Tompkins County Workforce Development Upcoming Events
March 19: Resumes and Cover Letters
March 20: Networking for Jobseekers
For more information: (607) 269-5056 or csloan@tompkins-co.org
If you are under the age of 25, please visit our Youth Employment page!
Upcoming Events
VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS THIS WEEK!
Monday, March 11
11 am: Resume Development
11 am: Learning About Childcare Assistance Program
1 pm: Using Age to Your Advantage
Tuesday, March 12
11 am: Job Search Strategies
1 pm: Roadmap to Getting Hired
1 pm: Veterans Services and Resources
Wednesday, March 13
11 am: Advanced Resume Development/Skills Based Resume Writing
1 pm: Networking
1 pm: Su Guia a ser Contratado
Thursday, March 14
11 am: Worker Retention Services for Job Seekers with Disabilities
11 am: Salary Negotiation
1 pm: SUNY Microcredentials
Friday, March 15
11 am: Chat with an Employment Counselor
1 pm: Building and Using your LinkedIn Profile
View future employment events on the New York State Calendar.
Direct to Work - Pathways to Manufacturing
Direct to Work (DTW) is a full-time (Monday through Friday 9:30 am – 3:30 pm), four-week career readiness manufacturing program. The training includes learning technical skills through an online site called ToolingU-SME and applying those skills using both physical tools and virtual reality technology called Transfr VR. Participants in the program gain industry exposure by taking trips to local manufacturers, team building skills, and direct job placement.
- Learn More Here!
- Sign-Up for the Next Info Session Here!
- Interested participants send an email directtowork@ithacaareaed.org
Parking Near the Career Center
Tompkins Workforce New York Career Center is located at 171 E. State Street, Suite 241, in the Center Ithaca building on the Commons in downtown Ithaca. The Career Center is open Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m., and closed for federal holidays.
The most convenient place to park is in the Green Street Parking Garage, which is adjacent and accessible to the Center Ithaca Building. Other parking options are the Seneca Street Garage or the Cayuga Street Garage or street parking. The addresses and hourly rates for all three garages are listed at the bottom.
Once you have arrived on the Ithaca Commons, enter the Center Ithaca building (the building with the red exclamation point). Tompkins Workforce New York Career Center is located on the 2nd Floor, Suite 241. Upon entering the building, you will be on the first floor. Proceed to the back right corner and you will find stairs and the elevator.
If you take the elevator, go to the second floor. When you step out of the elevator, walk straight ahead and then turn left; the atrium will be on your right. Turn left again at the end of the hall. Tompkins Workforce New York Career Center, Suite 241, will be the first door on the right. If you take the stairs, go up two levels (past the mezzanine level) to the second floor at the very top of the stairs. When you reach the top of the stairs, turn left. The atrium will be on your right. At the end of the hall, turn left. Tompkins Workforce New York Career Center, Suite 241, will be the first door on the right. Please sign in at the greeter desk.
- Green Street Garage: 120 East Green Street Hourly: $1.00/ hour
- Seneca Street Garage: 202 E. Seneca Street Hourly: $1.00/ hour
- Cayuga Street Garage: 235 South Cayuga Street Hourly: $1.00/ hour
- On-street parking is $1.50/hour and is enforced from 9AM - 6PM, Monday through Friday
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