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Job Seekers: Please note that resources for the Transportation Supportive Services Program are almost depleted. When our current supply of gas cards and bus passes are gone, we will be unable to issue any new cards or passes for job search.

Laid-off Professionals Return to Training

Effective October 7,2009, RochesterWorks! no longer has Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funds available for Training Grants. Please check this site on a regular basis for updates regarding the status of future funding. This does not impact funding for individuals who are Trade Act eligible.

Effective November 1, 2009, supportive service payments for customers in training will be suspended. Claim forms for costs incurred through October 31, 2009 must be submitted by November 15, 2009.

For information on training activities completed through the Finger Lakes Wired Scholarship as of March 2009 visit:
* Finger Lakes Wired Scholarship Data Report
* Breakdown of Matching Funds Provided by Businesses
* Copy of Survey of Regional Businesses Receiving Scholarship Training Funds
* Survey Results

National Results of the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey for the 4th quarter of 2009
* 4th Quarter 2009 Manpower Employment Outlook Survey United States

Local Manpower survey ranks Rochester Job Market to among the strongest in the nation

* Rochester, NY MSA Job Market Expected to be Among Strongest in Nation

* 4th Quarter 2009 Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, Strongest/Weakest Survey Areas

Hundreds Achieve Career Readiness Credential

Businesses: Recruit qualified applicants at the RochesterWorks! First Annual Career Conference

Businesses Awarded $739,297 in Grants

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