Resources

RochesterWorks! can help you grow and improve the skills of your workforce and meet workforce-related challenges.

Directory of Employer Services
This comprehensive listing of local, state, and federal workforce development programs and services may be available to your business. Click on a section below for listings of programs and services.

• Directory of Rochester Works! Partner Agencies
• Expanding Your Workforce
• Training Providers
• Restructuring Your Workforce
• Financing Your Workforce
• Resources and Support Services

Labor Market Information & Workforce Trends
This information is designed to help businesses and individuals make informed choices by providing a better understanding of our area's economic picture.

• Employment in NY State - September 2008
• Employment in NY State - August 2008
• Significant Industries in New York State
• Engineers, Machinists and Tradesman in Short Supply
• Employment in NY State - January 2008
• Strategies to Recruit and Retain Generations X&Y
• Employment in NY State - December 2007
• Upstate NY At-a-Glance - "Upstate NY Employment Trends" December 2007 Issue
• Employment in NY State - May 2007 Report
• Private Sector Employment by Size of Firm
• America's Top 50 Jobs
• Are They Really Ready To Work?
• The Aging of Upstate New York
• Baby-Boom Retirements and Emerging Labor Market Pressures
• "The New Workforce Five Sweeping Trends That Will Shape Your Company's Future" The American Management Association Business Brief
• Job Openings and National Labor Turnover Data
• Labor Market Information for the Finger Lakes Regions Including Monroe County
• Minimum Wage Requirements
• O*NET database
• Workforce Training Providers in Monroe County
• Employing Youth Guidelines

Help Links

• Legal/Illegal Interview Questions
• Left Behind in the Labor Market
  

• Shared Work Program through NYS DOL; new Customized Training grant available for non-profits - November 2008
• Business E-news Update on Training Grants, the Virtual Job Fair and more - August 2008
• Finger Lakes Wired scholarships are still available - July 2008
• NYSDOL free training services to improve your company's safety and health performance -  July 2008
• Recruiting Skilled Workers and Tips for Small Businesses Purchasing Equipment - May 2008