The PA CareerLink of Montgomery County helps local businesses find, hire, train and retain a premier workforce. With an extensive database of job seekers, PA CareerLink is uniquely positioned to connect local companies with those candidates who fit their search criteria.
PA CareerLink, essential to Montgomery County’s economic development plan, serves as a one-stop location for people seeking jobs and employers seeking to fill jobs. Operated by local economic and workforce development teams, the center offers businesses many free and low-cost services, including recruitment of new workers and information on training grants. Every business uses PA CareerLink in their own way, some choose to post jobs to PA CareerLink’s online database, get help with pre-screening applicants and initiate on-site recruiting. Others have used PA CareerLink’s expertise in identification of training resources, grants and labor market information.
In addition, more than 500 people visit PA CareerLink in Montgomery County every week for job search counseling, occupational training programs, career assessment tools and interviewing and resume writing workshops. Connecting these job seekers with the local companies that are in need of their skills is CareerLink’s ultimate goal.
Many businesses in Montgomery County already take advantage of CareerLink’s services. These users are testaments to CareerLink’s value to the business community.
Montgomery Chemicals Todd Spencer, Foreman
“Our company has had better luck finding job candidates through the county PA CareerLink staff than running help-wanted ads. For a start-up company, sometimes you don’t have a human resource department and office, this allows us to get out there and screen employees.”
Participation in PA CareerLink-coordinated job fairs*
Assistance with understanding financial incentives and tax credits
Identification of training needs and possible funding for training
Consultation on employer obligations under the law (i.e. ADA requirements, unemployment compensation)
Information on government-funded programs that assist workers with childcare and transportation
* may involve a small fee
Come visit PA CareerLink of Montgomery County, convenient to the Blue Route, Pennsylvania Turnpike and other major roads. To learn more about how CareerLink can assist your company, call 610-270-3429.