Customized Services                          

Do you have a special employment related 
need that is not addressed in the services 
and programs currently provided by the Pikeville Office of Employment and Training? Ask us, we are committed to serving you!

Job Bank

The Job Bank provides a single point of contact for employers who have job listings they wish to post. It also offers several convenient methods for that contact:

	Telephone – 606-433-7721
	Faxable Job Order Form – Fax to 606-433-7698
	On-Line – Through the DES web-site.
	Email to despike@ky.gov
	In-Person at our Office located at 138 College Street, Pikeville, KY 41501

Experienced and professional staff will enter your job opening specifications, including requirements and qualifications, into an automated computer system that will make your job posting available immediately to all of our locations.  The job posting is also made available statewide through our Internet site on Kentucky’s Job Bank and nationally on America's Job Bank. This ensures that your job openings receive maximum exposure to job seekers locally, statewide and nationally. 

When you list your job opening with the Office of Employment and Training Job Bank, you are making your position available through the largest and most widely recognized labor exchange systems available to job seekers and employers today!

Job and Service Seekers

The Office of Employment and Training (OET) has the largest and most diverse computer-based applicant pool in the area. Annually, there are over 300,000 Job and Service Seekers statewide who register with OET. They are individuals who possess a variety of work experiences, skills, and educational backgrounds. From high school graduates to PhD's; unskilled laborers to highly skilled, professional, managerial and technical.  These are individuals who are employed but are seeking a career change, those that are under-employed, those who wish to relocate and the unemployed who have lost their jobs due to downsizing and the effects of supply and demand.

Locally, the OET office serving Pikeville and the surrounding counties provide services to approximately 8,000 to 12,000 Job and Service Seekers annually. An employer who has job openings listed with our agency will be able to take advantage of this large applicant resource.

In today’s tight labor market it only makes good business sense to access every available resource. Why wait, contact us today at 606-433-7721 or on-line to post all of your job openings.

Employer Services Representatives

The Employer Relations Representative (ERR) in Pikeville, Ada Ratliff, acts as liaison between the employer and Office of Employment and Training (OET) staff. 
Mrs. Ratliff will visit your company to inform and explain to you the many programs and services offered through our agency. She will provide you with information pertaining to tax credits, labor market information, testing, employee recruiting, setting up a special interviewing process or guiding an employer through the maze of Internet resources now available. If you would like Mrs. Ratliff to visit your company, provide information and materials, please contact her at 606-433-7721 or email ada.ratliff@ky.gov. 

Recruitment and Mass Application

Assistance can be provided to employers in the initial start-up of a new company, company expansions, seasonal hiring, or just to fill vacant positions as they occur. We can provide assistance in recruitment, testing, taking and screening applications and resumes. Local OET staff will go on site to an employer’s place of business or provide space in any of our offices for application taking, interviewing and testing. If you are an employer in need of this type of assistance contact the local Office of Employment and Training in your area.  In Pikeville and the surrounding counties call 
606-433-7721 or email us at despike@ky.gov.

Labor Market Information

Labor Market Information is available to assist employers in developing business and affirmative action plans. Prospective employers can receive information regarding labor supply and wages. Click on  Labor Market Information to access statewide information. For more specific local information regarding counties served by the Pikeville Office of Employment and Training and it’s affiliated offices, click on Local Labor Market Information.

Federal Contract Job Listings (FCJL)

All employers who have contracts (or subcontracts) with the Federal Government of $25,000 or more are required by federal law to list their job openings with the state employment agency in the state where the job openings exist. These employers are required to use affirmative action in hiring certain veterans to fill those job openings and must file an annual report with Veterans Employment and Training Services (VETS) showing the number of Vietnam-era and special disabled veterans on their work force. 

If you are an employer with a federal contract, the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training (OET) will assist you with meeting your recruitment requirements of the Federal Contractor Job Listing. Because OET is responsible for administering the Veteran’s Employment and Training Program, veterans automatically receive priority in referral on all job openings. As an employer you will greatly benefit from hiring hard working, disciplined, job-ready veterans who bring valuable skills and experience in the latest technology to industries and businesses like yours each day. The Local Veteran Employment Representative in Pikeville is Shannon Bryant.

You may list your openings on-line or call 606-433-7721 to post job openings for Pikeville and surrounding counties. 

The Wage Subsidy Program

Want to save time and money? The Wage Subsidy Program administered by the Office of Employment and Training can do both!  If you would like more information about this program please email Julia Roberts or call her at 606-433-7721.

$  Help find employees
$  Reimbursement of training costs
$  Potential for substantial tax credit
$  Freedom to train workers the way you want them trained
$  Minimal paperwork

Notices, Posters and Publications

Kentucky employers are required by law to post certain state and federal notices and posters in their place of business.  The Office of Employment and Training (OET) will provide any or all of them free of charge as a service to employers.  For employers in Pikeville and the surrounding counties you may contact Ada Ratliff, Employer Relations Representative at 606-433-7721, or you may access the posters on-line from our web site.

Mandatory Federal Posters:

	Employee Polygraph Protection Notice
	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission/Age Discrimination
	Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
	Federal Minimum Wage Notice
	Occupational Safety and Health Act - OSHA

Mandatory Kentucky Posters:

	Child Labor Law
	Equal Employment Opportunity
	Safety and Health Protection on the Job
	Unemployment Insurance Benefits
	Wage Discrimination Because of Sex
	Wage and Hour Laws

Reporting New Hires

You may mail your new hire report to:
Kentucky New Hire Reporting
P. O. Box 2586
Atlanta, GA  30301
      
Fax reports to: 1-800-817-0099 or 1-804-771-1908

You will also want to visit the Kentucky New Hire Reporting Center
web site to obtain information or to report your new hires on-line.

You may call the Kentucky New Hire Reporting Center at 1-800-817-2262
or 1-804-771-9602 for any questions regarding the new hire law.  Help
Desk staff are available Monday through Friday from 8:00am - 5:00pm.

Enterprise Zone

The Enterprise Zone Program provides a substantial tax credit to businesses that locate or expand their operations in areas designated as state Enterprise Zones. To receive the tax credits, the employer must hire a percentage of new employees from certain groups of job seekers.  OET helps such employers meet their obligations to hire from these targeted groups by referring eligible job seekers to the employer for job openings listed with OET.  Additionally OET is responsible for conducting employer orientations as well as certifying  employees eligibility.  To locate the Enterprise Zone nearest you visit the Kentucky Enterprise Zone Authority web site.  

Phyllis Bruning, Director of the Kentucky Enterprise Zone Authority may be reached by telephone at 502-564-7670, by Fax at 502-564-7697 or by email to pbruning@mail.state.ky.us 

Kentucky Employer Council

The Kentucky Employer Council and the Local Job Service Employer Committees (JSEC) are employer committees whose input enables the Office of Employment and Training to provide the highest quality service possible to employers and job seekers alike. If you are interested in participating or would just like to find out more about these committees you may contact Corline Schnitzen by telephone at 502-564-7456 or by email to: corline.schnitzen@mail.state.ky.us  

Programs and Services

The Pikeville Office of Employment and Training is responsible for the administration of a number of programs and services designed to assist employers in a variety of employment related areas.  For more information about some of these services click on the specific link below.  

      Alien Labor Certification
      Employer Relations Representatives
      Enterprise Zone
      Federal Bonding
      Federal Contractor Job Listing (FCJL)
      Job Bank
      Job Fairs
      Job Order Form On-Line
      Kentucky Employer Council
      Kentucky Job Bank
      Kentucky Talent Bank
      Kentucky Works Program
      Labor Market Information, Trends, Prevailing Wages
      Mandatory Posters, Notices and Publications
      Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Program
      Older Workers
      Other Employer Services
      Program and Services
      Reporting New Hires
      Tax Credits
      Testing
      Unemployment Insurance
      Veterans Employment Program
      Wage Subsidy Program