Employment Services

All employers who contact the Hocking County Job Services Center may request a single contact person who will help staff your facility with qualified workers. A Business Services Consultant is available daily to assist employers with the following employment needs:

  • Personnel services including recruitment, screening/interviewing of potential workers, and matching job openings to skilled applicants.
  • Providing on-line access to post a job opening (job order) independently or with the assistance of job service center staff.
  • Allowing employers to disclose or omit their identity to prospective employees.
  • Providing consulting services including local area labor market information and trends, business needs analysis, and financial hiring incentives. 
  • Offering on-site staffing to assist employers with mass recruitmentsand collection of applications.
  • Linkage to education and training resources to up-skill current workers
  • Job retention services to new employees such as site visits to support the integration of the new worker into the existing workforce.
  • Assisting employers with services available at no cost.
  • Meeting employer needs utilizing the flexibility to offer assistance in the Job Services Center or at the employer’s work .
  • Preparation of employment documents such as employee manuals/handbooks or business plans.
  • Seminar presentations on employment-related topics such as wage and labor information, etc.
  • Individual and/or group testing and assessments to determine an applicant’s job skills, aptitudes, interests and values.
 
Employers are invited to send an applicant or a group of applicants to the Hocking County Job Services Center for assessment testing. This service is provided free of charge to Hocking County employers.