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Finding a Job in the Finger Lakes

ILovetheFingerLakes.com, like ILoveNY, is a tourism Web site. However, so many people have found their way to this site in the hopes of finding a job that I am posting this page.

 

The Finger Lakes is full of talented people from marine biologists (although we have no salt water) to blacksmiths. We have well-known musicians, humanitarians who work behind the scenes to make our communities better, and Nobel and Pulitzer prize winners. If you'd like to work in the Finger Lakes, here are some hints I hope will be helpful.

 

1. If you are not a United States resident, you must have a "Green Card" or some similar residency status to work legally in the United States.

 

2. If you already live in the Finger Lakes and want to work in a local business like a grocery store, a restaurant, or a nursing home, check local newspapers for available jobs or look in the telephone book for these types of businesses and give them a call.

 

3. Some jobs are also listed on the New York State Department of Labor's Web site. This is a statewide listing that can help you find jobs both in the Finger Lakes and in other regions of New York State.

 

4. Stop in at any of the county Employment Services offices listed below. These are satellite offices of the Department of Labor. They have materials that can help you find out the types of businesses that operate in that county, what types of jobs those businesses might have available, and how to contact those businesses.

CAYUGA COUNTY
Cayuga Works Career Center
199 Franklin St., Suite 204

Auburn, NY 13201

315-253-1590

CHEMUNG COUNTY
Chemung Schuyler Steuben Workforce New York

200 Baldwin St.

Elmira, NY 14901

607-733-7131

CORTLAND COUNTY
Cortland Works Career Center

99 Main St.

Cortland, NY 13045

607-756-7585

LIVINGSTON COUNTY
Center for Workforce Development

6 Court St., Rm. 105

Geneseo, NY 14454

585-243-7047

MONROE COUNTY
Rochester Career Center

255 N. Goodman St.

Rochester, NY 14607

585-258-3500

ONONDAGA COUNTY
CNY Works

443 N. Franklin St.

Syracuse, NY 13204

315-473-8250

ONTARIO COUNTY
Finger Lakes Works

70 Elizabeth Blackwell St.

Geneva, NY 14456

315-789-1771

SCHUYLER COUNTY
Chemung Schuyler Steuben Workforce New York

210 12TH sT.

Watkins Glen, NY 14890

607-535-3042

SENECA COUNTY
Finger Lakes Works

1 DePronio Dr.

Waterloo, NY 13165

315-539-1903

STEUBEN COUNTY
Corning Career Center

20 Denison Parkway W., Suite 102

Corning, NY 14830

607-937-8337

TIOGA COUNTY
Tioga Workforce NY

1062 State Route 38

Owego, NY 13827

607-687-8500

TOMPKINS COUNTY
Tompkins Workforce New York

Center Ithaca

171 E. State St.

Ithaca, NY 14850

607-272-7570

WAYNE COUNTY
Finger Lakes Works

30 Church St.

Lyons, NY 14489

315-946-7491

YATES COUNTY
Finger Lakes Works

417 Liberty St.

Penn Yan, NY 14527

315-536-5140

 

Keep in mind that most, if not all, of the large companies, hospitals, universities, etc. in the Finger Lakes have Web sites where they post jobs and that, in many cases, they only accept applications for those jobs via e-mail.

 

Finally, remember that many people find employment through internships and through personal contacts. Unlike in some socialist countries where companies are obligated to hire people, companies in the United States are not so obligated. New York State is a hire and fire at will state. What that means is that employers in New York State can hire who they want when they want and terminate them for any or no reason.

 

Good Luck!

 

 

 

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