The Kentucky Career Center is an integral partner of the Kentucky Skills Network. The Kentucky Skills Network helps you find ways to maintain and grow a thriving workforce based on your market demands.
We are a partnership of dedicated workforce professionals from the Cabinet for Economic Development, Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, Labor Cabinet, and the Kentucky Community & Technical College System.
Together, we create the best solutions for you, saving you time and money. For more information on how we can provide your business with solutions please go to:
www.kentuckyskillsnetwork.com
WorkKeys/National Career Readiness Certificate
NCRC.ky.gov provides employers, job seekers and workforce professionals with information about ACT's WorkKeys
assessments and the Kentucky National Career Readiness Certificate (KY NCRC); a nationally recognized accreditation of demonstrated workplace skills based on the ACT WorkKeys assessments
in three foundational areas - applied math, locating information and reading for information. Many employers use the NCRC and other WorkKeys assessments for hiring and promotion.
Foreign Labor Certification
Need to fill jobs and unable to find domestic applicants? Learn the process you must undertake to be sure your migrant and seasonal employees are legal.
Please see
Foreign Labor Certification.
Jobs Bank
List your job openings at
Focus|Talent™, integrating education, employment and economic development into one seamless site.
Federal Contractor Job Listing
If your company holds a federal contract worth $100,000 or more, you must list your job openings with us.
You can post your jobs at
Focus|Talent™.
If you have any questions, we can help. Just contact your local Kentucky Career Center.
Rapid Response for Dislocated Workers
An early-intervention service offered to assist businesses and workers affected by layoffs and plant closings.
The Kentucky Career Center operates the state Rapid Response Team. This team is trained to react quickly to announcements concerning permanent facility closures or substantial layoff situations throughout the state. Rapid Response works closely with the Local Workforce Investment Boards and the local elected officials in adversely affected areas to insure that dislocated workers receive program information and services. Rapid Response services are offered at no cost to the business or the participating employees.
The federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, requires employers to provide written notice at least 60 calendar days in advance of covered plant closings and mass layoffs. This assures that assistance can be provided to affected workers, their families, and the appropriate communities.
See the Employers’ Guide to WARN.
Learn more about the Rapid Response service and a listing of employers providing WARN notices for the past four years.
For more information contact:
Kentucky Division of Workforce and Employment Services
275 East Main Street 2nd Floor
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
502-782-3252 Phone
502.564.7459 Fax
Kentucky Relay Service (for the hearing impaired) 1-800-648-6057
Or you may email any questions or comments about WARN to Michelle DeJohn at Michelle.DeJohn@ky.gov .
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
This program helps workers who have lost their jobs as a result of increased imports or shifts in production out of the United States. TAA program services and benefits are provided to help eligible workers get back to work.
For more information please see Trade Adjustment Assistance Program
Veterans Employment Program
The Kentucky Career Center has Local Veterans Employment Representatives (LVERs) and Disabled Veteran Outreach Program Specialists (DVOPs) assigned specifically to assist veterans with their employment and training needs. These dedicated staff work with other Career Center staff, Veterans' Employment and Training Service, Department of Veterans Affairs and various other organizations whose focus is on helping veterans improve their employability and career options.
More information available here.
Employers with Federal Contracts
Employers who have contracts (or subcontracts) of $100,000 or more with the federal government are required to take affirmative action to hire and promote qualified veterans.
These employers must list their
job openings with the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training so that qualified campaign veterans and special disabled veterans can receive priority referrals for those jobs.
These employers must file an annual report with
Veterans Employment and Training Services (VETS) showing the number of campaign veterans and special disabled veterans in their work forces.
Recruitment and Mass Application
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. Our local 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 Kentucky Career Center in your area.
Reporting New Hires
You may mail your new hire report to:
Kentucky New Hire Reporting
P. O. Box 2586
Atlanta, GA 30301
You will also want to visit the Kentucky New Hire Reporting Center web site to obtain information or to report your new hires online.
You may call the Kentucky New Hire Reporting Center at 1-800-817-2262 or 1-804-771-9602 for any questions regarding the new hire law.
Help Desk staff are available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 pm.