A professional who promotes and develops employment and on-the-job training opportunities for disadvantaged applicants. Responsibilities include:

• Assists employers in revising standards which exclude applicants from jobs.
• Demonstrates to employers effectiveness and profitability of employing chronically unemployed by identifying jobs that workers could perform.
• Establishes relationships with employers regarding problems, complaints, and progress of recently placed disadvantaged applicants and recommends corrective action.
• Assists employers in establishing wage scales commensurate with prevailing rates.
• Promotes, develops, and terminates on-the-job training program opportunities with employers and assists in writing contracts.
• Identifies need for and assists in development of auxiliary services to facilitate bringing disadvantaged applicants into job-ready status.
• Informs business, labor, and public about training programs through various media.
• May instruct applicants in resume writing, job search, and interviewing techniques.