• Pre-Layoff Assistance and Outplacement Services: If it becomes necessary to restructure your workforce, NOVA's Rapid Response team can smooth the process for both you and your employees.

• Staffing and Recruitment: When you need to grow your business, NOVA can help you recruit qualified new employees.

• Employee Training and Retention Services: Upgrade your employees' skills and retain valued employees by providing them training through a NOVA training program.

• Professional Development:
  • Improve your employees' interpersonal skills through NOVA's Professional Effectiveness Program. This program offers courses in team building, communication, and problem-solving.
• Help your employees direct their careers through NOVA's Values Driven Work™ program. This program features an assessment tool that helps individuals identify the values that drive their own work satisfaction and performance.

• Microenterprise Grants available through NOVA: Are you starting or expanding a business? Could a small amount of money help you move your business to the next level? Competitive grants up to $10,000 are available for individuals who meet eligibility requirements.

• Business Trends and Analysis: NOVA's industry reports analyze trends and economic issues pertinent to Silicon Valley.

• Newsletters for the Business Community: NOVA publishes an e-mail publication called Workforce Innovations, which tracks trends and issues in workforce development, and the Workforce Review, a monthly compilation of labor market statistics pertinent to northern Santa Clara County.

• Business Development: A NOVA partner, the Silicon Valley Small Business Development Center (SBDC), offers no-cost counseling to small business owners. Sessions are held in the CONNECT! Job Seeker Center.
  

• Helpful Business Contacts/Resources: Get assistance from the seven cities that NOVA serves and from other governmental and nonprofit organizations.

• Training Providers: Click here to apply to be on the State of California Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL). (182k, .DOC)

For more information about these services or to find out how NOVA can help with your particular business needs, contact NOVA@CONNECT! Business Services at 408-730-7830. NOVA is located at 505 W. Olive Avenue, Suite 550, Sunnyvale, CA. Click here for a campus map and directions to NOVA.

NOVA is a partner in CONNECT!, a collaborative of more than 30 organizations providing a wide range of employment services to businesses and job seekers in Silicon Valley.

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