Employer Partnerships

New Haven Works connects employers with qualified, pre-screened local talent. Our candidates are prepared for work, supported on the job, and aligned with employer needs, helping reduce hiring time, onboarding costs, and turnover. Since 2013, we have filled almost 4,000 roles, and maintain an applicant pool of hundreds of New Haveners who are ready to work for you.

We work closely with hiring managers to understand industry-specific recruitment and retention challenges and provide ongoing support throughout the hiring process.

  • Employer partnerships are developed collaboratively based on:

    • Employer-specific staffing needs

    • Industry trends and changing technologies

    • Role requirements and hiring criteria

    • New Haven Works helps streamline hiring, identify the right candidates, and support long-term employee success.

    • Pre-screened, qualified local candidates

    • Reduced time-to-hire and onboarding costs

    • Improved retention through ongoing employee support

  • New Haven Works has partnered with employers across the region, including healthcare, education, municipal agencies, and private businesses, to build a strong, local workforce. Our partner employers consistently report positive hiring outcomes and access to talent that is ready to work.

  • Partnering with New Haven Works is simple and free. We work with you to understand your hiring needs, connect you with pre-screened local candidates, and provide ongoing support to ensure successful placements.

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OUR SPONSORS

  • New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut after Bridgeport and the sixth-largest in New England with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 129,779 people. According to a census done by the Census Bureau as of July 1, 2012, the city had a population of 130,741. New Haven is the principal municipality in Greater New Haven, which had a total population of 862,477 in 2010.

  • The Connecticut Department of Labor is a friend of the workers. The agency strives to help employees, as well as job seekers, displaced workers, students, and employers. Through its wide variety of programs, the department offers career guidance, consulting, assessment, and veterans services. The agency also provides education and training, including apprenticeships and its welfare-to-work program, and support for people with disabilities.

  • Yale University has been a part of the New Haven community for three centuries. Today, more than 2,500 undergraduates—nearly one-half of all Yale College students—volunteer in community service activities in New Haven, many of them in New Haven Public Schools.

  • Unite Here! represents workers throughout the U.S. and Canada who work in the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, and airport industries. Unite Here! boasts a diverse membership, comprising workers from many immigrant communities as well as high percentages of African-American, Latino, and Asian-American workers. The majority of UNITE HERE members are women.

Pipelines, Pathways & Partners

NHW is a workforce development organization that has been successful because we bring employers to the table as partners. While we have relationships with employers, we are NOT a staffing or “temp” agency. Employers commit to reviewing, carefully considering, and providing feedback to our candidates. In addition, some of our partnerships include priority measures for New Haven Works members—meaning your candidacy is considered before other external candidates.

  • New Haven Works partners with Yale University’s New Haven Hiring Initiative (NHHI), Yale Talent Acquisition, and Yale’s unions to help connect qualified New Haven residents to career opportunities at Yale University. Together, we support workforce pathways that strengthen economic opportunity for residents while helping employers connect with prepared and supported candidates.

  • The City of New Haven is both a foundational funder and a long-standing employer partner of New Haven Works. Together, we help connect New Haven residents to meaningful public sector employment opportunities that support long-term economic stability, workforce development, and community growth.

  • New Haven Works partners with the City of New Haven, developers, workforce organizations, and employers to help connect New Haven residents to careers in the construction industry. As development projects continue to grow across the city, our Construction Pipeline helps ensure local residents have access to emerging job opportunities tied to that growth.