Resource Rooms & Career Services:

Thomasville & Lexington Career Center Resource Room Customer Numbers

Monthly Report December 2016

December Thomasville

NCWorks Career Center Total

December Lexington

NCWorks Career Center Total

PY16 Total

Number of Visits 480 553 7,256

First Time Customers 141 180 2,285

Repeat Customers 317 373 4,869

Orientations 135 128 1,531

Resume / Interview Assistance 175 46 1,560

Assessments / Testing: (Prove It!; TABE, CareerScope) 5 39 234

Career Guidance / Counseling 28 18 474

Job Search Assistance 369 489 5,447

Attended Workshops / Job Club 20 19 298

WIOA Information Sessions 14 10 142

Obtained Employment 4 8 98

This month, our workshop coordinator had 124 participants in workshops and job clubs between both locations. The Lexington

Career Center hosted 27 attendees and the Thomasville Career Center hosted 97 attendees.

The Career Services unit supported the December Veteran’s Coffee by attending and providing resources for job seeking

veterans.

During December, Career Development Consultants continued to partner with DCCC and speak about NCWorks services to

various classes. This is a good way to spread the word to people interested in career training.

Two staff, one from DavidsonWorks and one from Division of Workforce Solutions, traveled to Raleigh in December to make

a presentation and officially complete the training to earn their Global Career Development Facilitator credential. This process

takes several months of independent work completing online modules and individual projects. We are proud of their accom-

plishments!

The Thomasville Career Center had three recruiting events with a total of 24 customers interviewing.

Partners & Services:

Urban League: The Urban League continues searching for sites to place seniors in paid work experiences. While the Urban

League is not enrolling new candidates, they continue recruiting new participants.

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Business Services - Highlights

The Value of Labor Market Information

DavidsonWorks and the Lexington Chamber of Commerce co-sponsored a Business Before Hours event in December. The main topics of discussion were DavidsonWorks’ ser-vices and the NCWorks Career Center system. Several chamber members attended with each reporting they learned something they did not know prior to the event. To learn more about DavidsonWorks and the NCWorks Ca-reer Center’s services, contact Tim Maness- 336-242-2970, or tim.maness@davidsoncountync.gov.

WIOA Youth December

Totals

Number in Work

Experience 7

Number in Occupational Skills Training

3

Number in Educational Training (GED/AHS)

38

Intensive Case Management

56

Type of Training

December Totals

Degree/Diploma 50

Continuing Ed/

Certificate 12

Total Active Training 62

Other Program

Activities

December

Totals

Work Experience 5

Intensive and Training

Enrollments 107

WIOA Core Enrollments

357

December

Total

PY16 Totals

DavidsonWorks Business Contacts 21 144

DavidsonWorks Business Services 9 98

NCWorks Career Center

Business Contacts 16 105

NCWorks Career Center

Business Services 16 102

DavidsonWorks / Career Center Business Orientations

5 31

Business Recruitment Events 7 88

Get REAL students hand made over 85 holiday cards for seniors living at Lexington Health Care and

then they visited the facility and passed out the cards, along with Christmas cheer, to the residents. Al-

so during this visit, the Get REAL Chorus sang Christmas carols under the direction of Get REAL In-

structor, Joy Duff.

Get REAL held their annual end-of-the-year celebration by hosting their Christmas Luncheon. During

this celebration, several students were recognized for school credits earned, improved levels on TABE

scores, work experience success, and perfect attendance. Also, a recent graduate returned and was

present to be recognized for completing the High School Equivalency. During this event, the Get REAL

Chorus performed Christmas carols for the guests while they ate. Guests included members of the

Workforce Development Board and Youth Council, as well as Community College staff and County

Commissioners.

WIOA Youth Participants Served

WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker Participants Served

Veterans - Highlights

Brian Mobley Disabled Veterans Outreach

Program

NCWorks Career Center brian.mobley@nccommerce.com

Lexington Office:

336-236-3087 Lexington

Office

336-242-6131 Lexington

Fax

Thomasville Office:

336-474-2655 Thomasville

Office

336-474-1015 Thomasville

Fax

Division of Workforce Solutions (DWS)

December Totals

Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) Customers

45

Employability Assessment Interview (EAI) Customers

28

The last veterans coffee event of 2016 was held at Richard Childress Racing in Welcome on Pearl Harbor Day

December 7th.

There were 675 attendees, 500 of those were veterans, which made this the largest gath-

ering of its kind in North Carolina. The staff at RCR helped shuttle veterans and family

members from the parking areas to the racing complex of Mr. Childress’s beautiful audito-

rium facility. Breakfast was provided by Thelma’s of Salisbury, Stephanie Owens, Krispy

Kreme, and Sheetz. Erinn Diaz from “Letters from Home” entertained the veterans with

songs of the past.

History author James M. Scott presented his book “Target Tokyo

Jimmy Doolittle And The Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor”. We had

the opportunity to see WWII photos, some of which had never been

seen in the United States before Mr. Scott’s publication.

If you are a veteran, and have never

attended a Davidson County veter-

ans coffee at the Richard Childress

Racing Complex in Welcome, put it on

your calendar. They are held the first

Wednesday every month from 8:30 to

10:30 AM. We thank Mr. Childress and his dedicated staff for their unwavering support to our veterans and our

community.

We presented 9 HUGE bags of toys and gifts to the Salvation Army - THANK YOU! For our Vets Coffee next

December (2017), we will donate toys you bring to our year end event to the Marines’ Toys for Tots program. So

with 12 months notice, we should be able to fill the room!

Special Veterans Coffee: Join the NC Veterans Coffee in the Triangle at UNC-TV studios on Saturday, January

28th, 8:30am-10:30am. Coffee and Doughnuts are provided by Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. The keynote speaker is

the Veterans Director for the North Carolina American Red Cross. There will also be a record booth available to

record your story of service for the UNC-TV Veterans History project. For more information, visit

www.unctv.org/veterans or contact Jeff Smith, Veterans and Military Affairs Director for UNC-TV at veter-

ans@unctv.org. UNC-TV Studios, 10 T.W. Alexander Dr. Durham, NC 27709

Veterans Coffee Update & Activities

No SCHEDULED Hospice & Palliative Care Center & Rowan Hospice & Palliative Care Veterans Coffees in January: Mocksville, Cabar-

rus County, Greensboro, Statesville, Winston-Salem, King, Wilkesboro, Mt. Airy

We will start back on our regular Veterans Coffee Schedule in February.

Please pass this information along to any Veterans you think might like to join us for free coffee, doughnuts and conversation.

This update and many of the Veterans coffees listed below are hosted by

Hospice & Palliative CareCenter and Rowan Hospice & Palliative Care.

For information or questions about the Veterans Coffees, or hospice care, call or email: Don Timmons, Veteran, 336 331-1309, or

don.timmons@hospicecarecenter.org

Wednesday, February 1, Welcome at Richard Childress Racing

Thursday, February 2, Mocksville at the Sagebrush Steakhouse

Wednesday, February 8, Concord at Hendrick Motorsports

Thursday, February 9, Greensboro at the Outback Steakhouse, Four Seasons Mall

Wednesday, February 15, Statesville at the Outback Steakhouse

Thursday, February 16, Winston-Salem at the PDQ Restaurant on Stratford Rd.

Thursday, February 23, King at the Town & Country Restaurant

Contact Us

Give us a call for more

information about our

services

NCWorks Career Center

Lexington

DavidsonWorks

555-A West Center St. Ext.

Lexington, NC 27293

(336) 242-2065

NCWorks Career Center

Thomasville

211 West Colonial Drive

Thomasville, NC 27360

(336) 474-2655

Visit us on the web at: www.DavidsonWorks.org

Like us on Facebook at: Facebook.com/DavidsonWorks

Success Story

Jackson (not his real name) first visited the Thomasville NCWorks Career Center in

the Spring of 2016. A vibrant young man, he had moved back and forth from city to

city in North Carolina, but wanted to secure employment in Thomasville where he

hoped to permanently reside. He previously worked for Mighty Dollar, as a Stocker;

he stocked merchandise according to requirements, meeting customer specifica-

tions, excellent customer service, cleaned and maintained departments / work areas.

Although he only worked there for a couple of months, that didn’t keep him from

holding his head up high and striving for more.

He was consistently job searching and completing applications. He did not have his

own transportation, therefore, he would use Davidson County Transportation to get

back and forth from home to the Career Center. After several months, he received a

call from the ECU Dental School of Medicine in Lexington, concerning a position for

which he had applied. He was offered a Janitor’s position and he accepted.

Although he was working, it was only part-time, therefore, he continued to work and

come into the Career Center to job search. The staff noticed how consistent he was

and how determined he was to get his driver’s license and a vehicle in order to be

more independent. Staff suggested that Jackson attend the Job Club Express ses-

sion, which would benefit him by improving job searching skills, mock interviews, and

resume building. Once he completed the Job Club Express, he was perfect for a

work experience to build upon his customer service skills, and with learning how to

communicate with customers to satisfy their needs and wants.

Since Jackson had transportation issues, he was placed in a work experience at the

Career Center. Working with Center staff daily and helping customers was a valua-

ble experience for him. He was very appreciative for all the help he was given from

staff, the use of Career Scope, job workshop, and mock interviews to help build his

confidence.

Avante (Libertywood Nursing Home) had come to the Thomasville NCWorks Center

recruiting for Janitors, CNA and cooks. This particular day, Jackson had also come

in the office. Staff mentioned to the recruiter that Jackson would be ideal based on

his experience as a Janitor and the work experience he put in with NCWorks. We

connected the two, and as they say, the rest is history.

Jackson was able to get his license, a car, and still has two jobs working as a Janitor

at ECU Dental School and Avante!!! He still comes in to the office, but just to see

how everybody is doing!!

Coming together is a beginning; Keeping together is progress; Working together is

success

~Henry Ford~

LaTrelle Williams

NCWorks Career Center—Thomasville