WorkAdvance

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Keep your operator roles filled

WorkAdvance helps Ohio manufacturers fill operator roles faster and keep workers longer.

Stop rehiring the same jobs

Operator postings keep coming back. Your team covers gaps with overtime, and good candidates still miss the mark once work begins. That cycle drains time and wears teams down.

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Build training around real work

WorkAdvance helps Ohio manufacturers build pipelines for specific operator roles. Local Industry SectorPartnerships shape training around your shifts and needs. The work stays focused on long-term retention.

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Fill Roles Faster

WorkAdvance builds a hiring pipeline matched to your specific operator roles, shifts, and floor conditions. Candidates arrive screened for the actual work — so you spend less time interviewing people who won't last and more time running production. Your open positions close in days, not months.
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Keep Hires Longer

Early quits happen when expectations don't match reality. WorkAdvance prepares candidates for the pace, environment, and demands of your floor before day one, then provides retention support up to 1 year. You stop losing new hires and start building a stable, experienced crew.
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Cut Overtime Strain

Every unfilled operator role means extra hours for your best people. WorkAdvance helps you maintain steady staffing so overtime drops to a manageable level. Your experienced workers stay sharp instead of burning out, and production quality holds because shifts are fully covered.

You deserve a steadier way

WorkAdvance provides targeted outreach, career readiness, hands-on experience, and technical training that match employer demand. You also get help with transportation, childcare, job placement, and post-hire coaching. The result is stronger skills, fewer barriers, better job matches, steadier earnings, and a clearer path to advancement and long-term financial stability.

Statewide impact measured

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WorkAdvance Success Stories

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Petrece Scott - Cleveland, OH - Registered Apprentice, WLS Stamping

Read this case study of a manufacturing employee who progressed in a career pathway that included pre-apprenticeship, registered apprenticeship, and WorkAdvance, You't hear from Patrice Scott on how she engaged in programs coordinated by MAGNET/Workforce Connect and Manufacturing Works.
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Ashley Zins / Warren, OH - Pack Line Associate, ClarkDietrich

In this case study, Ashley overcame a challenging past and transformed her life with WorkAdvance. Through technical training and career readiness, she found passion in manufacturing and secured a job at ClarkDietrich. With newfound confidence, stability, and sobriety. Ashley now aims to help others who are in similar situations as she was.

Steady staffing starts with three steps

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Contact Your ISP

Your Industry Sector Partner will ask some questions about your openings, shifts, and hiring challenges during a single call.

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Build Your Pipeline

Set training, screening, and matching around your operator roles and shifts.

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Keep Steady Workers

Hire job-ready candidates and support retention past the 90-day mark.

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