Workforce1 Career Center

I like this place, no appointments, I walked in the time I wanted. The person at the front desk is very helpful and kind. The employers are so professional, they do their best to match your skills or experience with the available openings. They offered me a job that suits my personality and previous career even though they were completely two different positions. My partner doesn’t have experience or a good language fluency, she asked for a training and they are doing their best to get her the training she wants. I highly recommend this agency. They are the best and the most helpful.

Good Enough for Wall Street but Not Workforce One Career Center. Lawyer. Marine Veteran. U.S. citizen. Small business owner. U.S. citizen. Marathon runner. Civil and human rights advocate. Black. Female. New York native, who filed her first case to The United States Supreme Court, February 2022. May 2023 I was forwarded a job listing by a Department of Labor Veteran’s [employment] advocate, which was being handled by the Harlem, New York City, Workforce One Career Center. I applied. I was contacted by a male employee whose background details I was aware of from publicly available sources. He tried to persuade me to take a position paying substantially less which I didn’t apply to, said he didn’t believe my resume or experience would be acceptable to his client I had extensively researched this client prior to speaking with him. I’m in contact with other Marine Veterans, like myself, with graduate degrees, extensive experience, impressively credentialed, and who have never been in trouble with the law: free of any blemish that would cause an employer to deny us employment or proceed with caution. My resume boasts multi prestigious, easily recognizable, well received employers. So, why was I lectured, talked down to, and declared ‘unfit’ by a male who had not my record? Ultimately, I changed my resume to meet his standard: someone had trusted him to vet candidates, not only for this client but presumably others he boasted of being “successful” in his role for six years, said he understood what clients want; I was disgusted: he was barely professional, I’d NEVER allow him to screen clients for my business, he showed a clear lack of basic skills. An interview was scheduled, and abruptly canceled… the same day it was scheduled [he said the client canceled]. It didn’t matter who canceled—or why: this was indicative of the Workforce One Center experience I recalled from almost NINE years ago when I first heard of the Center! The moral of the story? Unprofessional and incompetent people in any space don’t produce good results – not for clients, customers, government agencies, or beyond. This male had been at Workforce One for as long as I had been litigating a case that went to The United States Supreme Court six years!, and the evidence was clear: in ALL of that time a lot of damage was done. A company that bleeds credentialed talent should not exist anywhere, but is more harmful to places like Harlem, NY, which desperately need ALL of the qualified, competent, skilled, credentialed, prestigious minds it can hold on to. Black Americans in New York have a fight on their hands: undoing the impact and consequences of racism, inequality, and clear stupidity. Never mind, the mental and physical health, financial, and other adverse effects of telling relegating Black women in Harlem! of my background, education and experience that I should take a job paying $22 per hour what of someone who lacks a law degree, hasn’t taken a case to The United States Supreme Court, or honorably served in the Marines? at a time when Black Americans across America are DEMANDING that Blacks be paid fairly, treated fairly, and that we ALL work to close the racial wealth gap I’ll save that fight for the other legal actions I’m going to file to help Black Americans, this Center employs a man who has for six years reviewed resumes, talked to candidates, and placed people in jobs under his delusional world view. He likely placed people LIKE HIM--not those with the skill, background, and capacity to work well. As an advocate of civil and human rights, and a citizen who knows that I too can play a role in closing the racial wealth gap, reducing homelessness, hunger, and joblessness in Harlem and beyond, I urge every business to obliterate every badge or racism and sexism which seeks to relegate those who are not white and male to low level, low wage, low skilled jobs. Do your job! Ensure that your hiring and wages do not reflect the values of a racist, sexist nation. The WORLD is watching.

Waited 45 minutes for a zoom call interview that was supposed to happen today at 10am. Host never showed up, and no notification was sent for its cancellation essentially wasting every one's time. Very unprofessional. Might as well apply to the job yourself as you can't even rely on a work center these days.

This place sucks. The male associates skip everyone just to talk to the young females. Vice versa. They’re very unprofessional and offer little help beside security guard training and security based opportunities. Honestly if there was somewhere better to go, go their. If you’re a young female, expect to be hit on.

Through out the pandemic till now, I have ran into other WorkForce 1 locations that surpasses my expectations beyond other programs of it’s likeness. I appreciate the assistance including Staten Island and Jamaica’s locations. Lately, I have been receiving many 125th street location’s emails through a third party program. So I couldn’t wait to join a zoom meeting about “Ace the Interviews”. Unfortunately, a minute into Zoom meeting of five participants that were probably employees, the host Mr. White was disheveled, smug, and down right rude. When I informed Mr. White regarding tens of repetitive emails a day; he flat out said unsubscribe! Mr White then asked me for personal information to be given on a public Zoom meeting. Without notice, he ejected me from the meeting. I don’t believe through out my experience with other locations; that I have ever had such a unprofessional experience.

Very unprofessional, bad employees. This employee young ladycompletely screamed at me. Only just because I asked about the Osha 40 program , she just told me they she cant help me with that information and she completely lost her temper, patience. I've never felt disappointed and humiliated just because , I wanted some informations . The security employe with the long hairdreadlock was so kind and professional.Very informative! He gave me the informations. She wasn't really helpful.I have been in so many work force location but 1rst time here. I got desapointed. Terrible experience!!

I haven’t get anything from them went to them and asked many time for job didn’t get anything. One meeting was online for job referral that I attended to get that referral, she falsely told me she will send it to my email I typed and gived her my email and I didn’t get any referral it was lies. I called still was useless not getting anything or any referral. It use to be good before covid . Now it’s useless . They get paid until 4 and they leave before 2

I'm here waiting and it's 2pm. And I've been waiting since 10:45. I was sent here for an interview. But this is how long I have to wait for the interview with many others. We've been out into three different rooms already. I don't know why they do it like this but it seems a bit unprofessional. I never been on an interview that took so long. As soon as we came in we should've been just waiting online to be interviewed if there were so many of us. But instead they just had us wait. They didn't even interview us. They told us we had to wait to see if we got it.wellninhope we all did since we all waited that long. It's not right to keep us all waiting if we were not all gonna get the job. I feel like it was abuse, and their just trying to do that to make some people leave. It wasn't the first time I came here and they did this. I had a similar experience years ago at the same place.

3weeks in their program to even get started looking for jobs or training They offer some ok trainings cdl, construction, culinary training I myself am in the health care field hha just finished degree in medical office training its a ok resource but 3weeks in their program for me is too long to get helped getting a job There should be some fast track services for those who know there career field and have education just go it might be useful to and for you

These people do everything but actually get you a job. They’re extremely unprofessional, misleading have you arrive to “interviews” that aren’t actually interviews just seminars about nothing, and rarely allow you to see the actual hiring manager no matter how qualified you are. You’re better off completing the job search on your own because if anything they just hinder your chances instead of actually helping you.