Hiring and Recruiting
Because we know bringing on new employees can be expensive, our team is ready to help your business reduce the cost of hiring.
Meet E.C.H.O - Your Workforce Business Assistant!
E.C.H.O (Employer Connectivity, Help, and Opportunities) is a workforce development chatbot designed to help businesses quickly learn about local workforce services, explore partnership opportunities, and get real-time answers to their workforce needs.
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Training Reimbursement Offer
We understand developing talent for your business is very important. That's why we're excited to offer your business a training reimbursement for the wages that our customers earn if considered for employment at your company.
Our Training Reimbursement offer, backed by a federal workforce grant, can provide your business with up to 50% reimbursement of the wages our customers earn during an agreed number of training hours for the new position.
This is a tremendous opportunity that will offset the high costs of onboarding and training new employees.
Benefits:
Receive up to a 50% reimbursement of training wages for candidates hired through WorkSource Spokane
Talent Solutions helps you find the right talent when you need it, reducing time, effort, and money spent on recruiting
Overcome the challenges of finding talent with specific technical skills by allowing you to train candidates your way
Work-Based Learning
This unique offering enables the business and leadership teams to observe the individual(s) first-hand in a real work environment and effectively evaluate the potential to offer permanent employment.
Benefits:
Serves as a working interview to help your business make the right hiring decisions
A no-cost connection to candidates with no financial or insurance-related liabilities
An opportunity to help under-served families in the area become self-sufficient
Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC)
The Federal Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is available to businesses hiring job seekers who have faced significant barriers to employment such as qualified veterans, justice-involved candidates, persons with disabilities, and other groups. Federal business taxes can be reduced by $2400-$9600 for each employee who qualifies for the WOTC. Pay less in taxes as you expand the diversity of your workforce and the number of new candidates to consider for employment with this program.
Federal Bonding
The Federal Bonding Program gives bonds as a free incentive for employers to hire at-risk workers such as those involved with the justice system, individuals in recovery from drug or alcohol abuse, persons who are economically disadvantaged, and other groups. Bonds will reimburse businesses for employee theft or dishonesty. Federal bonds can reduce risks for businesses, while providing opportunities to people who may struggle to get a job.
Enhances your recruitment process, allowing for the selection of superior performers
Increases employee engagement and adds to the workplace culture
Reduces turnover rates and improves retention of high performers
Job Post Crafting
Attract the best talent to your business by writing a job post and/or ad that encourages candidates to imagine what it is like to work for your business.
Benefits:
A well-written job post allows your audience to quickly and more accurately determine if your job is the right fit for them
Discover new ways to market your business, including successful employee narratives in your sales pitch
Reach a wider pool of the best candidates by adapting your job post to be easily viewed on a mobile device
YesVets Program
A federal tax incentive that rewards businesses for diversifying their workforce by hiring certain candidates with barriers. This is a great way to open up your talent pool to new candidates.
Benefits:
List your business in a statewide database as a veteran-friendly employer
Become eligible for the Hire-a-Veteran award and receive a decal to display at your busines
Veterans offer rapid learning, strong leadership, teamwork, real-world inclusion, high-pressure performance, procedural discipline, and technological/global readiness.