One stop career centers: an emerging concept for delivering employment services

Issue title: Corporate Marketing

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Perry-Vamer, Elizabeth^;

Affiliations: The Virginia Foundation for the Exceptional Child and Adolescent, 1825 Monument Ave., Richmond, VA 23220, USA

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Abstract: One Stop Career Centers (OSCC) consolidate under one roof a variety of employment options and training programs to form a delivery system for people who are job seeking as well as employers who are looking to hire. The goal of these centers is to provide convenience and to cut down on having to go to several locations to receive different services. The obstacles include a lack of concencus to co-mingle, co-locate or both; and how centers will be monitored and by whom. This article will examine these obstacles, specifically in how they impact the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Keywords: Co-mingle, Co-locate, Service delivery area (SDA), Private Industry Council (PIC), Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), Universality, Customer choice, Paradigm shift

DOI: 10.3233/JVR-1998-10107

Journal: Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 39-50, 1998