Workforce Central (Tacoma Pierce County)
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WorkForce Central Services

Talent recruitment and training


Worforce Business Services

Employer Services

What we do to develop skilled employees and provide workers for the jobs you need to fill

Workforce Career Development

Career Training

What we do to meet the needs of job seeking individuals experiencing diverse circumstances

 

Business Services
What we do to develop skilled employees and provide workers for the jobs you need to fill:

  • Train and refresh employee skills, aiding in retention
  • Recruit, screen and assess job candidates and current employees
  • Develop new strategies for attracting, retaining and managing a more diverse workforce
  • Develop strategies for employers to address specific employee populations (i.e. baby boomers who continue to work out of economic necessity)
  • Analyze wages
  • Develop job descriptions
  • Provide comprehensive background checks

Industry-Specific Partnerships
Health Care
What we do to train and retain health care workers:

  • Introduce students to the field with health care camps and career days
  • Increase training capacity at colleges and universities
  • Transition existing health care employees into high-demand positions and replace them with trained workers through the use on-site hospital career coaches

Construction
What we do to develop skilled construction workers:

  • Introduce students to the field with an annual construction career day and other targeted outreach
  • Assemble public and private resources for pre-apprenticeship programs for high school youth
  • Inform the public of in-demand construction jobs and training opportunities

Positive results for businesses

  • One-stop for workforce related services and information
  • Customized solution to your workforce headache
  • Increase in employee retention
  • Decrease in human resource spending
  • Improving the lives of your workers
  • Connection to local businesses and the community
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Individual Services
What we do to meet the needs of job seeking individuals experiencing diverse circumstances:

  • Career guidance and one-on-one career coaching
  • Support completion of secondary education and continuance to post-secondary education and training
  • Support laid off workers with retraining and connection to employment resources
  • Prepare individuals for career transitions  

Positive results for individuals

  • Employability
  • Successful career transition
  • Guidance and support
  • One stop for information, education, training and employment assistance
  • Higher income to provide:
    • A better quality of life
    • Opportunities for your family and children
    • Security and self-worth
    • Benefits like health care
    • Ability to save and borrow
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WorkForce News

Pierce County's Local Integrated Workforce Plan

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