Services to Customers
Adult Basic Education ESL, GED
UMOS provides basic education to academically and economically disadvantaged adults and youth who desire to improve their basic education level and enhance their employment opportunities. Over 1,300 students are enrolled in Adult Basic Education, English as a Second Language, Literacy, and Spanish GED classes.
Food Stamp Employment and Training (FSET)
The purpose of this program is to require adult food stamp applicants and recipients to “register for work.” FSET consists of several employment and training components intended to assist and move customers into unsubsidized employment and self-sufficiency.
Employment and Training Assistance
UMOS provides employment and training assistance for job seekers, as well as employers. UMOS staff provides guidance to job seekers for the ultimate goal of attaining long-term independence through gainful employment, while assisting the employer community with workforce development needs. Services include, but are not limited to: Assessment, Workshops, Pre-screening, Job Club, Community Service Jobs, Training, Targeted Job Fairs, Recruitments, Trial Jobs, Placement, Retention, and Job Advancement. Comprehensive services in these areas help to ensure that job seekers are fully prepared to make a positive impact in the workforce.
UMOS Ambassador Program
In a partnership with six community-based organizations, Potawatomi Community Foundation and Milwaukee alderpersons, UMOS launched a new Neighborhood Ambassadors Project. The summer pilot project will benefit the north and south sides of Milwaukee. The project will build valuable work experience and skill building opportunities for W-2 participants. The dual goals of the UMOS pilot project include increasing employment opportunities for low-income residents while improving safety, quality of life and access to city services for some of the city’s most distressed neighborhoods. The ambassadors will also serve as liaisons to local businesses. In addition, UMOS Employment Specialist will focus on finding job opportunities for the ambassadors in areas that could include, but not limited to, customer service, maintenance, unskilled construction, or opportunities in the hospitality industry.
Training Services
The Employment and Training Department identifies skills requirements and develops training and employment opportunities that are tailored to the skills of UMOS job seekers. This improves employment success, career advancement opportunities, and job retention.
- Follow-up services
- Tax credits
- Job coaching
- Trial jobs
- Employer Incentives
- Customized training
- Retention / career advancement services
- Retention hotline for customers and employers
- Other economic development incentives
Additional Services Provided
- On-site targeted recruitments and job fairs
- Notice of job fairs, recruitments, targeted recruitments
- Screening of job seekers
- Employment opportunities
- Customized training
- Vocational assessments—As part of our career planning process we utilize testing to identify basic skill levels and strengths, career interests, goals, work experience, and aptitude.
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