WORKTEC

WORKTEC is celebrating 30 years of excellence during 2007. What began as the dream of one teacher who wanted to offer work experience to her students, has grown to serve 800 individuals each year. The WORKTEC staff is commemorating this milestone in a variety of ways -- mostly by giving to the community. We filled shoeboxes with personal care items as part of The United Way’s “From Our Hearts to Yours” project for people who are homeless, entered a team in the March of Dimes Walk America relay for the 13th year, and collected supplies for the women of Securus House as a “30 Days of Giving” project. Lending a hand to others so they may reach their potential continues to be at the heart of WORKTEC.

As one hand reaches out to people with barriers who want to work – the other extends to businesses that need entry level employees who are well trained and dependable. We have expanded our focus beyond evaluation, training and employment, to job retention and promotion. This year, we offered a training summit for businesses and the employment industry, with nationally known motivational speaker and author Paul Clayton, titled “Job Retention: Helping Individuals Stay on the Job and Become Successful.”

Coupled with a focus on job retention is our goal to increase community-based work sites, which fills two work force needs: work experience for our consumers and a business need for additional part-time workers. Our Business Services Division continues to offer quality supports and services to our Federal, State, commercial and residential customers in the areas of Landscape Management Construction and Irrigation Systems, Janitorial, Mailroom and Administrative Services, while expanding employment options for people with disabilities. Through these efforts and many years of successful collaborations, we have built long-lasting relationships in the community. If you are not a WORKTEC business partner, we invite you to contact us and find out how you may become a part of our success story. As you explore our web site, we hope you will take notice of our updated mission, vision, and values (see the appropriate tab above.)

As we look ahead to the next decade, we continue to explore additional ways to reach businesses and assist them in meeting their work force and service needs, increase funding for our programs, and search for new ways to increase employment opportunities. This will be an ongoing process to accommodate a fast-paced, changing business world.

We appreciate your visit to our web site. We hope that you will register on our guest page and address any comments related to our changing structure or other comments by emailing them to our Technical Support Analyst at: wgraves@clayton.k12.ga.us.