Workforce Services: Adult & Dislocated Workers

The Central Ohio Workforce Investment Corporation provides personalized job development and referral services.

Core Services
Services are free of charge for customers who are newly entering or attempting to re-enter the workforce. These services include technical support from knowledgeable staff in preparing or updating resumes, identifying skills from past jobs, volunteer work, hobbies, school or social situations. Your information will be entered in a computer database, which will match your skills with job orders provided by employers and market your qualifications. Our staff will provide follow-up services after you have secured employment.

Services are also available for job seekers with special needs such as veterans, persons with disabilities, displaced homemakers and dislocated workers.

Intensive Services
Assistance is available to eligible individuals who need assistance with short-term and low-cost employment development costs such as credentials testing, GED preparation/testing, training in English as a second language, job readiness and basic skills training, CEU courses, short-term non-credit courses or workshops, and required work clothing. Customers who request support services must provide verification of the need and how it meets employer's requirements.

Training Services
COWIC offers several federal and locally funded training programs to eligible job seekers looking to develop new skills in Central Ohio’s high-growth industries. If you are looking for personalized job development, specialized training certifications, or a new career path, we may have a program for you.

Current Training Programs:
National Emergency Grant On-The-Job Training (NEG OJT)
NEG OJT is a federally funded program that helps employers hire and train job seekers for long-term employment. The program features $3.8 million available statewide providing reimbursement of up to 50% of trainee wages during training period. Click below for more information.

For Businesses                                            For Job Seekers

Logistics: Attracting and Retaining Talent (LogisticsART)
LogisticsART is a Columbus State Community College grant-funded training program in partnership with  ODW Logistics, Inc., Midwest Express Group the Columbus Chamber of Commerce and COWIC to fill the growing number of positions in the logistics industry. Participants will go through three weeks of training, receive job referral assistance and have a chance to earn college credit at CSCC. Click here for more information.