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Assistance can be provided to
employers in the initial start-up of a new company, company
expansions, seasonal hiring, or just to fill vacant positions as
they occur. We can provide assistance in recruitment, testing,
taking and screening applications and resumes. Local DES staff will
go on site to an employer’s place of business or provide space in
any of our offices for application taking, interviewing and testing.
If you are an employer in need of this type of assistance contact the
local Department for Employment Services Office
in your area. In Boone, Kenton and the surrounding counties
call
859-371-0808
or email us at deskenton@mail.state.ky.us.
Employer Relations Representatives The Employer Relations
Representatives (ERRs) are individuals who act as liaison
between the employer and Department for Employment Services (DES)
staff. The ERRs will visit your company to inform and explain to you
the many programs and services offered through our agency. They can
provide you with information pertaining to tax
credits, labor market
information, testing, Enterprise Zone,
employee recruiting, setting up a special interviewing process or
guiding an employer through the maze of Internet resources now
available. If you would like someone to visit your company or
provide informational packages contact Tim
Frodge Our Kentucky Job Bank receives approximately 150,000 hits per day!! When you list your job opening with the Department for Employment Services Job Bank, you are making your position available through the largest and most widely recognized labor exchange systems available to job seekers and employers today! The Job Bank provides a single point of contact for employers who have job listings they wish to post. It also offers several convenient methods for that contact:
Experienced and
professional staff will enter your job opening specifications,
including requirements and qualifications, into an automated
computer system that will make your job posting available
immediately to all of our locations. The job posting is also
made available statewide through our Internet site on Kentucky’s
Job Bank and nationally on America’s
Job Bank. This ensures that your job openings receive
maximum exposure to job seekers locally, statewide and nationally.
In addition jobs listed with the Job Bank are advertised through our
media resources. The Department for Employment Services (DES) has the largest and most diverse computer-based applicant pool in the area. Annually, there are over 300,000 Job and Service Seekers statewide who register with DES. They are individuals who possess a variety of work experiences, skills, and educational backgrounds. From high school graduates to PhD's; unskilled laborers to highly skilled, professional, managerial and technical. These are individuals who are employed but are seeking a career change, those that are under-employed, those who wish to relocate and the unemployed who have lost their jobs due to downsizing and the effects of supply and demand. Locally, the DES offices serving Kenton, Boone and the surrounding counties provide services to approximately 75,000 to 100,000 Job and Service Seekers annually. An employer who has job openings listed with our agency will be able to take advantage of this large applicant resource. In today’s tight labor market it
only makes good business sense to access every available resource.
Why wait, contact us today at 859-371-0808 or use our Labor Market Information is
available to assist employers in developing business and affirmative
action plans. Prospective employers can receive information
regarding labor supply and wages. Click on Labor
Market Information to access
statewide information. For more specific local information regarding
counties served by the Northern Kentucky Department for Employment
Services offices, click on Local Labor Market
Information. You may mail your new
hire report to: You may call the
Kentucky New Hire Reporting Center at 1-800-817-2262 Kentucky employers are required by law to post certain state and federal notices and posters in their place of business. The Northern Kentucky Department for Employment Services (DES) will provide any or all of them free of charge as a service to employers. For employers in Kenton, Boone and the surrounding counties you may contact a DES Employer Relations Representative at 859-371-0808 or you may access the posters on-line from our web site. Mandatory Federal Posters: Mandatory Kentucky Posters:
Unemployment Insurance The Department for Employment Services administers the Unemployment Insurance Program in Kentucky. The Division of Unemployment Insurance promotes economic stability by providing an income to take care of basic necessities for workers who are temporarily unemployed through no fault of their own. Benefits are paid solely from funds collected from employers as a tax on wages paid in "covered employment" or reimbursed by governmental and non-profit employers. You may choose a specific link below, or obtain information regarding your Local Unemployment Insurance Program or go directly to the Unemployment Insurance Section on our department's state site. The following are useful links to employer oriented Unemployment Insurance information: Benefit
Tax Appeals Listed below are the locations in Northern Kentucky where Unemployment Insurance claims may be filed:
Virtual Interviewing Virtual
Interviewing
allows you to interview job candidates quickly and easily.
It offers the advantage of conducting interviews at
non-traditional times thus removing the problems that arise from
travel and time constraints for both the employer and the
applicant. Video-conferencing combines the benefits of
face-to-face interaction with the power of
telecommunications. |
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