Business SERVICES

The Connecticut Department of Labor’s (CTDOL) Business Services team’s mission is to provide assistance to registered Connecticut businesses to our programs and services which will support them throughout their business cycles.
Such services that a Business Services Specialist can provide include: 

• Coordinating recruitments held in the American Job Center offices 

• Providing assistance to employers in posting their jobs to the CTHires website

• Connecting employers to CTDOL Career Fairs

• Providing business consultations and assessments

• Providing customized Labor Market Information to employers

• Visiting employers at their business location to determine the employer’s needs

• Providing information on tax credit and tax incentive programs 

• Writing Manufacturing Innovation Fund Incumbent Worker (MIF IWT) contracts

• Providing information on the Shared Work and Rapid Response programs to employers who may be contemplating or engaging in laying off workers  

Business Services Team

Business Services Representatives are located in the five Workforce Investment regions. In addition to the Business Services staff, are Local Veterans’ Employment Representatives (LVER) that specialize in assisting employers to hire veterans. If a LVER is not located in your specific region, one of our Business Service Representatives can provide assistance with hiring veterans. Please locate the Business Services Representative that serves your area: 

Southwest Region
(Bridgeport, Derby, Stamford, Norwalk area)

   South Central Region
    (New Haven, Meriden, Middletown area)

 

  North Central Region
(Hartford, New Britain, Bristol, Enfield area)

Donna Smith Hartford American Job Center 3580 Main Street Hartford, CT 06120 Phone: (860) 256-3869 Fax: (860) 256-3580 donna.smith@ct.gov

 
Eastern Region
(Montville, Willimantic, Danielson area)

Mark Fillmore Montville American Job Center 601 Norwich New London Turnpike, Suite 1 Uncasville, CT 06382 Phone: (860) 848-5251 Fax: (860) 848-5220 mark.fillmore@ct.gov

Kathleen Cosgrove Montville American Job Center 601 Norwich New London Turnpike, Suite 1 Uncasville, CT 06382 Phone: (860) 848-5252 Fax: (860) 848-5220 kathleen.cosgrove@ct.gov

  Northwest Region
     (Waterbury, Danbury, Torrington area)