Rubicon’s Workforce Services assists jobseekers as well as employers in high-growth industries. Workforce Services supports growth industry sectors, like health care and bio-technology, by providing customized work experience and by partnering with local community colleges to provide industry specific vocational skills training. Workforce Services also provides transitional work opportunities that are aligned with Rubicon’s business enterprises: Bakery and Landscape Services.
Workforce Services provides a broad array of job training, career development, job placement, and retention programs serving persons with mental health disabilities, homeless persons, persons transitioning from welfare to work, low-income non-custodial parents, older youth, and other economically disadvantaged county residents.
- We serve JOB-SEEKERS. Our strategy is to prepare everyone who walks through our door to be qualified candidates for our employer partners. Our services include: Assessment, Job preparation, placement & retention, Transitional employment, Work experience, On the job training, Vocational counseling, Career development and comprehensive support services. For more information call 510 412 1725 for the Richmond Career Center or (510) 549-8820 for the Berkeley Career Center.
- We serve EMPLOYERS. We help companies hire and retain qualified people. Our services include: On the job training, Tax credit information, Job description development, Information on hiring incentives, Recruitments on site or by position, Customized training, Consultations and assessments, Screening, and Referrals and networking. Current employer partners include Safeway, Andronico's Markets, Earthtel, Aerotek, Manor Care Bayer, Novartis, AT&T, IKEA, UPS, Federal Express, Kaiser Permanente, Bio-Rad Laboratories, and Comcast. To find out how your company can benefit from our services, contact Graham Thomas at 510 809 1303.
- We serve NORTHERN ALAMEDA COUNTY. We operate the North Cities One-Stop Career Center. Since August 2005 our doors are open to all residents of northern Alameda County. Visit our office at 1918 Bonita Ave (map) and learn about the work we're doing to help people find jobs, housing, and stable lives. For more info, click here or call 510 982 7128.
- We serve WORKING FAMILIES. Eastbay Pathways to Self-Sufficiency (PASS) is career education program for working families in the Alameda County CalWORKs program. In less than six months, PASS can help you enter a career in the in Biotechnology, Medical Front office or Social Services with higher wages and the opportunity for benefits. PASS is a partnership among the Alameda County Social Services Agency, Rubicon Programs Inc., Berkeley City College, and the Berkeley/Albany YMCA. Our commitment is to help you get a better job and career so you and your family can realize your full potential and create a brighter furture. Click here to download a brochure or call Lila Blanchard 510-809-1306 ext. 306 for more information.
