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What
are JobLink Careers Centers?
The JobLink Career centers are user friendly
facilities located in each of the Region Q counties
that provide job seekers, training/education seekers
and employers access to career training and job
placement services and also serve as a connection
between businesses and qualified workers.
North Carolina is developing a system of JobLink
Career Centers so people can make informed choices
about their careers and businesses can make informed
choices about their workforce needs.
In a JobLink Career Center customers comes first. By
offering a wide range of service options from
self-service to full-service. JobLink Career Centers
offer comprehensive training and employment services
to the community.
JobLink Career Centers make the best use of scarce
resources while serving all citizens North Carolina
Staff work together as a team to provide the most
comprehensive and efficient workforce development
system possible.
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JobLink Career Center
Services
Services available to Job Seekers in each JobLink
Career Center include:
- Job Listings (though America’s Job Bank and North
Carolina’s Job Bank)
- Job Placement
- Work Registration
- Labor Market Information
- Career Information and Guidance
- Assessment
- Information about education and training
opportunities
- Unemployment insurance information
- Filling for unemployment insurance claims
- Resume preparation
- Education and training assistance
- Referral to other partner agency services
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Who are the local
JobLink Career Center Partners?
Local JobLink Career Center partners include:
- Local Community College
- Workforce Investment Act, Title I programs and
services
- Adult (an individual 18 years old or older)
- Dislocated Worker (for an individual who lost her or
his job)
- Youth (ages 14 through 21)
- Job
Corps (for youth)
- Native American's Programs
- Migrant and Seasonal Farm Worker's Programs
- Veterans' Programs
- Employment Security Commission (public labor
exchange and unemployment insurance assistance)
- Vocational Rehabilitation
- Services for the Blind
- County Department of Social Services – WorkFirst and
Food Stamp Employment and Training program
- Veterans Employment Services
- Trade Adjustment Assistance and North American Free
Trade Act Transitional Adjustment Assistance
- Labor Market Information
- Title V of the Older Americans Act – Senior
Employment program
- Community Based Organizations
- Economic Development Entities
- Mid-East Commission
- Transportation Agencies
- STRIVE
STAFF
1385 John Small Avenue
PO Drawer 1787
Washington, NC 27889
Phone: 252.946.3116
1.800.799.9194
Fax : 252.946.8700
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