Operating or starting a company is no easy feat. The Workforce Development Center has provided the below resources that will direct companies and individuals to gain information regarding business finance, start up of entrepreneurship and small business, land-use and infrastructure, and workforce development. In addition, a link to utilize the Office of Occupation Labor & Market Information website to learn of new technology to maximize information including demographic, occupational, and industrial labor market areas. Included is a link for suggested reading materials as well as a link to find your nearest Chamber of Commerce.
Capital Resources
The Capital Resources Section through the Delaware Economic Development Office offers a wide array of business financing programs to meet the needs of virtually any business. It assists companies who are thinking of locating or expanding a business in Delaware, starting up a small technology-based firm, enhancing a seasoned 100-employee manufacturing company, venture capital funding or focusing on Clean Energy initiatives or Brownfield Redevelopment.
Entrepreneur & Small Business Support
The Entrepreneurial and Small Business Development Center of the Delaware Ecomonic Development Office is the primary point of contact for entrepreneurial and small business development in the State. In addition, those towns that are looking to attract new businesses to their downtown vacant properties can find assistance and training under Downtown Communities on DEDO's home page.
Infrastructure and Intergovernmental Relations
The Infrastructure and Intergovernmental Relations Center (IIR) is the primary sales and negotiation point of contact for non-cluster businesses in Delaware and is responsible for targeting, prospecting, qualifying and closing opportunities for non-cluster industries to locate in Delaware. IIR also is responsible for active outreach, communication and participation with state, county, local government and agencies, and appropriate providers regarding utility, land-use and infrastructure issues in support of growing Delaware's economy.
Workforce Development Center
The Workforce Development Center (WDC) offers a wide range of support to Delaware companies by providing recruitment assistance, referral and resource services, developing professional partners with employers and educational institutions, and conducting targeted marketing programs for specific industries/skill sets. WDC coordinates and funds employment and customized training activities that help new and existing employers achieve their company goals.
US Dept. of Labor
http://www.dol.gov/
The Department of Labor fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements.
Office of Occupation Labor & Market Information
http://www.delawareworks.com/oolmi/welcome.shtml
To Office of Occupation Labor & Market Information (OOLMI) provides concise and applicable analyses of Delaware's economic. Through an excellence-driven, customer-centered, labor market information clearinghouse, OOLMI uses technology to maximize information potential including demographic, occupational, and industrial labor market areas.
Reading Materials
Suggested reading materials on Recruitment, Retention, and Resources by the SHRM Foundation: http://shrmstore.shrm.org
Chamber of Commerce
The Partnership, Inc.
http://www.dscc.com/state_chamber/affiliates/partnerships/Partnerships.htm
The best investment any member of Delaware's business community can make is a pretty simple proposition: make a small commitment to our school kids now -- or face the consequences later. The Partnership, Inc., is an affiliate of the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce. Its innovative and time-tested programs are designed to help you help our kids to succeed, and helping our children to succeed is the surest way to help your business succeed.
