City of Rochester’s Workforce Development Initiatives
The City’s Adult Workforce Development Initiative supports, cultivates, and maintains relationships with local businesses and community-based organizations who are interested in hiring city residents. The initiative aims to understand local economic development activities and local labor market data to align workforce development programs to any emerging fields through job fairs, life skills trainings, workforce connections summits, and future programming to support the needs of the Rochester community. It also manages the workforce development grants given to outside workforce development programs growing, in-demand fields and industries.
- Understanding new and current economic activities in the city
- Developing relationships with local businesses
- Providing city residents with connections to exciting career fields in Rochester
- Connecting city residents with community resources, industry-driven education, training, employment, and more.
Partnering Agencies
- Action for a Better Community
- Catholic Charities Family and Community Services
- Center for Employment
- Chamber of Commerce
- Finger Lakes Performing Systems
- Foodlink
- MCC Forward Center
- Pathstone
- Taproot
- The Commissary
- 1199 SEIU
- YAMTEP
- RochesterWorks!
- RMAPI
ROC The Block Employment Fairs
ROC the Block is a community-based hiring initiative that brings businesses and recruiters to the city's four quadrants throughout the summer and early fall. With this fun, local, block-party-styled event, Rochester employers and residents can meet to discover employment opportunities.
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ROC the Block employment fairs take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
For more information, call (585) 428-8689 or email Shawn.Futch@cityofrochester.gov or call (585) 428-1170 or email Taylor.Bryant@cityofrochester.gov.
Meeting of the Minds
Meeting of the Minds is an opportunity for the Workforce Development Community organizations to come together and discuss the current state of the workforce, challenges, and successes. Meetings are held quarterly by invitation only. For more information, or to host an event email: Shawn.Futch@cityofrochester.gov.