WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM

NORTH CAROLINA JOBLINK CAREER CENTER SYSTEM

JobLink Career Centers are user-friendly facilities providing job seekers, training seekers and employers access to a variety of employment and training services all under one roof. North Carolina has developed a system of JobLink Career Centers such that people are able to make informed choices about their careers and employers can make informed choices about their workforce needs.

In a JobLink Career Center, customers come 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 of North Carolina. Staff work together as a team to provide the most comprehensive and efficient workforce development system possible.

JobLink Career Center Services

Services available to Employers in each JobLink Career Center include:

• Work recruitment assistance

• Single point for filing and filling job orders

• Rapid Response Assistance for plant closures and mass layoffs

• Worker Training Information

• Tax Credit and hiring incentive information

• Labor market information outreach

• Other services identified by the local business community

JobLink Partners

Local JobLink Career Center partners include:

• Local Community Colleges

• 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 Americans

• Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers

• Veterans

• Employment Security Commission (public labor exchange and unemployment insurance assistance)

• Local JobReady (School-to-Work)

• Vocational Rehabilitation

• Services for the Blind

• County Department of Social Services - WorkFirst program

• County Department of Social Services - 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

• Local communities may include additional partners
  

Benefits to the Workforce

JobLink Career Centers provide employers a single place to address their employment and training needs. Local workforce development professionals from various partner agencies work together to provide the best service for all customers. JobLink Career Centers offer a more convenient, efficient and effective way for all North Carolinians to look for a new or better job.