Workforce Solutions Centers in East Texas sees change in operating hours

Workforce Solutions East Texas announces a reduction in the days of operation at six local Workforce centers. Effective on Jan. 4th, the following Workforce Solutions centers will go from a five day a week schedule, to a split schedule, sharing staff at the centers which are close in proximity: The local offices effected by this change are the Pittsburg and Gilmer offices. The Gilmer office will be open Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Pittsburg office will be open on Thursdays and Fridays, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Workforce Solutions East Texas Board approved these operational changes at its meeting on December 10th in order to balance the budget due to rising facility costs. This realignment of services will allow Workforce Solutions Eat Texas to maintain a presence in all 14 counties. “Throughout Texas, we are one of the few remaining service regions that has a Workforce Solutions center in each of the counties we serve,“ said ETCOG’s Director of Workforce & Economic Development, Doug Shryock. “With facility costs on the rise, we have had to designate a large part of our budget to keeping the doors open at each of our 14 centers. These changes will allow more of our funding to be dedicated to serving our customers while maintaining a physical facility presence in each county as long as possible. As we have just completed our third year in a row of meeting 10 out of 10 performance benchmarks with the Texas Workforce Commission, high quality service to our customers remains our number one priority. The Board has initiated several technological changes coming soon which will give our customers more convenient ways to seek out assistance rather than always having to visit a center for help.” The reduction in site hours will be offset by the addition of a second mobile workforce unit which will rotate its location throughout the region. To continue reading this article, purchase the January 7th edition of the Steel Country Bee, or go to our online e-edition at: http://www.etypeservices.com/Daingerfield%20BeeID312/default.aspx