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CI Employment Services provides an excellent avenue for a strong working partnership. Local businesses can hire valuable, quality employees with disabilities and feel great about providing them with a job where they can use their unique skills – and contribute positively to the company's bottom line.

Employer Services

Our team of professional Employment Consultants work to match the skills and interests of job seekers with your specific requirements. There is no fee to the employer, and we take care of all applicant screening and referrals. CI staff are available to provide additional support if needed.

Assessment Services

Columbia Industries also partners with local business to complete trial work experiences. These assessments offer our participants the chance to perform job duties in a real work environment. Companies participating in an assessment assist with the skill evaluation process and are not responsible for wages or liability. Trial work experiences help to evaluate a job seeker's potential for successful employment.

CI Staffing Client works at Red Lobster.

Job-Seeker Services

We help job seekers obtain and maintain employment through:

  • Job Development and Placement, Retention and Intensive Training
  • Job Search and Work Skills Training
  • Career Counseling
  • Job Coaching

Job seeker skills and interests are matched to specific jobs in our community in an effort to ensure successful placement. Once a job seeker has obtained employment, on-the-job coaching, support services, and retention assistance may be available to help the employee learn their specific job duties and have a positive outcome for both the employee and employer.

Benefits Planning

CI is currently the only Certified Rehabilitation Program in the area with a Certified Benefits Planner on staff. We now offer Benefits and Work Incentives Planning and Assistance.

Ticket to Work Program

The CI Employment Services program is an approved Employment Network under the Social Security “Ticket to Work” program. Services available: job development/placement, retention, training, and follow-along services. For more information, visit http://www.yourtickettowork.com/

CI Staffing client at work in the kitchen at Yokes.

Current Partners

  • Ben Franklin Transit
  • Tri-State Furniture Liquidators
  • Reese Concrete Products
  • Beaver Bark Gift and Garden Center
  • JC Penny’s
  • Tri-City Cancer Center
  • Aquatropics
  • Campbell and Company
  • Columbia Distributing
  • Venue Works
  • Best Buy
  • Mac’s Garden Center and Nursery
  • Ragz Wit Tagz
  • Heritage Nursery
  • J.D. Diner
  • Kennewick General Hospital
  • Kennewick Food Bank
  • Kennewick School District
  • Pasco School District
  • Red Lobster
  • Round Table Pizza-Kennewick, Pasco
  • Ted Brown Music
  • Infinite Frontiers
  • Carmine’s Italian Restaurant
  • Tri-City Court Club
  • McCurley Dealerships
  • Rite Aid-GW Way and Hwy. 395
  • Safeway-Kennewick
  • Target-Kennewick, Richland
  • The Coffee Nook
  • Three Rivers Convention Center
  • Wal-Mart-Richland, Pasco, Kennewick
  • Yoke's Fresh Markets -Pasco and West Richland
  • Coach American
  • Ice Harbor Brewery Brewing Company
  • Paradise Bottling
  • Habitat ReStore

Testimonials

"Jason helps to make us a better company," states Mike Campbell, President of Campbell & Company. "He works hard to perform his job duties and his smile is infectious! We are proud to have him as an integral part of our team."

Mike Campbell
President
Campbell & Company

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"We have used Columbia Industries on a couple of occasions. They were very attentive and quick to address any concerns there might be. They took the time to train new employees to insure that they would be successful in their jobs. It has been a pleasure working with Columbia Industries, and I would recommend them to others."

Darrell Toombs
Yoke's Fresh Market

 

Mike Campbell, President, Campbell & Company

 

Darrell Toombs, Yokes Manager

For more information, contact CIEmploymentServices@ColumbiaIndustries.com

CI Employment Services is a division of Columbia Industries. Columbia Industries, a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization, helps people with disabilities and other barriers to employment achieve their highest employment potential. This allows them to achieve self-sufficiency and contribute to the productivity of our community.

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