Carroll County Business and Employment Resource Center -
- Parent agency
- Carroll County Dept. of Economic Development
- Street address
- 224 N. Center Street
Westminster, Maryland 21157-5134
- Phone number
- 410-386-2820
- Fax number
- 410-876-2977
- Office hours
- Mon-Thu 8-4:30; Fri 8-2
- Purpose
- To develop a highly effective workforce for new and existing businesses; to assist job seekers in achieving, advancing, and retaining employment, and to encourage lifelong learning.
- Service
- Services provided to businesses include customized workforce development services and information, training grants information, and business development support. Services to dislocated workers, displaced homemakers, individuals with disabilities, adults, and youth include skills assessment, employment counseling, career guidance, job search techniques, skills upgrade training, General Educational Development (GED) test preparation, remedial education, and job placement assistance. Also services are available to Veterans to help find employment, vocational guidance, training opportunities and referral to supportive services. The Resource Center — located in the Carroll County Multi-Service Building — offers job postings, computerized job registration, Internet access, computer labs, workshops, fax service, and a library of job search and career planning resources.
- Area served
- Serves Carroll County.
- Subjects
- Adult Education, Business And Industry, Career Exploration, Computers, GED (General Educational Development Test), Unemployment, Vocational Training/Counseling, Volunteers - Needed
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