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Workforce information, services at businesses' fingertips THE LOCAL WORKFORCE CENTER OFFERS RESOURCES, SUCH AS TRAINING, AT NO CCIST unning t business c to cenalnly 1 be reu tnhnu. [iut n s not alw acs a>y, c~thu. Ioen firms and sma31 companies t+-ith great products, machines. faeitities and employees treed outside help -~ a! tune, - with a atriet_s- afissucs. For example. there are bates +nc~n a mant.fucturine company needs ur find a,~ emptoy~ee proficient at operating a certain machine. Or~ there might trz a tune when a flan needs to know the going +vage for si press aperaurr. Or, maybe a cnmpanp Heads u> train an employee Iota hiebzr- levzijob_ bin simply c<ut't afford ta? do ,a_ I hr above arcjust a fe++~ examples caf +xh} sr+~zrd companies in £Jk Rivcrhave taken adeaniage of 8tm rx ounces and szr+ ices pro+-ided b~° the local t~Hira of the bthtnesoizr WorkF'arce Center, Iucatai in !vkrnticalla The private, Hai-icn'-profit center work:; in eanµmefion wide She ti£urnesota Dupurtment oft;ttrp3uyment ' Economic Development {DEED). Onz of the partners at the'+iontice£la }k'mkt urce t'en[et is Central Minnesota Jobs and-Training Services tC1~iJ't5t. 4Yhile CMItS is well-known for helping (+xal residcros find and train i`or ne++ jobs h ttl5+r provides st cnriety of resources and services }'arzompanizs located in Sherburne and Ll'right counties, as tieeh ats narthert Hennepin Conm}`. Nrhen working with businzs,cs, Ch£JTS often teams +vY[h DF 1',1)'s Pusititzh- Minnesata, which has an r,rfhcc in the Monticzi(o ik"oekForce C'entcr, "I think when companies 5nd out ubum us and all of the resources we provide, they're a littlesurprfsed by .all ofvrhtt~ wr can ofl~~ -and at no cost° says Tan Zil?oy. Business Resourcz Represzataticz ftrr C411TS, Thosz sereices include: par+~iding 'ning for new and zxisting employ=ees; ,ring find new locaticxts or p(uuzs to build a new facilit}: providing labor market information; lining up loan:: and erants from federa3. st3tc, and local gavcrnmzms. and derelopmg a variety nt trtiningprogrtms far emplogezs - some[hnes invalcutg szceral local firms- C'R111 S else helps firms to contpl}~ ssith canons emp3oymeat la.+s and sutndards. obtain permits, export products. write btuiness p(xins, find rrnplrnees. and other serrizzs. Mr.1_ipop notes that kxal small businens+s often fled it dlflicult io sbsorh the tinancixt strains cif training zmp3opees, either ne+c ar current, for higher-iecel, higher-pacing jut?e. For example, if a small company decides to promote an employee from within_ it typical)}° needs io pay the cmplo}~ee a hip~hzr waee. In [hc mzantime~ it must hiresontzonetofill the position aaeured by the employee who was promoted. However. hfr_ Li£x?y says C(vilTS can provide finautctal ,tasist:utce to co.=er the cost of providing an-the-_job training to an employee - ne+c ar existing. °As the labor market lightens up. it' critical farcampaniz~ to retain good people."''r1r. ltpov saps. "and this helps them du just that` Metal G:ratt hfachine ~ £~nginzering. which produces parts for medical device makers. Ss mte of cpriiz a few Elk Ricer corrtpanizs that usu the services and resources provided by thz CMJ"I~S and the C'entrat R--tinnesota W'orkt-orce ot~fiee. Rita Bernard, the company's Director of £fuman Resourczs, posts jcrb apenhtgs on the Minnesota lab Bank 1~ieb site (w+e-w. nmwnrks.org>, acwsional£y searches through rb homes pcx red an the same 11'eb site, checks ztvpluyanent trends and unzmploytnem statistics, and gathers information about current wages. "£ would say f use the ~~`eb silc about three times a +atek," she sa} s_ "£Cs a good place to post a job opening and look for potential employees bzcattse it targe~s the kind of workers +a~e'rz looking for:" "the company, which has I S employees. has also taken part in empkiyzc iraftung sen~ices praeidec! by CM11~S. .Atone paint, Metal Crag receitereimbursements while providing on-the- job training for s prarnoted zmployee. to addition, Metal Craft (. +vorking +cifh thz lkru'k Farce Canter to hack six of its machine operators receive n-aining through a low( technical college. Me 7,ipo} is looking tbrathzr companies to participate in order to put together a class otbet~-eon 12 and 18 employee;. "Those trautPng progrmts can be veto industr}" anti lab specific" Mr Lipoy sad s "£'herc can b.. a program for welders.. or machinists, or whutzcer a arrnpanp, ere sevzral companies. need.'. Ms. Bematti says site also lxriodically attends halt-day business workshops sptmsored by the 1'vorkForce Center. "the +rha?le idea is to help businesses in this area start. succeed and grew-, +chieh is good for e?:er}'one "says Mr. Zipop. £°or mta'e information on thz W'ork£~urce Center and C:emra! hlianesota labs and "training Sznres, contact Tim Zipo~~ at %63'713?? 2, or tcipoy?n. cmjts. org_ "'the \4orkftnaz Center is Jocated to 1 tJfi Pine Si. in ?vionticel3n. City of Elk River >rcauomic Z3et~elopnaE~nt Spring 200G (left) and Tim Zipoy work with area businesses.