Career Counselor Position Open at Career Center in Maryville

The Northwest Missouri Regional Council of Governments has an immediate opening for a Career Advisor in the Maryville area.  Position would be for 32 hours per week.  Some duties of the Career Advisor include working with customers to identify interest, aptitudes and abilities, delivering services to customers of diverse backgrounds, administering assessments and facilitating workshops.  A quality candidate will possess excellent oral and written communication skills, organizational skills and attention to detail, and computer skills, including the use of office software, internet and email.  Applicant must possess a high school diploma or GED and at least three years of experience in workforce development or related field.  For a complete job description, visit www.nwmorcog.org.  EOE.  Submit resume and letter of interest to kim@nwmorcog.org by close of business October 8^th, 2010.

Welders Needed in St. Joseph and Falls City, NE

AmeriStaff is looking for welders to fill positions in St. Joseph and Falls City, NE.  AmeriStaff will be taking j applications on October 4th from 10am to 1pm at the Missouri Career Center in Maryville.  Welders should have EITHER certification from a welding school OR job-related welding experience.  Experience with Flux-Core or rail cars is a big plus.  Reliable transportation is a must.  NO FELONIES.

Kelly Services Job Fair

Kelly Services will be having a job fair on October 6th from 8am to 3pm at their building located at 1210 South Main in Maryville.  Individuals with felony convictions may apply.  For more information contact 660-582-3777.

New Service Promotion of the Week

If you have a client who is looking for a job and is having difficulty finding opening try the following websites:

http://www.snagajob.com/
http://www.indeed.com/
http://www.simplyhired.com/
http://www.webcrawler.com/

New Service Promotion of the Week

This week staff at the Missouri Career Center in Maryville will be promoting the Work Ready Missouri program.  Work Ready is a program designed to assist individuals receiving Unemployment Insurance with accessing occupational training through local businesses in a job shadowing/work experience format.    The program allows the individual to job shadow and gain work experience (unpaid) for up to 24 hours and still receive their unemployment for up to 6 weeks.  Individuals will also be eligible for a gas stipend while participating.  There is a possibility that after the 6 weeks is completed the individual could be hired by the business as an employee.

This is an excellent opportunity for an individual who in unemployed to maintain their connection to the workforce and broaden their network of contacts.  They will all gain experience and valuable skills that can be added to their resume.

Interested individuals can go to http://www.workready.mo.gov/ to complete a short (less than a minute) informational screen or call 1-800-592-6020.  If they are determined eligible to participate a staff member will call them to discuss what educational opportunties are open with local businesses.

For more information contact Becky Chambers at (816) 387-9675.

SMX to Take Applications at Career Center in September

Staff Managment Express (SMX) will be taking applications for temporary production work at Energizer in Maryville on Wednesdays (September 15, 22, and 29) from 5-7pm.  Interested individuals can visit the Missouri Career Center to complete an application.  No applications are given out past 6:30pm.  Please have customers plan at least 30 to 45 minutes to complete the application process.

New Service Promotion of the Week

MCC staff have noticed that many of our customers do not have basic typing or computer skills that are necessary to take advantage of many of the services of the Career Center.  For the next week and a half we will be promoting to all customers a typing tutor called Type Faster.  It has basic touch keyboarding lessons that many of us experienced when we were learning to type.  It also has some games to help keep the learning fun.  This software is available on two computers in the resource area for customers to use.  Please feel free to promote this service to your customes to use in the resource area if they need to learn or increase their speed.

Kawasaki to Take Applications a the Plant

Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing will taking applications at the plant several days next week.  Interested individuals need to take copies of their high school or GED transcripts with them to apply.  We would suggest they plan at least 45 minutes to complete the application process.  Dates and times Kawasaki will be taking applications are listed below:

September 14th & 15th from 2pm to 6pm
September 16th & 17th from 7am to 11am

September Calendars Posted for Partner and Conference Room Office Space

The new calendars for September are posted for partners interested in using space at the Missouri Career Center in Maryville.  We have two offices and three desks available to partners each day to meet with their customers.  Also the conference room is now ready for staffings, workshop, events and overflow space for partner meetings.  Please sign up to use space the next time you are in or contract Tim Howard or Kim Mildward by email or (660) 582-8980.

Missouri Career Centers in Mound City, Bethany, Cameron and Trenton

The Missouri Career Center system has opened four new locations to better serve our customers in Northwest Missouri.  These centers offer the same services as the Missouri Career Centers in Chillicothe, Maryville and St. Joseph including 4 week reporting.  Below are the hours of operation, addresses and contact information for each location:


Bethany Missouri Career Center  (Monday-Thursday 8:30-11:30, 12-4:30 Friday 9-11:30, 12-4:30)

4114 Miller Street, Suite B
Bethany, MO 64424
660-425-7744


Cameron Missouri Career Center (Monday-Thursday 8:30-11:30, 12-4:30 Friday 9-11:30, 12-4:30)

1720 North Walnut, Suite B
Cameron, MO 64429
816-632-1201

Mound City Missouri Career Center (Monday-Thursday 8:30-11:30, 12-4:30 Friday 9-11:30, 12-4:30)

601 State Street
Mound City, MO 64470
660-442-5200 

Trenton Missouri Career Center (Monday-Thursday 8:30-11:30, 12-4:30 Friday 9-11:30, 12-4:30)

1104 Main Street
Trenton MO 64683
660-359-5636

Missouri Career Center in Maryville Has New Hours of Operation

The Missouri Career Center in Maryville on July 1st implemented new hours of operation for the general public to access services!  The Missouri Career Center is open Monday through Thursday from 8:30am to 4:30pm. Friday from 9am to 4:30pm.

Maryville Career Center Blog

On July 9th, the Missouri Career Center in Maryville opened under a new service model!  The Next Generation Career Center (NGCC) model is being implemented across the State of Missouri.  One feature of the NGCC model will be that more services will be open to assist job seekers to assist with developing and refining their skills sets to help them regain employment.  This blog is a tool for all Career Center partners to learn about services available at the Career Center, learn about partner services and other news that will help us serve our customers.  Please sign up for alerts from the blog, post items that will help us serve customers including information about services your organization can provide to help our customers!