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GuilfordWorks empowers career seekers by supporting their employment & training needs
GuilfordWorks wants to enable you to find a job and, eventually, a long-term career. Through our NCWorks Career Centers, we bring together a variety of services designed to help you find employment and access education and training.
For over 40 years, GuilfordWorks has been hard at work, helping the folks in this community find work and thrive in their career. During that time, we’ve seen how finding a job and building a sustainable career is the fastest and most viable way to improve your standard of living. That’s why we want to help you find gainful employment and move closer to realizing your dreams.
ADULT CAREER SEEKER SERVICES
Career Seeker Services
NCWorks Career Centers provide job seekers with a variety of no-cost resources including workshops, networking opportunities, job fairs, coaching, and (depending on eligibility) training support to help lead you to sustainable income and meaningful employment. Many of these services are available at the two Career Centers located within our region. These one-stop centers offer integrated services at no cost to job seekers and businesses within our community.
Helping individuals access valuable resources
GuilfordWorks’ NCWorks Career Centers bring together an array of services geared to help individuals find employment and access education and training. Check out the variety of services and see how we might help you.
Career Assessment & Counseling
Our staff will work with you to understand how your personal attributes (values, preferences, motivations, aptitudes, and skills), impact your potential success and satisfaction with different career options and work environments. We will then assist you in determining the most appropriate career path for you.
Resume & Interview Preparation
The staff at our NCWorks Career Centers is ready to assist you with preparing a professional resume. Career Centers hold resume workshops and maintain the necessary software for resume preparation.
Career Development Workshops
We offer a variety of workshops throughout the year to assist you in your career exploration, planning, and preparation. These workshops are held, both on-site, at our NCWorks Career Center locations, and remotely online. Check our calendar of events to see when the next workshop might be available.
Job Referral Assistance
We have aligned ourselves with a vast network of employers who are anxious to hire qualified candidates of all skill levels. These employers Our Career Centers can help you get your foot in the door.
Essential Skills Training & Coaching
These sessions will help you improve your basic Reading, Writing, and Math skills. We also provide soft-skills training for job seekers just entering the workforce.
Certification Scholarships
Don’t put off earning your degree because it seems unaffordable. Our staff can help you determine if you qualify for financial aid, whether a grant, scholarship, student loan, or military option.Â
Training & Education Information
Our counselors can help provide information on what training and credentials are typically required for specific career fields. They can direct you to the most affordable training programs in the area and help identify scholarship opportunities to provide financial assistance.
Labor Market & Salary Information
Both job seekers and employers can explore trends in the marketplace and career options for both the local and national labor markets. This data can help you determine your career path.
Career Development Workshops
We offer a variety of workshops throughout the year to assist you in your career exploration, planning, and preparation. These workshops are held, both on-site, at our NCWorks Career Center locations, and remotely online. Check our calendar of events to see when the next workshop might be available.
Career Fairs & Hiring Events
We host on-site and online career fairs and hiring events. Career fairs offer job seekers an opportunity to meet a variety of employers, usually focused in the same industry cluster. Hiring events bring employers to the career center to review applications and interview qualified job seekers on-the-spot for open positions. The calendar of events will tell you when the next career fair is being held.
Community Partner
We work through our NCCares360 initiative to refer jobseekers facing additional barriers and challenges to other available partner services for assistance.
Job Listings
Employers can list jobs directly through guilfordworks.org, the NCWorks Career Centers, or NCWorks Online. We can help you locate the jobs that these employers list with us and help make the connection.
Job Search and Life-Skills Classes
These classes help you learn how to find and keep jobs, including how to manage any personal barriers to employment.
Skills Assessments
Our staff is ready to evaluate your employment abilities, interest, and basic skills. After doing so, they will guide you to the next phase of your job search mission, whether that’s job leads or training opportunities.
Occupational Skills Training and Literacy Skills
We make referrals, to partners and employers throughout our network, for specific training opportunities that lead to employment. We can even refer you to programs that will improve your Reading, Writing, and Math skills.
Computer Lab with Staff Assistance
Utilize the computer lab to complete academic skills upgrades, skills assessments, computer-based tutorials, and connect to NCWorks Online to aide in your personalized job search.
GED and High School Equivalency Preparation
We’ll help you connect to the classes you need to get your High School Diploma or GED.
Financial assistance for short term occupational training
Sometimes training for a new job can be expensive. Job seekers can earn training scholarships for up to two years of tuition costs for eligible training programs in local, high-demand career fields.
Paid, on-the-job training opportunities
When a job seeker wants to enter a field but lacks experience for the position, we work to connect that job seeker with an employer who will hire and train the job seeker as a new employee. The employer receives compensation for the training, and the job seeker keeps the job at the end of the training period.
Pre-apprenticeship Opportunities
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Networking Opportunities
Network with other career seekers and employers to gain an advantage over other qualified candidates. You might even meet your next employer at one of our hiring or other job-related events.
Special Population Services
We provide specialized resources to individuals who often face unique employment barriers: former offenders, older workers, veterans, and young adults.
Support Services
We offer assistance with childcare, transportation, family problems, or other challenges that could affect your success in finding and keeping a job.
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NCWorks Career Center Locations
Greensboro:
2301 W. Meadowview Rd.
Greensboro, NCÂ 27407
Ph. (336)Â 297-9444
M, T, TH 8:30 am – 5:00
Wed. 8:30 am – 7:00 pm
Fri. 8:30 am – 2:00 pm
NextGen Emerging Workforce Center:
301 S. Greene St.
Suite 100
Greensboro, NCÂ 27401
Ph. (336) 373-2438
Mon - Thu 8:30am – 4:30 pm
Fri 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
High Point:
607 Idol St.
High Point, NC 27262
Ph. (336) 882-4141
M, T, TH 8:30 am – 5:00
Wed. 8:30 am – 7:00 pm
Fri. 8:30 am – 2:00 pm
Equal Opportunity Employer/Program | Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.


