Henderson Employment Services 
   Part of the Career Connections Center System

The Workforce Investment Board for the Green River Service Delivery Area met on May 15, 2001 and voted to make the Henderson Department for Employment Services (DES) office a "satellite" of the Career Connections Center, the area’s one-stop career center. In asking the board to approve her committee’s recommendation, Karen Cecil, One-Stop Review Committee chairperson, stated that she was impressed with changes made in the way DES serves its customers. Among the changes she mentioned, the creation of the office’s resource areas was seen as being among the most vital. The board voted unanimously to accept the committee’s proposal.

Brenda Stone, manager of the Henderson DES office, stated, "I feel that the members of the Workforce Investment Board began to realize the significant part the Employment Service plays in the local labor market when each of the partners pulled together to process over 2000 applications for Alcan in Sebree. Until our department spearheaded the Alcan effort, several of our partners were not aware of the volume of work our staff can generate."

The staff in the Henderson DES office have also worked to ensure that the building has a customer-friendly atmosphere. When one walks into the Henderson DES Office these days, it no longer resembles the drab stereotype of a government building. Instead, customers are greeted by friendly staff in a cheerful resource area who are anxious to make each service-seeker comfortable with the newly implemented self-registration process.

The Henderson DES Office also has a second resource area and a computer learning center in the basement. The computers in the learning center can be used for the self-registration process when needed, but primarily they are equipped with keyboarding and other software tutorials that are used by customers to learn computer skills.

The staff of the Henderson DES office are proud to be able to better serve the people of the Green River area as a satellite center of the Career Connections Center.