Project Hometown Investment in Regional Economies (HIRE) is a statewide Workforce Investment Act initiative focused on jobs. Funded by the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and administered by the Ohio Department of Development in collaboration with the One-Stop Workforce system, it provides enhanced job matching strategies linking employers and job seekers at no cost to either. Project HIRE Provides Funding for OJTs Recognizing that employers sometimes make the best trainers for jobs in their specific industries, the On-the-Job Training (OJT) Program serves both businesses and trainees to build a better workforce.The program helps match in-demand positions with suitable workers that are in need of training. OJT fosters the work skills substantiated by industry experts. Field training is conducted at the site where the job is performed to ensure the right fit between worker and workplace. This short-term training helps a worker develop the skills necessary to become a valuable asset as a full-time employee in a particular business. The length of the training period covered by an OJT contract is determined by an assessment of the trainee’s existing skills and the required skills for the position and will not exceed six months in duration. For Business an OJT: - Helps defray up to 50 percent of the cost of wages during an initial training period
- Builds on a worker’s existing talent to develop specific, relevant work skills
- Accommodates the transfer of skills from experienced employees to new employees
- Assesses an employee’s adaptability to a particular work environment
For a trainee an OJT: - Provides a way for those "in need" of training to gain self-sufficiency employment
- Helps launch a career in an in-demand occupation
- Builds on acquired skills, previous training and employment experience
- Supports individualized guidance in a new work environment
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