Employer Services
Since 1971, Career Path Services has been dedicated to an employer-centric approach to workforce development. We help businesses find, hire, and train qualified candidates that contribute to their success. Visit our contact page today to learn more.
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Recruiting applicants and provide prescreening and referral so you only see the most qualified applicants.
Learning about your company, your minimum qualifications, as well as what you are really looking for in your next hire.
Provide labor market information, including wage information and assistance developing job descriptions.
Training in highly effective Behavioral Interviewing techniques.
Save money on your next hire
Paid Internships
Through a working interview (WEX or work experience programs), we place a qualified individual in your facility for several weeks while they are on our payroll. This enables the employer to observe the individual first hand in a real work environment, and effectively evaluate their potential.
Wage-Reimbursement and Training
On the job training (OJT) programs enable you to train candidates who are otherwise qualified, but are missing certain specific skills. With these OJT programs, qualified employers hiring qualified candidates can be reimbursed for up to 50% of the wages paid during the training program.
Tax Credits
The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) gives employers a federal tax credit of per eligible new hire when they employ individuals who have faced barriers to employment. It’s a simple way to reduce taxes, expand your talent pool, and strengthen workforce diversity. We can help you determine your new hires eligibility and assist you in completing the paperwork.
Career Jump
Save money and streamline your hiring—at no cost! Gain access to pre-screened, job-ready candidates, allowing you to try out potential employees for up to 433 hours (over 10 weeks at 40 hours per week) without paying a dime in wages, payroll taxes, or insurance. Click the link to download the flyer!
Become a Community Jobs Site
Career Path Services can help you get involved in Community Jobs and Career Jump by becoming a Community Jobs Worksite! Call Kelli Eller at 509.863.2268 or email at keller@careerpathservices.org to get started.
Empowering People
The WorkFirst Community Jobs program gives parents receiving TANF the opportunity to gain job skills and experience while earning a paycheck. Host sites offer meaningful skill development while Career Path Services acts as employer of record.
Enhancing Workforce
Your organization will have access to continued availability of interns/volunteers at no cost to you, to help support the needs of your business. We screen interns based on your needs and provide you and the intern support throughout the program.
Enriching Communities
The Community Jobs program is a meaningful way to give back to the community. It provides job seekers with an opportunity to develop skills that lead to employment. In addition, the paychecks earned are reinvested into our local businesses and economy.
Employer Success Stories
Success Stories
Helping Hello Habanero Drive Community Growth
Hello Habanero, a Latino and veteran-owned marketing firm, is dedicated to empowering small, minority-owned businesses in their community. When businesses in downtown Pasco were hit hard by the closure of a key public access point, Hello Habanero stood strong as a vocal advocate. In response, they launched free bilingual classes in web development and digital marketing to support the affected businesses.
Despite limited staff, these classes offered essential knowledge in both Spanish and English, though they were short-lived. Recognizing Hello Habanero's commitment, team members stepped in to help assess their needs, ultimately facilitating the purchase of a specialized professional camera. This upgrade allowed the firm to create new opportunities for the community, including their first Work Experience (WEX) and On-the-Job Training (OJT) programs. Juan, the owner, has seen firsthand the positive impact these services have made on the businesses they serve.
Success Stories
Aub's Bananza Bread & Lounge partners with Career Path Services
When one considers baked confections, rarely is banana bread the first treat that comes to mind. However, Aubrieann Johnson is changing the world’s perception of this sweet treat and curating an entire experience around the once humble fare.
Aubrieann is an eclectic and enigmatic African American businesswoman, with tenacity and zeal. From meager beginnings in her own kitchen, a dream was formed from fruit and flour.
Fast forward three locations later, Aubrieann has established her storefront Aub’s Lounge. A successful bakery by day, Aub’s Lounge caters to the banana bread lovers of Richland selling an ever-changing menu of creative concoctions of her Bananza Bread products. Ranging from her O.G. Classic, a banana bread in its purest of forms, to the seasonal tastes of Candied Yams and Pumpkin Cheesecake, and even niche cult favorites like Death by Diablo, a devilish combination of chocolate banana bread with a hint of cayenne spice mixed into the flour, and XXXtra Hot Cheeto’s as a garnishing to top it off.
Aub’s Wonka-Esque banana bread creations, are the truly sweet (and sometimes spicy) foundation of Aub’s Lounge. By night, the lounge becomes a non-alcoholic social hub that hosts open mic nights for local poets and spoken word artists, live music, trivia, adult Mario Kart tournaments, classic rock and crochet nights, and many other public and private events.
Aub’s Lounge curates a mature and accepting environment for creative expression and positive social interaction that is a responsible bar-scene alternative. Career Path Services is pleased to partner with Aubrieann and her growing brand as she reflects the true intent for the Community Reinvestment Fund. She has provided a WEX opportunity for one job seeking participant and is hoping to hire two more long term employees through WorkSource and Career Path Services resources.
A current five-year plan for Aubrieann is to see her flagship product Aub’s Bananza Bread in a national market and reinvest into local artists in her Tri Cities Community.
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