Business Activities
The Region 2 WIB plays an active role in the business community by providing businesses and employers with career development professionals and services designed to improve your employees' skills and your company's profitability.
Click on any of the menu choices to the left to learn more about how Region 2 services can benefit your business.
Speakers Bureau
The Region 2 WIB Speakers Bureau allows individuals from businesses and local employers throughout our region to educate our youth about the career opportunities in the business world and prepare them to be the productive employees your businesses future depends on.
Schools and community organizations will utilize the Speakers Bureau list of speakers and topics from the list below:
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If you are interested in becoming a speaker on one of the topics above or have a topic of your own you would like to be listed, please contact the Region 2 WIB at info@wvregion2.org.
Job Fair
Throughout the year, the Region 2 WIB hosts and participates in numerous Job Fairs in our seven county region. Hundreds of employers and businesses participate by setting up booths at the events and screening potential employees.
For more information on how your company can be part of a job fair, or for schedule information, call us toll-free at 1-800-252-JOBS (1-866-262-5348) or check our calendar section of this website.
Newsletter
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Avoiding/Dealing with Layoffs
Are you facing the need to reduce your WORKFORCE? We can help you maintain your image as a concerned, compassionate employer and get your employees back in the WORKFORCE quicker. The WORKFORCE West Virginia Centers and Learning Centers will provide you with trained personnel counselors to help your employees deal with the effects of a layoff through a transition period.
A very successful service that is provided by the Learning Centers is the Informational Meetings. Click on the link to the left to find out more.
Additionally, the WORKFORCE West Virginia Centers and Learning Centers will work with you to explore your opportunities to avoid layoffs. We will work with you to develop an action plan that helps you keep the employees you do have and increase the productivity and efficiency.
Call today at 1-800-252-JOBS (1-866-262-5348) or email us at satellites@wvregion2.org to find out more!
Informational Meeting
When your company is faced with the reality of a layoff of 50 or less individuals, the Learning Center will bring in career professionals from organizations like unemployment, the WORKFORCE West Virginia Center, Children's Health Insurance and Credit Counseling to give your employees the information they need to stay on the right track during transitional times.
If you need to talk to one of our career professionals regarding an informational meeting, please call us at 1-800-252-JOBS (1-866-262-5348) or visit our Contact Us page on this website to find the Learning Center nearest you..
Training
The Region 2 WIB plays an active role in the business community by providing businesses and employers with career development professionals and services designed to improve your employees' skills and your company's profitability.
Click on any of the menu choices to the left to learn more about how Region 2 services can benefit your business.
WorkKeys
The Work Keys Assessment is a very valuable tool for any company. It allows you to evaluate the skills of your employees and potential employees. From that evaluation, we can help you identify the areas that can improve your overall productivity, efficiency and profitability.
The results will provide you with specific areas we can help your employees increase their basic skill levels in areas critical for successful performance on the job.
Skill Certification
The Region 2 WORKFORCE Investment Board has partnered with the WORKFORCE West Virginia Centers, Learning Centers and local Chambers of Commerce to provide job seekers and employers with a comprehensive skills enhancement system that allows them or their employees to become "Skills Certified" in the basic skills needed for a specific occupation or for employment.
Through WorkKeys and/or the Region 2 Excel System, a job seeker or employee can participate in training that allows them to demonstrate to their employer or potential employer that they possess the basic skills they need to excel at their career! To learn more, please call us at 304-429-5900 or 1-800-252-JOBS (1-866-262-5348) or email us at info@wvregion2.org.
Basic Skills
Through the WORKFORCE West Virginia Centers and Learning Centers, the Region 2 WIB can provide job seekers and businesses with the training employees need to become more efficient and effective on-the-job.
The Region 2 WIB contracts with employers and training providers to increase the employee's job proficiency by using services such as Read Right, WorkKeys and the Region 2 Excel System and more.
To find out more, please call us at 1-800-252-JOBS (1-866-262-5348) or email us today.
Fee for Service
Certain services within the WORKFORCE West Virginia Centers and Learning Centers do have a fee involved. These fees will be waived for individuals eligible under the WORKFORCE Investment Act of 1998 but may apply to corporate contracts. Many services are available free of charge.
To find out your level of eligibility, please call us at 1-800-252-JOBS (1-866-262-5348), email us or stop by any of the WORKFORCE West Virginia Centers or Learning Centers.
Job Readiness
The WORKFORCE West Virginia Center and Learning Centers assist employers and job seekers in many areas. Just one of those services is the job readiness training that is provided.
Through the Region 2 Excel System, individuals are trained to become productive employees during a six-week, comprehensive program course that teaches skills such as applied math, reading for information, locating information and overall job skills.
To find out more, please call us at 1-800-252-JOBS (1-866-262-5348) or email us today.
Literacy
The ability for employees to read and comprehend information is paramount to any business's success. The WORKFORCE West Virginia Center can train employees in all levels of reading through the Read Right Service.
This comprehensive service allows employees and job seekers to learn the skills they need to process more information and be able to communicate that information better. The Read Right service enhances an individual's current reading level by following a structured classroom-style curriculum that increases that person's comprehension and information-gathering skills.
To find out more, please call us at 1-800-252-JOBS (1-866-262-5348) or email us today.
Entrepeneurship
The Region 2 WIB has created partnerships throughout the seven-county area that allow enterprising individuals to learn skills they need to operate their own business. The entrepreneurial training that is available allows individuals to learn about all the requirements of operating their own business including:
- Registration requirements
- Business planning
- Employee needs
- Business growth
- Marketing assistance
- Tax issues
One of the partners of the Region 2 WORKFORCE Investment Board that is associated with entrepreneurial training is Unlimited Futures, Inc. To visit their website click here. Or to learn more, please call us at 1-800-252-JOBS (1-866-262-5348) or email us today.
Governor's Guaranteed WORKFORCE
The mission of the Governor's Guaranteed Work Force Program (GGWFP) is to provide quality work force development for West Virginia's new and existing industries, and to expand opportunities available to our labor force through the jobs these industries create.
Companies locating or expanding operations in West Virginia can be assured of a competent, skilled work force - it's guaranteed by the Governor! Since its inception in 1991, the Governor's Guaranteed Work Force Program has trained more than 99,000 employees for businesses, playing a critical role in attracting new enterprises and encouraging the growth and expansion of existing companies within the state.
To learn more about the Governor's Guaranteed WORKFORCE Program click here.
Employee Assistance Plan
The Region 2 WIB plays an active role in the business community by providing businesses and employers with career development professionals and services designed to improve your employees' skills and your company's profitability.