AARP Resources

Practical tips and resources that can help older workers seeking jobs.

LaidOffCamp

LaidOffCamp is an ad-hoc gathering of unemployed and nontraditionally employed people (including freelancers, entrepreneurs and startups) who want to share ideas and learn from each other.  Several camps in various locations are planned for future dates, including one in the RTP area.

Additonal Information from Workforce Development Services

Workforce Development-Southwestern Commission:  includes information on area Agency on Aging, Community and Economic Development and Workforce Development.  Serves: Swain, Jackson, Graham, Haywood, Macon, Cherokee, and Clay counties.  http://www.regiona.org/workforce/index.htm

Eastern Region Workforce Innovations Network  - http://www.easternregionwin.org/

Serves:  Eastern Carolina WDB – Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico, and Wayne Counties - www.ecwdb.org

Region Q WDB – Bertie, Beaufort, Hertford, Martin, and Pitt countieswww.regionqwdb.org

Turning Point WDB –Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, North Hampton, and Wilson counties - www.turningpointwdb.org

High Country Workforce Development Board includes calendar of events, headlines and strategic plan                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Serves: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Yancey, Watauga, and Wilkes counties - http://www.highcountrywdb.com/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Triadworks: Regional Collaboration for Economic Development in the North Carolina Triad Region - http://www.triadworks.org/                                                                  

Includes: DavidsonWorks WDB, Greensboro/High Point/Guilford County WDB, Kerr-Tar Council of Governments WDB, Northwest Piedmont WDB, Regional Partnership WDB, and Pee Dee Region WDB                                                                                  

Serves: Alamance, Caswell David, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, and Yadkin counties.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              NCNWA - North Carolina Northeast Workforce Alliance: An alliance formed by regional economic and workforce development organizations to promote prosperity in northeastern North Carolina includes map of counties served - http://www.ncnarp.com/ 

Includes: Region Q WDB, Northeastern WDB, and Turning Point WDB.                  

Serves:  Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The Competitive Workforce Alliance a regional partnership of Workforce Development/Investment Boards covering a 26-county region in North and South Carolina.- http://www.agreatworkforce.com/

Includes:  Centralina WDB, Charlotte-Mecklenburg WDB, Gaston County WDB, Region C WDB, and Western Piedmont WDB

Serves:  Anson, Cabarrus, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan, Stanly, Union, Mecklenburg, Cleveland, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, and Catawba counties.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Charlotte Mecklenburg JobLink Career Center System describes what JobLink is all about and a short video about what to expect at a JobLink Career Center. - http://www.joblinkcenter.org/calendar/index.cfm

                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Capital Area Workforce Development Board Connecting Workforce and Economic Development in Wake & Johnston Counties - http://www.capitalareawdb.com/