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Enhanced Rapid Response Services
The rapid response team will work with the employer and any employee representatives to determine if other rapid response services should be incorporated into the transition strategy. Other types of services may include:
- Peer Counseling: training workers to serve as onsite resources for their co-workers
- Transition Teams: helping to establish a group of individuals from management, the affected workforce, and labor (if applicable) that are responsible for identifying workers’ needs, leveraging resources, and developing solutions
- On-site Workshops: résumé writing, interviewing, job search resources and techniques, registering for www.JobCenterofWisconsin.com, financial planning, etc.
- On-site Transition Centers: staffed by state and local representatives for purposes of offering flexible, accessable re-employment and/or retraining assistance
- Referrals & Onsite Job Fairs: connecting affected employees to area employers that are hiring
- Application for the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program: employees may be eligible for additional benefits under this federal program if they are dislocated as a result of foreign competition, http://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/
- Identifying Funding Sources: when a large group of individuals will be affected, the rapid response team will explore ways to secure additional funding to help serve the affected employees