HIRE AND GROW TALENT
Philadelphia Works offers services to find, grow, and retain talent including resources to engage young adults in your industry. Let’s build the workforce of the future together.
Learn more about resources and supports to help your business grow.
Email business@pacareerlinkphl.org or call 1-833-750-5627 to connect with the Business Engagement Team and listen to our podcasts below.
FIND TALENT
RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS
Each year, approximately 1,350 businesses use our no cost services to find high quality talent. Our Business Engagement Network has solutions to identify the right employees to boost your bottom line.
TARGETED SERVICES
- Highly publicized targeted Talent Recruitment Events such as hiring events and statewide database listings.
- Aptitude and Academic Assessment & Screening to match candidates’ skills.
INFORMED INSIGHTS
- Market Intelligence on labor market trends to identify competitive wages.
- Candidate screening to eliminate time in finding a great match.
GROW TALENT
Learn more about resources and supports to help your business grow.
Email business@pacareerlinkphl.org or call 1-833-750-5627 to connect with the Business Engagement Team.
RETAIN TALENT
TRAINING REIMBURSEMENTS
Provide on-site training at minimal cost to employees who are registered with PA CareerLink® Philadelphia and get reimbursed for up to 50 percent of gross wages during training.
TRAINING SUBSIDIES
Strengthen your workforce with customized training. To encourage competitiveness in certain industries, training costs are subsidized up to 75 percent for incumbent employees.
LAYOFF AVERSION
We assist businesses facing financial difficulties with strategies to prevent or lessen the need for layoffs or help affected employees find new employment.
LITERACY AND COMPUTER SKILLS
Employees can receive literacy services such as English as a Second Language (ESL) or basic reading, math, and computer skills that improve their performance in the workplace.
INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS
Industry Partnerships bring together employers, workers and job training providers from a single industry sector to collaborate on improving the industry’s competitiveness and address common workforce needs. Including:
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Food Processing
- Logistics and Transportation
- Hospitality and Entertainment
Learn more by contacting Timothy Smith (tsmith@philaworks.org) 215-963-2100.
LISTEN TO OUR PODCASTS
FAIR CHANCE HIRING
The Fair Chance Hiring Initiative (FCHI) was established to encourage businesses to provide previously incarcerated Philadelphians with meaningful employment opportunities.
The City of Philadelphia has a commitment to diversity, inclusion and a workforce that reflects the city’s population. Integrating returning citizens into the workforce is a key element of growing the region’s furthering the City of Philadelphia’s commitment to diversity, inclusion and a workforce that reflects the City’s population. Beginning in fiscal year 2018 (July 1st, 2017), an employer who fills a vacant position with one or more qualifying employees will become eligible for reimbursement after six months.