Rio Rancho Profile

Labor

Workforce Connection and Training

NMDOL Recruitment Services

The NMDOL also provides employer services throughout New Mexico. These services are provided at no charge and include local, intrastate, and interstate job applicant recruitment; unemployment insurance, appeals, and tax information; media exposure via radio, television, and newspaper; aptitude and clerical skills testing for assessment; and space at NMDOL offices for interviewing job applicants. The department provides these services through One-Stop Career Centers. The One-Stop Centers help New Mexico residents find employment, seek out new careers, and obtain career training.

The Rio Rancho One Stop Center is located at Rio Rancho Workforce Development Center, 2502 Southern Boulevard SE, Rio Rancho, New Mexico, 87124, Telephone: (505) 891-1911.

Employee Training Support

Many post-secondary educational institutions exist within the MSA including UNM, CNM, New Mexico Highlands University, and the University of Phoenix. CNM has developed a Workforce Training Center dedicated to helping businesses, professional organizations and government agencies develop and deliver training programs that increase productivity and profitability by providing customized innovative training and business consulting. The State of New Mexico offers job training assistance with the Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP) and the NMDOL offers customized training through the Workforce Investment Act.  Both programs offer up to a 50 percent reimbursement of training wages for eligible employees.