LIVINGSTON COUNTY — According to Livingston County Workforce Development the unemployment rate has hit it's highest since February 2015. During Tuesday's Human Services Committee meeting Ryan Snyder, from Workforce Development updated the committee on the workforce landscape. The current unemployment rate in Livingston County is 6.4% the last time it was higher was February of 2015 when it was at 6.6%. "Sometime percentages don’t tell a great … [Read more...]
Livingston County Workforce Development Braces for Massive Fed Cuts
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – Workforce Development is proposing its first staffing change in anticipation of potential cuts to as much as 90 percent if its total funding. Ryan Snyder, Director for Livingston County Workforce Development, appeared before the County Ways and Means Committee Monday morning to request the deletion of a clerk-typist position in light of cuts to federal monies that fund 90 percent of Workforce Development. "Most of our … [Read more...]
Livingston County Employees Give Their Biggest Ever United Way Check
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – Employees of the Livingston County Government center dug deep and gave bigger than ever to United Way at Wednesday's meeting of the County Board of Supervisors. The Government employees' campaign co-chairs Frank Bassett and Ryan Snyder, who are Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Director and Workforce Development Director, respectively, presented a $40,721.40 check to Karen Rumfola, Director of United Way for Livingston … [Read more...]
Livingston County Offers Jobs to Disadvantaged Young People
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – Livingston County Workforce Development is inviting local young people to apply for at least 10 jobs at a recruitment event at the county building. On Feb. 2, the county will recruit people aged 18 to 24 who are not in school and are either homeless, pregnant or parenting, in foster care, on probation, have a documented disability, or have no high school diploma or GED. "We are attempting to connect with young adults … [Read more...]
Sutherland Global Seeks Hires to Offset Coast Layoffs
Reading this on your phone? Download our new app on Google Play and the Apple store. LIVINGSTON COUNTY – The Livingston County Office of Workforce Development will be teaming up with Sutherland Global, a worldwide business process and technology management service provider, to host a recruiting initiative to offset the laying off of 172 employees from the Coast Professional office in Geneseo, which was announced earlier this … [Read more...]