CareerLink WorkSource Center’s budget will reflect an additional $5,820 from the city of Compton for its operating expenses.

The center, 700 N. Bullis Rd., administers employment and training programs.

“The CareerLink staff, under the auspices of the city of Compton, manages the day-to-day operations and leases office space to interested lessees on an annual basis,” said City Manager Barbara Kilroy in a report presented to the city council at its December 20 meeting. “One such tenant is Southland Business Development Partnership, which leases office space at the CareerLink for $5,820 per year.”

That money must be reflected in the CareerLink budget.

CareerLink also administers the city’s Workforce Investment Act and Department of Labor programs, which are funded by the federal government. The city recently hired IdeaMax to help the center to obtain re-accreditation that is required in March 2006.

IdeaMax will provide direction to WorkSource centers in achieving and maintaining rating scores that will result in re-accreditation. The company is one of the premier consultants on workforce systems and has extensive experience both locally and nationally with program rules, regulations, design and implementation. It is a leading organization for assisting Regional Workforce Groups (RWG) agencies in completing re-certification applications.

“Government requirements are complicated and extensive,” said City Manager Barbara Kilroy. “It’s pretty standard for cities to engage a consultant to help steer through the accreditation and re-accreditation process.”

CareerLink programs add $5 million to the local economy every year. The revenue comes from wages and benefits earned by job seekers, reimbursement from businesses for job training programs, fees paid to employers that hire and place job candidates and on wages and benefits paid to its staff members.

It is one of five RWGs in Los Angeles County. Together they represent 51 percent of the L.A. County service area. Compton CareerLink is one of the largest. It operates from a 36,000-square-foot facility set on seven acres. It serves a population of more than 150,000 residents from Compton, Rancho Dominguez, Willowbrook, West Compton and Harbor Gateway.

The center works with local businesses to get input on the services they need. Based on that input, it offers job candidate screening, job matching and referrals, skills assessment, interview scheduling, customized job training, on-the-job training, job analyses and descriptions and labor marker information. Often these services are free if the job seeker is eligible for federally funded programs. When fees are charged, they are nominal.

It also provides search and placement assistance for job seekers and information on support services that are available to them. It also assists in filing for unemployment compensation.

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