Goodwill Industries Of Akron Inc

Mission services includes a vast array of employee/employer services for the career/job-seeker. The goodwill industries of akron, ohio, inc. Offers career exploration, advising services, resume and interview preparation, as well as skill identification. For the business/employer, we offer recruiting, applicant screening, and pre-employment testing. For those in need of more intensive services, goodwill offers the following individualized services: assessments, adjustments, evaluations for individuals with visual impairments, job coaching, placement and retention, work experience, and youth programs. Workforce development also hosts a radio reading program serving the visually impaired or cognitively challenged in the area. The elizabeth clark program serves those in need in our area with vouchers to our retail locations during 2024. Workforce development referred 610 participants for placement and placed 560. In total, it served 15,909 individuals, in addition to 560 receiving placement services, 182 received vocational evaluations, assessments, and adjustments; 387 participated in youth programs; 49 participated in work experience; 353 participated in job skill classes, workshops, and job fairs; 5,260 received job search assistance and employer services, including recruitment, screening, testing, training and outplacement; 113 received job coaching services; 9,005 received other services including bus passes, elizabeth clark emergency fund gift cards, and radio reading.

Contract services includes assembly operations and industrial sewing and is certified to iso 9001 2015. It is a participant in the state use program, providing items such as safety vests, towels, washcloths, aprons and laundry bags. Its sewing department also offers customized industrial sewing for area businesses. Assembly operations offers local businesses with individualized assembly needs, such as collating, die-cutting, heat shrinking, packaging, kitting, de-manufacturing, re-work, sorting, labeling and prototyping . 3 individuals in work experience, vocational evaluation, and work adjustment were provided training or employment experience in 2024 through the contracts division.