Author: Charlotte Works Staff

18 Mar Volunteering can get you engaged, empowered, employed

Posted at 14:45h in Job-Seeker by Charlotte Works Staff

There are really three top reasons why job-seekers should volunteer, and they align nicely with Charlotte Works’s tag line: Engaged | Empowered | Employed. A government study by The Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency that promotes volunteerism, tracked more than 70,000 jobless...

18 Mar Library partnership increases options for job-seekers

Posted at 14:33h in CARE3 by Charlotte Works Staff

Nearly 44,000 job-seekers visited one of NCWorks’ CARE3 (Community Access to Resources that Engage, Empower and Employ) sites during the 2014-15 program year. More than half of those visits were to the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Main, Sugar Creek and Steele Creek branches. The library partnership began in 2011...

18 Mar Workforce by the Numbers: Charlotte Works expands data, labor market research efforts

Posted at 14:23h in News by Charlotte Works Staff

Workforce by the Numbers is our monthly look at the statistics and data that are shaping the workforce in the Charlotte region. Those in workforce development (local government, education and nonprofit leaders) have a need for accurate and current data for decision-making. And research is a major...

18 Mar News and notes

Posted at 14:01h in News by Charlotte Works Staff

Check out all the great things that have happened and are happening at your NCWorks Career Centers in Charlotte! Charlotte Works benefits from new book on the American workforce Two Charlotte Works clients have been profiled in a new book about working, “The American Workday: Tales of...

19 Feb Congratulations! They’ve landed!

Posted at 16:51h in Success Story by Charlotte Works Staff

Charlotte Works and your NCWorks Career Centers congratulate the following clients who’ve recently landed: When Jodie Anderson left her accountant job at a printing business last summer, she thought it would be no time before she landed her next opportunity. “I thought I knew everything. I...

19 Feb Meet Interim President & CEO Danielle Frazier

Posted at 16:37h in News by Charlotte Works Staff

It brings me great pleasure to introduce myself as interim president and CEO of Charlotte Works. This is truly a humbling experience and I look forward to serving in this capacity. I’ve worked in workforce development for more than 17 years, eight of which have been...

19 Feb Engineering firm Perigon “makes new footprints in the sand” with training grant

Posted at 16:30h in Employers by Charlotte Works Staff

Imagine walking into a room to find a virtual chemical manufacturing plant projected onto a big screen. Imagine you’re the operator of such a plant. Imagine walking through your virtual plant, noting that if a fairly large pipe carrying a hot liquid remains where it’s currently placed,...

19 Feb Mistakes are good, says mock interview coach

Posted at 16:13h in Volunteers by Charlotte Works Staff

One of cleaning-products company Method’s cultural values is the value of mistakes: “We consider mistakes little messes we can learn from; nothing that can’t be cleaned up and made better.” [caption id="attachment_3664" align="alignleft" width="170"] NCWorks Volunteer Andrea Campbell also serves as a college liaison to student...

19 Feb Millennials want to benefit from workforce changes

Posted at 15:59h in Employers by Charlotte Works Staff

Employers today are adjusting to the changing face of the workforce. With many baby boomers retired or nearing retirement age, they’re making way for millennials, whose workplace values and interests are vastly different than those of previous generations. In 2015, millennials became the largest generation in...

19 Feb Strategic plan takes shape in first half of year

Posted at 15:39h in Policy by Charlotte Works Staff

As Charlotte Works approaches the second half of the program year, it’s important to take stock of our strategic plan and our progress toward its goals. In June 2015, former President and CEO Steve Partridge launched the strategic plan with a discussion of its areas of focus...