Employers
Hiring & Training
We can connect you to qualified job seekers in a variety of ways:
Support for in-person hiring events at our local career centers.
Interview certified graduates of our training programs, which include software development, construction, customer service, and more. See our training programs.
Promote your open positions in our Job Seeker Update e-newsletter, which goes to thousands of local workers and partners weekly.
Hire ages 16+ through our summer jobs program (SummerWorks) and young adult opportunity campus (The Spot).
“Today, Kentuckiana Builds graduates make up about 20% of our workforce in the Louisville region.”
“We’ve had interns as young as sixteen and seventeen who have come in and made an impact in our company.”
Job Quality
We’re focused on developing an engaged workforce that meets the needs of employers (it’s literally our Vision Statement). But strong engagement simply doesn’t happen without high quality jobs. That’s why in recent years we have been committing more resources toward helping employers design and improve roles that allow all of their workers to thrive.
Our job quality initiatives help employers address challenges with employee turnover, performance, burnout, and more.
We’ll connect you to tools and experts that offer job design guidance on:
Sustainable pay and benefits
Training and support
Advancement pathways
An empowering environment for people of color and members of other marginalized groups
Interested in how we can support your efforts to design high quality jobs? Connect with us to learn more.
Aleece Smith
Director of Inclusion and Sector Strategies
aleece.smith@kentuckianaworks.org
key job quality resources:
Job Quality Center of Excellence
Aspen Institute
Job Design Framework
National Fund for Workforce Solutions
Job Quality Maps
Workforce Research Center
Job Quality Toolkit
Department of Commerce
Featured Research
Redesigned Jobs for Reduced Turnover and Resilient Workers
BY aleece smith
Workforce challenges impact both employers and workers, and we believe that quality jobs improve outcomes for businesses and frontline workers - not to mention the community as a whole. KentuckianaWorks is seeking to engage with employers who are interested in developing hiring and training practices that promote employee engagement and retention.
Industry Partnerships
KentuckianaWorks brings together companies from major local industry sectors - including construction, manufacturing, healthcare, and others - in order to work together to help solve shared challenges.
Benefits of joining include:
A venue to voice industry-wide concerns and collaborate on solutions
Opportunities to provide industry leadership and identify promising practices
Networking with other companies and leaders in your industry sector
“The partnership between KentuckianaWorks and the Healthcare Careers Collaborative of Greater Louisville is unique and an invaluable resource that brings together all of the stakeholders in one place to help address the challenges we face in healthcare.””
Recently, this industry partnership group helped launch a community-wide system for scheduling and managing clinical appointments that resulted in reduced costs for students, educational partners, and the employers involved.
Interested in learning more about joining one of our industry partnership groups? Reach out to us!
Aleece Smith
Director of Inclusion and Sector Strategies
aleece.smith@kentuckianaworks.org
Mike Karman
Sector Strategies Coordinator
mike.karman@kentuckianaworks.org
Contact Us
Complete the form below and we’ll reach out to you within 1-2 business days. You can also call our Regional Business Services Manager, Charlotte Kerns, directly at (502) 724-4736.
