The Eastern Carolina Workforce Development Board oversees a wide range of services for job seekers in our region. These services can be provided by our network of JobLink Career Centers.
The goal is to provide all the services you need to get a great job all in a single location.
These services include:
Skills Assessments - Evaluate your employment abilities, interests and basic skills.
Job Search Assistance - Explore your career options in the current labor market.
Resume Preparation - Prepare a professional resume through available software, workshops, or staff assistance.
Job Listings - Employers list jobs directly with us.
Career Planning and Development - Identify skills training, education needed for employment in the local labor market.
Connection to High School Completion and GED - Connect to the classes needed to get your high school diploma.
Occupational Skills Training for a Specific Career - Referrals to specific training programs available for the local labor market.
Literacy Skills - Improve your basic reading, writing and math skills.
Job Search and Life Skills Classes - Classes to assist individuals manage personal barriers to employment, find, and keep jobs.
Support Services - Help individuals find assistance with childcare, transportation, family problems or other challenges that could affect their success in a job.
Please go to the December Employment Snap-Shot for a poster which shows, at the national level, the job losses/gains for 16 employment groups during December 2011, the length of time that individuals have been unemployed, and unemployment rates based on education levels [a graphic demonstration of the value of higher education].
Copyright Eastern Carolina Workforce Development Board, 2011. ECWDB is an NCEast and NC JobLink Career Center Partner. An Equal Employment Opportunity Employer/Program
