Mobile job consultancy
The Bridgeport workforce development agency launched “Pop-Up” American Job Centers to help workers displaced by the pandemic to find jobs.
While that has always been one of the organization”™s core missions, WorkPlace President and CEO Joe Carbone said the issue could be even more critical for thousands of would-be employees.
The end of the American Rescue Plan added further stress to the fear and/or anxiety about returning to work, as well as people who lost their jobs due to Covid ”” and whose employers have gone out of business.
The four planned pop-up job centers and the American Job Center Career Coach, a 38-foot-long Winnebago offers consultations with specialists, computer training and career-preparation services for job-seekers, as well as recruitment and workforce development opportunities for employers.
The WorkPlace is also hoping to establish a certification and/or licensing program for the work-from-home group and it has enormous potential to help people with disabilities ”” 70% of those on unemployment today have a visible disability. “This,” said Carbone, “could be a game-changer.”
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