RCCC News
NEWS    
Contact: Jeff Lowrance
704-216-3467
lowrancej@rowancabarrus.edu
 
August 31, 2007
For Immediate Release
 
R3 Center Announces September Schedule of Career Workshops
 

            SALISBURY, N.C. — The R3 Center is offering numerous career development workshops in September for adults in Cabarrus and Rowan counties. The programs are provided free-of-charge.

            Located at 164 Dale Earnhardt Blvd., in Kannapolis, the R3 Center is a career development center established by Rowan-Cabarrus Community College (RCCC) to assist workers who are unemployed or under-employed.

            The center’s mission is built on three Rs – a refocus on individual skills and interests, retraining and further education, and partnering with other workforce development agencies to secure career-oriented re-employment.

            The center’s September schedule of free workshops includes:

    1. Resume Step 1 – 9/5 at 6:30 p.m.., and 9/19 at 10 a.m.;
    2. Is Now the Time for More Training? – 9/10 at 6:30 p.m.;
    3. Interview Techniques – 9/11 at 6:30 p.m.;
    4. Top Jobs for Your Personality – 9/12 at 6:30 p.m.;
    5. New Approaches to Job Hunting – 9/13 at 6:30 p.m.;
    6. Preparing for Job Loss – 9/18 at 9 a.m.;
    7. Extreme Makeover: Job Seeker Edition – 9/20 at 10 a.m.;
    8. From Career Readiness Certification to Employment – 9/24 at 10:30 a.m., and 6:30 p.m.;
    9. Why Am I Still Unemployed? – 9/25 at 6:30 p.m.; and
    10. What Do I Want to Do? (Myers-Briggs) – 9/26 at 10 a.m.

            The R3 Center helps adult workers assess and profile their skills, aptitudes, training and academic credentials, and future career interests, and develop a plan for career growth.

            The center also provides Work Keys® assessment and instruction. Completion of this program will give clients Career Readiness Certification, a nationally recognized credential, validating preparedness for specific career fields. All R3 Center services are offered free of charge.

            The R3 Center partners with other workforce development agencies, including the Centralina Workforce Development Board, JobLink Career Centers of Cabarrus and Rowan counties, N.C. Employment Security Commission and other area community colleges. RCCC opened the Kannapolis center in January, with generous support from Castle & Cooke Inc.

            For more information about the R3 Center and its services and programs, call 704-216-7201, or visit the center’s website at http://www.rowancabarrus.edu/r3center/index2.html.

 
 
About Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
 

           Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is a comprehensive, community-based institution of higher learning, serving the citizens of Rowan and Cabarrus Counties. RCCC offers approximately 40 programs of study in business, health and human services and engineering technologies at multiple campus locations. RCCC annually provides more than 2,000 course offerings, serving an enrollment of approximately 20,000 adult students. RCCC programs include an associate degree in arts and sciences, an associate degree in applied science, and diploma and certificate programs focusing on workforce training, continuing education and basic skills education.

           In addition, RCCC provides the education and job-training programs needed to meet many of the workforce demands of the North Carolina Research Campus, under construction in Kannapolis, N.C.

           For complete details, see the RCCC website at www.rowancabarrus.edu.

 
-- END --