PA CareerLink® Clearfield® - PA CareerLink® DuBois Summary

PA CareerLink of Clearfield County
Month / January / February / March
2010 / 2010 / 2010
New Employers / 10 / 7 / 10
New Job Orders / 92 / 90 / 99
New Job Openings / 215 / 168 / 205
New Job Seekers / 211 / 173 / 250
Job Referrals / 331 / 438 / 567
Individuals Placed / 43 / 34 / 57
UC Rate / 10.3% / 10.4% / 10.8%

PA CareerLink® Clearfield County at DuBois

Business Services Team Update

January 2010 Employer Activity

New Businesses / Businesses
Increase / Recall / Businesses
Downsized/Lay Off / Closed Businesses
Tractor Supply – Peggy is trying to contact them. / BiLo 70 will be laid off & PennTraffic 155.
Tops is offering to buy.
All About A Party’s Grand Opening will be held on 1/14/10. / Trail King was approved on 1/15/10 for Trade. Peggy is trying to contact them.
Perkins over hired and is laying some off.
New Businesses / Businesses Increase / Recall / Businesses Downsized/Lay Off / Closed Businesses
Tractor Supply hopes to open by June and to hire 15-20. Interviews will be held 4/19/10 – 4/23/10. / Metaldyne, Niagara Cutter, and GKN have called some back. / Clarion OI is laying off
Head-to-Toe Sportswear, 128 W. Long Ave. will hold a ribbon cutting in the near future. / Brockway has a few laid off due to machine repairs and plant changes.
Helpmates, Inc. has a new office on Long Ave. next to the Persian Parking Lot. / Helpmates will be hiring 2 of our referrals and are looking for Caregivers. / DuBois Logistics - new name for the old Penn Traffic Warehouse. Old Warehouse Workers were retained, but the Truck Drivers lost their jobs. They’re hiring Warehouse Workers this summer and we’ve referred quite a few.
Julie Stewart is opening a coffee shop between Aussie’s and Tainted Flesh.

February / March 2010 Employer Activity

PA CareerLink® Clearfield County at Clearfield

Business Services Team Meeting

January 2010 Employer Activity

New Businesses / Businesses Increase / Recall / Businesses Downsized/Lay Off / Closed Businesses
Express Café’, Clearfield and Down River Restaurant, Shawville contacted and started placing job orders. / Bionol Clearfield, LLC started production with 55 employees
Contacted Your Neighborhood Market, Philipsburg to assist with new hires and recruitment. / Community Action – Clearfield started recruitment for Weatherization Program.
One company starts wage reimbursement agreements
New Businesses / Businesses Increase / Recall / Businesses Downsized/Lay Off / Closed Businesses
AutoMax contacted and started to place job orders. / U.S. Census placing job orders / Clarion O-I announces closure
Gamblers Lounge contacted and placing job orders / Two companies start 4 wage reimbursement agreements
S.P. Energy visited and job orders placed / Weatherization: 30 people have passed the Work Keys Assessment. 50 people have attended orientations. 12 Hires, 17 training vouchers issued.

February / March 2010 Employer Activity

PA Careerlink ®of Clearfield Summary of Activities & Events for January / February / March

Ø  J.P Donmoyer Trucking had drivers recruitment day at the Clearfield CareerLink.

Ø  Community Resource for Independence Interviews conducted at the PA CareerLink

Ø  Staff attended Career Fair at Clearfield Area High School

Ø  30 people have passed the Work Keys Assessment. 50 people have attended orientations. 12 Hires

Ø  Mock interviews for Weatherization conducted by CareerLink staff at Clearfield CareeerLink.

Ø  PMG Corporation scheduled 11 applicants to test at the PA CareerLink

Ø  Staff attended Philipsburg High School for PA CareerLink presentation of services and enrollment process for graduation.

Ø  Staff attended Lock Haven University Senior day, 50 seniors from all 6 School districts attended.

Ø  Staff conducted Mock interviews at the Philipsburg High School with Appalachian Wood Products and PMG INC.

Ø  (PREP) Profile Re-Employment Program Monitoring Visit from the State.

Ø  Youth Counselor participated in Big Brothers Big Sisters bowl for Kid Sake program.

Ø  New Lease discussions for the current PA CareerLink / Chris Neil / Pennmark / Greenland

Ø  Security Guard hired for the PA CareerLink

Ø  BST members attended Labor Market Information Day presentation by the Workforce Investment Board

Ø  Webinars attended by staff: Labor Exchange Common Measures, Civil Service Website, LMI Basics, weatherization, ONET basics, Homeless Veterans reintegration webcast, DOL’s Strategic Plan, Live Q&A Session with VETS, CWIA data base.

PA Careerlink® of DuBois Summary of Activities & Events for January / February / March

Ø  The staffcelebrated theNationalGo Red for Women's Wear Red day. Employees wore red to show their support of and to promote women's heart health and shared a heart health lunch.

Ø  Security Guard Hired for the PA CareerLink.

Ø  Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program attended by the veteran employment representative of Clearfield and Jefferson County CareerLink. The outreach event Event at the Dubois Middle School is designed to inform and provide appropriate community and service organization referrals to all PA National Guard service members and their families.

Ø  BST members attended Labor Market Information Day presentation by the Workforce Investment Board

Ø  Webinars attended by staff: Labor Exchange Common Measures, Civil Service Website, LMI Basics, weatherization, ONET basics, Homeless Veterans reintegration webcast, DOL’s Strategic Plan Live Q&A Session with VETS, ONET basics.

Ø  (PREP) Profile Re-Employment Program Monitoring Visit from the State.

Ø  SHRM (Society Human Resource Managers) Susie Snelick, NCWIB. Presentation on updates on the Workforce in the North Central Region.

Ø  SHRM (Society Human Resource Managers) “Return on your Investment” presentation by John Blasdell of Penn State DuBois

Ø  Your Business and Marcellus Shale Series at Penn State DuBois attended by a BST member

Ø  Bilo Market and Penn Traffic Warehouse Rapid Response Informational Meetings

Ø  North Central PMI video conference held at DRMC

Ø  Natural Gas Expo (Potter, Cameron and McKean Counties) Veteran Representative attended the Expo in Potter County

Ø  Employer Consortia meeting with the DuBois Mall Association employers. Irene Kugler, UC Referee did a presentation on UC hearings and employers.

Ø  Western Pump and Dredge conducted interviews at the CareerLink

Ø  Allied Barton conducted interviews at the CareerLink

Ø  Mountain Research conducted interviews at the CareerLink

Ø  Community Resources for Independence held an open recruitment at the CareerLink

Ø  McGarvey Janitorial interviews conducted at the CareerLink

Ø  All About a Party ribbon cutting ceremony attended by a BST member

Ø  US Census held a number of testing sessions at the CareerLink