Job Seekers Success Stories

Opportunities and a second chance!

After Hurricane Florence visited North Carolina, several counties were declared natural disaster areas and funds became available through the Disaster Recovery Employment Program (DREP) to assist these counties in storm-related clean-up.  To be eligible for the program, an individual needed to have lost their job, due to the hurricane, or have been unemployed for over 13 weeks.  Junious Winston fit the criteria.  After being accepted into the program, he was placed with ...

When natural disasters hit our area, the world slows a bit.  For some, the world completely stops!  Not only are we faced with damage to our homes, our property, and our memories – our livelihood could be gone in an instant.  That is what happened to Mr. Winston, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Roberson.  All of these gentlemen found themselves out of work, due to Hurricane Florence.

But .. there is hope!  The ‘silver lining’ is a program called Hurricane Florence Disaster ...

Tyler Stanbridge had recently graduated with a two-year degree in Welding Technology and was struggling to find a job.  Tyler, like many young people we see, had never worked and was lacking the work experience required of entry-level welders.  A friend referred him to the Beaufort County NCWorks Career Center.  Once at the Career Center and evaluating his options, Tyler decided to enroll in a new program the Region Q Workforce Development Board is offering called Maximize Carolina.  In this ...

As a recent graduate from NC State University, Ana Mora found herself seeking a career that would allow her to utilize her training to its full potential.  She has found just that career with PAS USA.  Ana stated, “My goal is to try and learn as much as possible in order to thrive at the tasks given to me.  I want to absorb as much as I can from my Logistics Manager in order to learn more about supply chain ...

What an awesome experience it was for me to meet Tracey!  I often see our participants for a very brief time as we are signing the On-the-Job Training (OJT) paperwork.  However, this time it was a bit different.  During one of Tracey’s visit with his Career Advisor, Kimberly Laws, I was able to meet Tracey and spend a few minutes with him.  He had the biggest smile signing his enrollment paperwork! 

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DeCarlo Mangrum moved to Beaufort County from Virginia.  Unfortunately, he was struggling to find a job to support himself and his child.  Seeking guidance, he made his way to the Beaufort County NCWorks Career Center.  While meeting with a Career Advisor, it was determined that DeCarlo wanted to earn his CDL.  After going through the initial assessment process, he was referred to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Program.  DeCarlo was approved and soon enrolled ...

Two years ago, Sierra Hansley was enrolled in the ADN Program at Beaufort County Community College.  Right before her last semester she missed one class by 0.5 points and was not able to continue with the program.  She had given up and wanted to quit.  That is when Sierra visited her WIOA Career Advisor, Kimberly Laws.  Sierra, Kim, and the BCCC Advisors devised a new game plan; transfer Sierra to the LPN Program.  They were able to ...