Business Services
We can help you recruit, train, and retain a powerhouse team that helps you grow. Browse our business service offerings and discover how we can help you with your talent development needs.
Connect with the Right Candidates
Our recruitment and screening services provide you with everything you need to find dependable and qualified employees. Don’t spend hours sifting through resumes. We’ll search and review resumes and send you only the most qualified leads.
You can even utilize the Virginia Workforce Connection to post jobs. The labor exchange system will automatically provide you with skills and abilities associated with your job to make writing a clear and accurate job posting a breeze.
Want to meet candidates face-to-face? We can even conduct hiring and recruiting events at your business or at one of our three career centers.
Train Your Existing Employees
Investing in your employees is one of the best ways to keep your competitive edge. If your business is facing challenges that could be addressed by offering your employees a chance to learn new skills, then the Incumbent Worker Training Program could be a great fit.
This grant provides matching funds for employers to lower the financial burden of worker training. The funds can be used to pay costs associated with training include. tuition or instructional fees, textbooks, certification and licensing fees.
Participating businesses must provide a minimum matching contribution to the grant funding. The percentage is determined by the size of your business. Wages paid during training can be counted toward the match requirement.
- Businesses with 50 or less employees must match 10% of training costs
- Businesses with 51-100 employees must match 25% of the training cost
- Businesses with 100 or more employees must match 50% of the training cost.
If you’re interested in providing new skills that can help your employees and your business grow, get in touch and we’ll walk you through the application process.
Provide On-The-Job Training
Are you considering an employee candidate with excellent potential who lacks the training necessary to begin right away? Our On-the-Job Training (OJT) program can help you bridge the gap. This subsidy program supports up to 50% of a new worker’s wages for 3-5 months up to a maximum of $5,000 while they become fully proficient in their job.
- 3-5 month wage subsidy during training period up to $5,000.
- Employers retain workers in permanent employment following training.
- New employees must qualify for OJT training prior to employment.
Building a well-trained workforce and offset the financial cost of lost time and productivity as new employees learn.
Offer Work Experience
Temporarily fill needed roles, interview promising candidates, and offer valuable work experience at no cost to your business. Work experience participants receive incentives directly through Greater Roanoke Workforce Development Board and can provide up to 300 hours of work.
This program helps businesses manage hiring risks, save money, and audition promising candidates. At the same time job seekers build important work experience, skills, and connections. It all works together to build a robust workforce for the region.
Take Advantage of Other Incentives
Building a strong, resilient workforce is good for everyone and it requires a multi-faceted approach. From tax credits, to creating new jobs, businesses can find support as they help the region grow.
- Virginia Jobs Investment Program provides services and funding to companies creating new jobs or experiencing technological change.
- Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program is a federal tax credit offered to businesses who hire workers that have consistently faced barriers to employment as defined by the WOTC target group.
- Worker Retraining Credit is a tax credit that may be claimed for training costs associated with upgrading the skills of their workforce.
- Employers of Disabled Individuals Credit provides a credit for small businesses that incur costs in providing access to persons with disabilities.
Consulting
Get expert support with your workforce strategy and planning through the GRWDB consulting services. We’ll work to connect you with available information, resources, and planning opportunities so you can find the right team to help you grow. We offer both general and educational consulting so you can find the right mix to meet your needs.
Our general consulting services guide you through big-picture strategies so you can meet the future prepared to grow.
- We guide you through labor market data and help you uncover key insights to drive your recruitment strategy.
- Our rapid response support to businesses facing layoffs or closures to make the transition to reemployment as smooth as possible.
- Customized consulting designed to tap into resources that meet your unique needs.
Our educational consulting and retention services are all about creating a healthy, positive and growth-oriented work environment that attracts and retains top talent.
- Section 403 compliance assistance
- Disability awareness training
- Workplace accommodations
- Return-to-work services
- Assistive technology