Reg Workforce Developnment Board 10-2000

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C 3 Qualitative Outcomes (success stories ) On Wednesday , August 2 , 2000 , the Orange County Skills Development/Job Link Center sponsored its second Job Fair . On the Monday and Tuesday before the Job Fair, the JobLink Center hosted two workshops in an effort to better prepare the job seekers when they came to the Job Fair . The first workshop was aimed at assisting individuals with completing applications and preparing professional resumes . The second workshop entitled "Making the Most of Your Job Fair" and was an informative session that covered basic topics on how to make the most of the Job Fair experience . The Job Fair was held in the Center ' s Career Resource Room from 10 : 00 AM — 2 : 00 PM , and it took j ob seekers , employers , and JobLink staff all working together to make the event a success . Ten ( 10 ) employers were present that afternoon, and the Center registered over forty ( 40 ) job seekers . A new employer in town, McAllister ' s Deli , promptly returned a follow - up call to inform JobLink staff that four people were hired as a result of the Job Fair . Based on the evaluations , job seekers seemed very satisfied with the overall experience . One suggestion that the Job Fair planning committee will take into consideration for the next time is to include a wider variety of for profit and not for profit business . Karen Shelton , an Orange County resident that participated in the Chapel Hill Good Work ' s "Building Your Business " class and member of the loan circle ( Ladies of the Future) received her first Gook Work loan for $ 1000 . Karen is the owner of SIZL Art Gallery and a cancer survivor that has overcome many financial and health issues to now having a viable business that is now profitable . Bill and his wife had been making a living in sales for several years . Together they had been making $ 10 per hour , but were out of work a good bit of the time because of layoffs . When Bill was laid off last spring we conducted an assessment to help him determine a field of employment where he could excel . He had always wanted to be a barber ; JOCCA worked out a training plan and made arrangements for funding for him to attend the Sanford Barber College . Bill is currently attending school , has not missed any classes and has received excellent progress reports . He is cutting hair for everyone who will let him . Bill and his wife have only one car so his wife has been taking him to Sanford on a daily basis prior to driving to Durham to her job . Bill ' s wife was a former Certified Nurses Aide but her license expired . She was not happy with her work in a large department store , but could not afford to give it up and go back to classes . JOCCA provided her with some old textbooks that had been recycled . With those books and a lot of studying , she regained her license and obtained a * ob doing private duty nursing for an elderly gentleman . Bill has very low math skills and has not been able to arrange his schedule to take classes necessary to enhance his math skills , but he was given some recycled books and is studying at home . Since his goal is to become self- employed , after his internship , it is planned that Bill be referred to Good Work to assist him with that endeavor .