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Development Programs

The Ohio Department of Development's Workforce and Talent Division provides a variety of customized training grants under the umbrella of the Ohio Workforce Guarantee program. The Ohio Workforce Guarantee program is aimed at creating and retaining jobs via the improvement of workers skills and abilities. The Division's training grants are coordinated by 12 Regional Workforce Development Directors, who assess the unique training needs of companies and walk them through all phases of the application and approval process, at no cost to the business. The Division's Business Services Representatives provide employment and workforce development services to businesses through Ohio's network of locally-operated one-stop employment and training centers. Business Services Representatives market the full array of one-stop services to businesses, assist with layoff aversion activities, provide Labor Market Information to employers considering the retention and/or expansion of operation and provide training on OhioMeansJobs.com.

Ohio Means Jobs!

Ohiomeansjobs.com is an employer-driven job matching system that utilizes cutting edge technology to aggregate employment opportunities for job seekers and helps Ohio businesses find the talent they need to succeed. For job seekers, the website functions as a search engine for jobs that provides job seekers with free access to more than one hundred thousand employment opportunities in Ohio. For employers, the website does something that literally no other publicly-funded online recruitment system in the nation has ever done before. That is, Ohio employers who register with the Ohio Business Gateway are provided with free access to Monster.com's resume database of Ohio job seekers. What's more, not only can registered employers search Monster.com's resume database of Ohio job seekers, but they can also have free access to the resumes of job seekers who live within 50 miles of Ohio.
Website: OhioMeansJobs.com

Ohio Third Frontier Internship Program

The Ohio Third Frontier Internship program is a job creation program designed to expand Ohio's high-tech capabilities and create high-paying jobs. The goal of the program is to dramatically enhance Ohio's ability to retain highly skilled workers and support the future workforce needs of innovative businesses. The program is designed to match qualified students with subsidized internships.
Website: http://www.thirdfrontierintern.ohio.gov

Ohio Skills Bank

The Ohio Skills Bank is an initiative that coordinates and links workforce development, economic development and education on a regional level to meet the needs of driving industries. Under the program, consortiums of employers and business owners direct the development of business-driven education and training programs through the state's university system, adult workforce education system and local One-Stop employment and training centers to ensure thatworkforce development opportunities are aligned with current and future skills needs of businesses.
Website: http://uso.edu/opportunities/ohioskillsbank/index.php

Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) of Ohio

The Small Business Development Centers of Ohio provide free, professional, in-depth and confidential business consulting and training to pre-venture, start-up, and existing small businesses through its network of more than 30 centers.
Learn more about available training programs.

Ohio Manufacturing, Defense, and Technology Small Business Development Center Programs (MTSBDC)

The Ohio Business Connection's MTSBDCs offer a variety of trainings and workshops to help your business become or stay successful. Get more information on upcoming training programs, or view a contact map.

Attract and retain a quality workforce with the EnterpriseOhio Network

The EnterpriseOhio Network is a statewide quality and productivity improvement resource available to all Ohio businesses seeking to improve their selection, development and retention of talented workers. The network is a coalition of Ohio's two-year community and technical colleges and university branch campuses, which partner with companies to explore grant opportunities, profile jobs, assess skill requirements, screen new hires, and deliver training that supports bottom line results.

By partnering with the EnterpriseOhio Network to develop your workforce, your company can improve business performance in the areas that count most:

• Building teams
• Reducing scrap
• Decreasing machine down time
• Improving cycle times
• Increasing output
• Raising customer satisfaction

The EnterpriseOhio Network's Professional Development Resource Center provides an environment for continuous learning that ensures that staff knowledge and know-how keeps pace with the requirements for competitive success. The PDRC offers services such as train-the-trainer courses, regional network meetings, a training resource material rental library, and live Web support.

View a list of the EnterpriseOhio's Network's employer-customers.

Choose Ohio First

The primary objectives of the Choose Ohio First Scholarship Program (COFSP) are to support increased higher education participation and success of Ohio students majoring in STEM, STEM education, and medicine fields and, in so doing, to advance the economic growth of each region of the state. By increasing the numbers of STEM and medical graduates, as well as the professional sophistication of Ohio's technical workforce, it is anticipated that new technology-based business opportunities will be created and new technology-based companies will be attracted to Ohio, each of which will have beneficial economic impacts for the regions of the state. This program advances these purposes by providing direct scholarship support to current and future higher education students who are pursuing STEM, medical, and STEM education degrees.