“A serious staffing crisis”: Job and Family Services struggling to find caseworkers
Preble County Commissioner Adam Craft, Rachael Vonderhaar and David Haber during their meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 27.
Braden Moles | The Register-Herald
EATON Becky Sorrell, Director of Preble County Job and Family Services, met with the new Preble County Board of Commissioners during their Wednesday, Jan. 27 meeting to discuss JFS’s struggles to hire new staff.
Sorrell has been conducting interviews to fill Children’s Services caseworker positions, and of a recent group of 10 applicants, five did not even show up for interviews.
“We’re really struggling with getting these caseworker positions filled. We’ve posted on Indeed multiple times. I get lots of interest, but not people who are qualified for the job,” Sorrell said. “I have contacted Miami, UC, Wright State, IU East. I’ve posted on their boards. I’ve talked with the state, Ohio Means Jobs posts the job. I don’t
Apollo recognizes Ohio Means Jobs
By Sam Shriver - sshriver@limanews.com
Keith Horner, superintendent of Apollo Career Center (left) joins Joe Patton and Amy Freymuth in unveiling a plaque honoring Ohio Means Jobs’ partnership with the vocational school.
Sam Shriver | The Lima News
LIMA The Apollo Educational Foundation has recognized its long-standing relationship with Ohio Means Jobs by unveiling a plaque Tuesday that will be placed on the Partners Wall in the Goare Room at Apollo.
“The relationship we have with Ohio Means Jobs in Allen County and the surrounding counties has been such a meaningful partnership for us as a workforce training center and for our high school and adult education students,” said Keith Horner, Apollo superintendent. “The services and assistance we receive from them and their collaboration on projects is what led the Apollo Education Foundation Board to add them to the partner wall.”
Northeast Ohio companies head into 2021 with plans to hire
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We know 2020 has been an incredibly tough year for businesses and workers. But data from local and state organizations reveals Ohioans are hopeful about our economy and the future. For this year-end report, News 5 re-visited several companies we highlighted throughout the year in our Rebound series.
RB SIGMA: MENTOR, OHIO
The work at RB Sigma in Lake County rarely slows down â the company churns out 17 million N-95 and surgical masks a month. More than 40 million shipped out so far in 2020.
â24 hours a day, six days a week,â said president Justin Bloyd.
Rebounding in the job market: Top three job sectors expected to hire in 2021 Weâre poised for a robust economic recovery
The expectation of a turnaround in the job market next year is consistent with some early signs Ohio jobs officials said they are seeing.
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There are a lot of questions about the ability of the employment market to rebound in 2021. However, employment officials point to three top areas with current job opportunities that will continue into the new year: logistics and trucking, medical and information technology.
âFor folks who are in those industries, you can get work, and you can probably get work for the foreseeable future,â said Kevin Holt, director of Ohio Means Jobs for Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
Remodeling of old BMV continues
By Jennifer Woods - jwoods@aimmediamidwest.com
The old BMV building is undergoing remodeling to add in a meeting room and relocate a few county offices to handicap-accessible locations.
Jennifer Woods | Record-Herald photo
Remodeling has been ongoing at the old Fayette County Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) building, according to county commissioner Dan Dean. Plans for the building on East East Street in Washington C.H. are various including the relocation of a few county offices and the creation of a handicap-accessible dinner/meeting room.
The meeting room is planned to be available for public use with prior sign-up and to be able to host approximately 50-80 people, according to Dean. Not only could the public request use of the meeting room but education classes could be hosted within the room, such as defensive driving courses.