Ohio wants to streamline job-search opportunities

YOUNGSTOWN — Ohio officials plan to create a single, online location for employees and employers to learn about all the state’s programs for jobs and workers.

There are a lot of assets throughout Ohio for businesses to find workers, said Rich Frederick, executive director of the Office of Workforce Transformation with Gov. John Kasich’s office. While many of the state agencies have programs to aid in helping employers or job seekers, but those programs are not always well-known or publicized.

“By the time you add up all the places businesses can go for work force help, there are 1,300 different points of entry,” he said. “It’s not a good thing. It’s confusing.”

In addition each of these different points of entry have their own process, Frederick said. Even within state agencies the process could be different based upon the individual program.

The state intends to reduce the number of entry points and processes down to one, Frederick said. It will become a much-simpler process for companies seeking Ohio workers.

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