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America's One-Stop Career Center System

By Jim Hilton

What is it?
An exciting innovation, America's One Stop Career System connects employment, education and training services into a coherent network of resources at the local, state and national level.  This new system links the nations' employers to a variety of qualified applicants and provides job-seekers with access to employment and training opportunities in their own communities and across the country. The Education & Resource Center is connected with this system and is also a partner in the Oregon Career Network.

What caused the innovation? 
Job seekers, employers, educators and community service providers were asked what would be the most useful and time saving ways to improve the system. They emphatically responded:

  • Give us prompt and courteous service

  • Let us customize service without a lot of paperwork

  • Provide us with the convenient and easy-to-access information about jobs and career paths


That's what the strong alliances at the point of service delivery are beginning to do.  Employment service, education and training agencies, vocational rehabilitation agencies, community colleges and other for-profit and non-profit organizations furnish the customer with unified service.

What will be the access points?
Customers can visit the centers directly.  For some that may mean a visit to a location where partners are co-located, such as The Education & Resource Center.  For others it may mean going to a community college or public library.  Others can connect to an information center through a PC or Kiosk.  For many, an internet browser is all that's needed.  (See America's Talent Bank - http://www.ajb.dni.us) or the (Oregon Labor Market Information System - OLMIS - http://olmis.emp.state.or.us).  Individual states or regions may reflect a range of titles, but all are affiliated with America's One Stop System.

What Services are available?
There is a dependable menu of services which may be directly offered at one or more locations:

  • career counseling and assessment

  • transitional assistance (dislocated workers)

  • employer and job seeker access to automated job postings

  • information on job trends and labor market data

  • assistance in filing unemployment insurance

  • help in finding federal or state funds to cover some or all of the costs of training

  • resources for job seekers

  • employer assistance through recruitment and pre-screening of applicants

  • veterans' services


The Education & Resource Center is conveniently located in Medford at the Rogue Valley Mall on the lower level next to Mervyn's. It is open Monday - Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For more information, contact Jim Hilton at (541) 779-2489.

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