Employer Services

Disability Awareness Training

An accident or illness can happen to anyone, at any time, that can leave a person with a temporary or permanent disability.  Understanding the difficulties that an employee/coworker with a disability may experience is imperative.  To help individuals with disabilities to feel more comfortable and to help employers and employees to develop appropriate people skills, GICV offers Disabilities Awareness Training to employers at their workplaces.  Learn more

On-the-Job Training

To provide people who are eligible under the Workforce Investment Act with an opportunity to gain the knowledge and skills they need to obtain long-term meaningful employment, GICV, through the PA CareerLink Cambria County offers employers the On-the-Job Training Program.   Employers who participate are reimbursed for the extraordinary costs of training individuals who do not possess all of the skills needed at the time of hire.  Learn more

Prescreening Potential Employees

Under the Workforce Investment Act, GICV through the PA CareerLink Cambria County is available to assist employers in their search to match qualified employees to current job openings.  Staff will thoroughly review résumés posted on the PA CareerLink website by job seekers and match résumés to actual job descriptions.  Learn more.

Southern Alleghenies Career Education Partnership

If in-school or out-of-school youth were more aware of the kinds of careers that are available to them in the region—and the education and/or training required in order to obtain employment in these careers with local employers—then students could pursue the right education, and employers could find the skilled employees they seek.  To enhance this youth career and postsecondary awareness, GICV operates the Southern Alleghenies Career Education Partnership (SACEP).  Learn more

Tax Credit and Incentives Information

The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) reduces employers’ costs of doing business and requires little paperwork.  The success and growth of this federal income tax credit for private-sector employers depends on a strong public- and private-sector partnership to help those who are most in need to find and retain jobs and gain on-the-job skills and experience.  The WOTC benefits employers and increases America’s economic growth and productivity.  Learn more