JobLink Career Centers provide employment, education, and training services under a single “One-Stop” delivery system. JobLink Career Centers are designed to provide individuals with the resources and assistance needed to make good decisions about their career training and employment needs. The four key principles for all JobLink Career Centers are:
- Universality
- Customer choice
- Integration of services, and
- Outcome based measures
The advantages of the JobLink Career Centers are… a single place to address employment and training needs… local workforce development professionals from various partner agencies working together to provide the best possible service…a more convenient, efficient, and effective way for all North Carolinians to look for a new or better job…and a place where customers are the first priority.
JobLink Career Centers offer comprehensive training and employment services to the community. To the employer, the JobLink Career Center offers the opportunity to recruit qualified workers at one location. Employer benefits include recruitment assistance, team approach to filling job orders, a clearinghouse for training information including apprenticeship programs, customized training, upgrade training, and workplace literacy, tax credit information and hiring incentives, unemployment insurance information, labor market information services, and rapid response information in cases of plant layoffs or plant closures.
The JobLink Career Center provides job seekers a single place to address their employment and training needs. Job seekers’ services include assessment, career information/development, job search training, resume preparation, interview preparation, job application assistance, job placement services for persons with disabilities, support services, information and referrals, school-to-work connections, unemployment insurance information, financial eligibility/sponsorship determination, labor market information, and occupational/literacy training. Services are provided through a wide range of service options from self-service to full-service.
The JobLink Career Centers are also responsible for coordinating visits to business and industry that have announced plant closures or significant personnel layoffs (Rapid Response). In cooperation with the local office of the Employment Security Commission and other JobLink partners, JobLink Career Center staff organizes a Rapid Response visit to inform plant management of the various opportunities for displaced workers. The Rapid Response visit also provides an opportunity for agency personnel to schedule with plant management convenient times to return to talk with affected workers about available program opportunities.
There are five JobLink Career Centers in the Cape Fear Local Area:
Brunswick County JobLink Career Center
Host Agency - Employment Security Commission
5300-7 Main Street
Shallotte, NC 28470
Telephone: (910) 754-5627 Fax: (910) 755-6477
Columbus County JobLink Career Center
Host Agency - Southeastern Community College
4564 Chadbourn Highway
Whiteville, NC 28472
Telephone: (910) 642-7141 Fax: (910) 642-5658
New Hanover County JobLink Career Center
Host Agency - Employment Security Commission
717 Market Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
Telephone: (910) 251-5777 Fax: (910) 251-5795
Pender County JobLink Career Center
Host Agency - Employment Security Commission
904 A South Walker Street
Burgaw, NC 28425
Telephone: (910) 259-0240 Fax: (910) 259-0242
Whiteville JobLink Career Center
Host Agency - Employment Security Commission
630 South Madison Street
Whiteville, NC 28472
Telephone: (910) 259-0240 Fax: (910) 259-0242