Workforce Development Resources

• Check out the Building Performance Institute recruitment toolkit, which includes photos, social media templates, flyers, and videos to include in your job postings

• Create an employer profile with Vermont Employment Pathfinder, a skills-based platform to match job seekers with employers.
• Create an employer profile on Vermont JobLink, where you can post jobs for free and receive alerts when a resume matches your needs.
• Post a job on the Vermont Professionals of Color Network to make sure your job posting reaches a wide array of qualified candidates.
• Post your job openings on other platforms like Indeed, Monster, ZipRecruiter, VT Digger jobs, and Common Good Vermont.

Learn more about career fairs and trained students looking for internships, apprenticeships or full/part-time jobs in your field.

• Contruction trades program
• Adult skilled trades program
• Vermont Adult Learning
• ReSource training
• Vermont Works for Women Trailblazers program
• Northlands Job Corps

• Get help hiring veterans: Free assistance with recruitment and outreach to veterans, and guidance on what to consider when hiring a veteran.
• Get help hiring refugees, parolees, and New Americans: Click the “employer interest” button at the bottom of the page to get connected.
• Check out the Inclusive Hiring Toolkit from Vermont Works for Women: Learn how to recruit and support women with a history of involvement in the criminal justice system.
• Participate in a gender equity workplace training: Learn how to recruit and retain women in your business.
• Become a member of the Gender Equity Advancement Roundtable: Members participate in four learning sessions a year.
• Check out the BIPOC Business and Career Assistance Program: Business coaching, trainings, and more for BIPOC Vermonters.

• Access Vermont Department of Labor custom support services: Fill out the questionnaire to receive personalized assistance in the hiring process.
• Connect with a local job center: Find qualified talent near you.
• Participate in a virtual job fair: Vermont hosts monthly #Hiring2DayVT virtual job fairs.
• Connect with HireAbility: See if your business could benefit from hiring staff with disabilities.

• Read the Vermont Most Promising Jobs Report: See the high-paying, high-demand jobs in Vermont.
• Review the Vermont Department of Labor data: See average wages, educational experience, and more for weatherization installers and technicians.

The Resilient Workplace Certification Program provides training and resources to improve employee productivity and morale, build organizational capacity, and more.

The Vermont RETAIN program helps prevent work disability and keep your employee at work.

• Check out the Vermont Department of Labor's recommendations for how to retain veterans in your workplace.
• Familiarize yourself with the programs and services offered by the Association of Africans Living in Vermont (AALV) so that you can support your employees.
• Participate in Vermont Works for Women programs including the Career Mentor Network, Gender Equity in the Workplace trainings, and the Gender Equity roundtable.
• HireAbility provides assistive technology services to help employees succeed at their jobs
• The Vermont Association of Business, Industry, and Rehabilitation (VABIR) consults with businesses on disability-related topics like accommodations, best practices for hiring, and how to access tax benefits.

If layoffs become necessary, the Vermont Department of Labor can help your employees access unemployment insurance and reemployment services.

Consider offering creative incentives to increase retention, like:

• Tough Conditions Bonus: Give your workers a monetary bonus if the job they need to complete is in tough conditions like basements, crawl spaces, or attics.
• Milestone Incentives: Give employees a monetary bonus for staying on your team for certain increments of time, like 6 months or 1 year.
• Wellness Benefit: Partner with a wellness benefit provider to give employees a yearly stipend to be used toward health and wellness.
• Professional Development Fund: Allot funds for employees to take courses and earn credentials toward professional development.