Tallahassee, FL—WORKFORCE plus wants to remind businesses that they are not alone in today’s economy. WORKFORCE plus provides a variety of resources designed to help businesses plan for and manage their employment needs.  These resources include recruitment assistance, employee assessment, customized training, labor marketing information, business strategies and tax incentives.

“WORKFORCE plus has provided solutions to meet our employment needs for over two years,” said Rachel Hardy, Assistant Controller with Southeastern Urological Center. “The services have benefited my company greatly and have contributed to my company’s ability to expand at an even faster pace than anticipated.”

Through the Center for Business and Employer Services, local companies are provided one-on-one assistance with a Business Consultant trained to evaluate employer needs and respond with strategic workforce solutions. At the Executive Center, the Account Manager is available to work with you on the specific professional level positions and help ensure your candidates are screened and knowledgeable.

“Connecting businesses with skilled talent is paramount to the long-term success of local businesses,” stated Kimberly A. Moore, chief executive officer of WORKFORCE plus. “ We are committed to providing the support that businesses need without the hassle.”

Assessing your potential candidate is an important part of the hiring process. WORKFORCE plus offers a variety of assessments including Prove It! And Ready to Work. Prove It! has more than 1,000 skills Assessment tests to assist employers identify qualified candidates based on “job skill” requirements.  Prove It! tests are content validated and focus on real-life, real work scenarios and knowledge-based actions to assess the skill level of a particular skill set.  WORKFORCE plus has provided over 1100 Prove It! Assessments to 28 local employers while assisting them to screen and hire the most qualified candidates.

Another assessment available to assist in the hiring process is the WorkKeys & Florida Ready to Work Credential program. It too helps take the guesswork out of hiring.  It is an employee credentialing program sponsored by the state of Florida.  It is free and it can and will change the way you hire.  Florida Ready to Work tests job skills. It helps to identify which job applicants have the most potential.  Florida Ready to Work jobseekers arrive on the job ready to work with a credential from the state of Florida that shows you what they can do.

“Using the Prove It Assessment has allowed us to have objective data to support our screening and selection process,” said Dorcas Washington, Director of Operations for Kaiser Group, Inc. “We use the tools during prescreening and during the interview process.  Kaiser Group has been pleased with information that we are able to gather about our candidates as we make our hiring decisions.”

If your business is interested in taking advantage of these free services, please call us at (866) WFP-JOB1 or visit our website at www.wfplus.org.

Written by :

dgorman

 

Comments (0)

You must be logged in to post a comment.