek Eells. “These young people are going to be well-prepared to come into the workforce. Our workforce board truly appreciates the good work the JOG program is doing to engage our young workforce in activities that directly connect them with the world of work.”

National Association of Workforce Boards Conference 2018

JOG Holds Youth Career Development Conference

Stark Tuscarawas Workforce Development Board (STWDB) Executive Director Jennifer Meek Eells served as a panelist for a workshop facilitated by the National Skills Coalition at the National Association of

Workforce Boards (NAWB) Conference in Washington DC March 24th – 27th, 2018. The workshop focused on advocacy for policy change, and Executive Director Meek Eells discussed the Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program (CCMEP) operations in Stark and Tuscarawas Counties. She shared that workforce boards can advocate for public policy changes that help drive workforce initiatives. Better policy alignment of the participation requirements under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program with the performance metrics required under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA) would assist workforce boards in coordinating and funding more robust services to job seekers and employers, as Ohio is doing with CCMEP.

Pictured at the NAWB panel are (l to r) Kerry M Desjardins, MSW, Policy Associate, Center for

Employment & Economic Well-Being, American Public Human Services Association, Executive Director Meek Eells, Jessica Cardott, National Network Manager, National Skills Coalition

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Mathematica Training Held on CCMEP

On March 16-17th, Mathematica Policy Research staff members visited Stark County to facilitate a training session on Goal4 It!™, a science-informed framework that strengthens self-regulation skills

and helps individuals achieve goals. This training opportunity was coordinated through the ODJFS Office of Workforce Development and made possible through the USHHS Office of Family Assistance technical assistance resources. Attendees included local Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program (CCMEP) youth vendors and service providers from both Stark and Tuscarawas Counties, ODJFS Office of Workforce Development staff, and representatives from the local Sisters of Charity Foundation and the regional Office of Family Assistance office.

Some of the key science-informed strategies of the Goal4 It!™ approach is to help individuals build their adult capacities in strengthening their core life skills, helping them reduce external sources of stress, and to support responsive relationships within and beyond the program. Attendees were able work in small groups to try the Goal4 It!™ tools and ask questions and provide feedback as to how they can utilize the tools in their own organizations.

Attendees will have the opportunity to “road test” or pilot the Goal4 It!™ framework in the next couple of weeks.

Rebecca Dunn, Survey Research Associate, Mathematica Policy

Research

The Mathematica training was well attended and included an array of agencies

and providers involved with the CCMEP Program from both Stark and Tuscarawas

Counties.

Michelle Derr, Senior Researcher, Mathematica Policy Research

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Overheard In a Workshop

Gretchen Zinna

Attended: Discover Your New Job

“I liked all of the open doors that were presented;

websites, contacts, and actually discovering your

new job based on your personality.”

Shavon Robinson

Attended: Writing an Effective Resume

“I wanted updated information because it’s been a long time since I’ve made a resume. I

learned I could have 2-3 different resumes, each targeting different

employers and different skills.”

Community Family Health Center, located at 2014 Bellevue Ave in Dover, Ohio, has opened a much needed dental clinic in their primary care medical facility after the dental program operated by the

Tuscarawas County Health Department closed at the end of 2016. Serving adults and children residing in the Tuscarawas County area, the dental clinic accepts Medicaid and payments made directly by patients to provide low-cost care for their teeth.

This was a project of the Community Mental Healthcare. “After the primary care clinic opened, the agency saw that a lot of people were not able to get dental care,” said J.J. Boroski, executive director of Community Mental Healthcare. “Anybody’s welcome here,” said Boroski, “It’s not only for one demographic.”

Clinic dentist, Larry Bucher, a North Canton resident, was retired from nearly 28 years in private practice before accepting the position with Community Mental Healthcare. He encourages people to visit the clinic even if they have never been to a dentist, or have not been examined by one in many years. He said people should not be embarrassed to visit the clinic – “we are here to help people, not judge them.”

Lori Douglass, Resource Room Supervisor at the Tuscarawas County OhioMeansJobs center attended the ribbon cutting ceremony & open house on March 8th celebrating the opening of the new dental clinic. Douglass stated, “It’s a beautiful facility and a welcome resource to the residents of our county.”

Dental Clinic Opens in Dover

(On Left) Scott Robinson, President, Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce

and Stark Tuscarawas County Workforce Development Board Member participated in the ribbon cutting to welcome the new

dental clinic.

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Workforce Initiative Association Announces Scholarship Application Dates - Stark County

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Workforce Initiative Association Announces Scholarship Application Dates - Tuscarawas County

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OhioMeansJobsIn Stark County - 822 30th St. NW Canton, Ohio 44709 phone: 330-433-WORK (4675)

In Tuscarawas County - 1260 Monroe, Suite 35, New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663 phone: 330-364-9777On the Web at: : http://ohiomeansjobs.com/stark and at: http://ohiomeansjobs.com/tuscarawas

April 4Comfort Refrigeration Recruitment

Stark County10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

April 5AMR Technologies, Inc. - Recruitment

Tuscarawas County8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

April 10Stark County One-Stop Partner Meeting

8:30 a.m.

April 11Kelly Services - Heinz - Recruitment

Stark County 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

April 17Career Concept Recruitment

Stark County 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

April 19Gregory Industries Recruitment

Stark County 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

April 20Tuscarawas County One-Stop Partner Meeting

8:30 a.m.

April 25People Ready Recruitment

Stark County 10:00 a.m. to :00 p.m.

April 26Kelly Services - Heinz - Recruitment

Stark County 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

April 27Great Plains Oilfield Rentals Recruitment

Stark County 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Upcoming Events

April 11 is WEAR BLUE Day

WEAR BLUE is a statewide awareness campaign that takes place on the second Wednesday of every April, Child Abuse Prevention Month. Ohioans are encouraged to WEAR BLUE on April 11th to work, to

school, or to a community event to show support for preventing child abuse and neglect.