Ottawa County Michigan Works!
Our two service centers are located at:
Other locations throughout the County are affiliated with Michigan Works online job search centers
called SHARE Network sites, and those locations can be found on the
SHARE Network section of this site.
The People Stuff
Helping you prepare for what’s next.
Career Management • Career Navigation • General Services
| Career Management |
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Career Navigation |
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General Services |
- Assistance for white collar, blue collar, green collar
- Once qualified:
access to career training
- Assistance with career options
- Career skills assessment
- Career management
- Trade Act Agreement services
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- Research labor market stastics
- How–to guides for basic skills
- Searching online for jobs
- Free online account: professional resumes,
cover letters, web site, video interviewing practice
- Help with basic
computer skills
- Writing great cover letters
- Writing effective, searchable resumes
- One–on–one guidance
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- Posting a resume on Michigan Talent Bank
- Free use of computers, printers,
fax
- Referrals to area non–profits and service
organizations
- WorkKeys testing
- Access points - satellite offices - throughout
Ottawa County
- Services for youth — 14 –21 years
- Ex–offender re–entry
program
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The Business Stuff
Customizing the solution tailored to your needs.
Partnerships • Training • Human Resources
| Partnerships |
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Training |
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Human Resources |
- Business attraction
- Collaboration with economic developers, trainers,
and centers of education
- New Business and Plant start-up services
- Assistance with tax credits
- Competitive analysis
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- On-the-Job training reimbursement
- Training incentives for current
or existing workforce
- Apprenticeship training reimbursement
- Identifying training providers
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- Benchmarking job-related skills
- Researching competitive wages for
your area/industry
- Employee recruitment
- Collect applications and resumes on your behalf
- Pre-screening of resumes
- Conducting pre-hire assessments
- Posting job orders on the Michigan
Talent Bank
- Distributing employer applications
- Organizing Employer of the Day
- Advertising job openings
- Using OCMW as a drop-off point for job applications
- Using OCMW as
an interviewing and testing location
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The Money Stuff
How Ottawa County Michigan Works! is funded.
- The story begins in Washington, D.C. with the U.S. Congress which appropriates
and drives workforce development funding through the Department of Labor
(DOL).
- The DOL releases grant monies to the State of Michigan in Lansing—specifically to the Workforce Development Agency, State of Michigan (WDASOM).
- WDASOM directs the monies to Ottawa County, which is the fiduciary agent for Ottawa County Michigan Works! (OCMW).
- The Ottawa County Workforce Development Board directs the
projects and policies that are funded by these federal dollars.
- Ottawa County Michigan Works! is a government non–profit
agency and does not take tax money from Ottawa County. It is not funded
by the City of Holland or any other local unit of government. Local taxpayers
are not paying directly for services offered by Ottawa County Michigan Works!
- Each state has its own workforce development system. Michigan
Works! is the state of Michigan’s workforce development system.
Monies from the DOL flow through each state to these workforce development
entities.
- There are 25 Michigan Works! agencies that operate under
the direction of their respective, local workforce development boards.
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In-House Partners at 121 Clover Street
State of Michigan
- Workforce Development Agency
* Migrant, Immigrant and Seasonal Worker Services
- Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
* Rehabilitation Services
- Veteran Services Division
* Veteran Employment Specialist |
Telamon Corporation -
Migrant worker permanent employment services
Lakeshore Adult Learning Center -
Adult education, financial literacy, General Educational Development services,
English as a Second Language services, computer literacy training |
