KANNAPOLIS – The R3 Center is offering numerous career development workshops and resume clinics in September for adults in Rowan and Cabarrus counties. All of the programs are provided free.
“The highlight of the month is a workshop titled ‘Facing the End of Your Unemployment Benefits,’ on Sept. 12 and 26,” said Keri Allman, director of the R3 Center. “We have a number of clients entering the center that have been on a cycle of unemployment and their regular benefits have either expired or are about to.”
Located at 200 West Ave., in Kannapolis, the R3 Center is a career development center established by Rowan-Cabarrus Community College to help displaced workers, the unemployed and under-employed.
The center’s September schedule of workshops includes the following sessions. Due to the popularity of its free sessions, the R3 Center strongly encourages clients to call in advance to reserve a place, 704-216-7201.
New Client Launch – offered on Mondays at 9 a.m.; on Tuesdays at 6 p.m.; on Wednesdays at 11 a.m.; on Thursdays at 2 p.m. New Client Launch is an orientation workshop for persons who have never attended an R3 Center workshop or taken advantage of its other services.
The calendar also includes the following workshops:
g Identifying Your Career Options – 9 a.m. today; 2 p.m. on Sept. 26;
g Interview Techniques – 9 a.m. Friday; 6 p.m. on Sept. 24;
g Networking Methods – 9 a.m. Sept. 18;
g Stand Out from the Competition – 6 p.m. Sept. 17;
g Looking for Work at 50+ – 9 a.m. on Sept. 25;
g Looking for Work with a Criminal Record – 2 p.m. Sept. 19;
g Online Job Hunting – 9 a.m. Sept. 21;
g Facing the End of Your Unemployment Benefits – 9 a.m. Sept. 26.
The R3 Center also will offer resume clinics to help job searchers improve their current resume or create a new one from start to finish. Please call to reserve a seat. The resume clinics are scheduled for: 9 a.m. Sept. 22 and 27.
The center helps adult workers assess their skills, aptitudes, training and academic credentials, and future career interests to develop an action plan for career growth. All R3 Center services are provided free-of-charge. The center’s office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
For more information about the R3 Center and its services and programs, please call 704-216-7201, or visit the center’s website at www.rccc.edu/r3center/.