Macon County JobLink Partner Agencies

The success of the Macon County JobLink Career Center System comes from the cooperation and commitment of the partners involved. Combining the many resources for job seekers and employers under one roof insures that these services are provided efficiently and effectively. Listed below are the JobLink Partners and the specific services they provide.

Employment Security Commission

Employment Security Commission is the host agency for the JobLink Career Center in Macon County. The ESC offers all of its services to customers at the Macon County JobLink Career Center. Services provided include but are not limited to job referral and placement, job development, unemployment insurance, resume preparation assistance, veterans employment services, employer technical services, labor market information, TAA, ATAA, and HCTC services.

Southwestern Community College
Southwestern Community College provides resume preparation assistance at the JobLink Career Center. Additionally, classes in Job Interviewing Skills, GED preparation, and other Human Resource Development classes are available.

NC Vocational Rehabilitation Services

Vocational Rehabilitation provides training such as work adjustment training, supported employment training, vocational and trade school training, college training (community college and university) and on-the-job training. To businesses across North Carolina, VR is a reliable source of trained applicants. VR has helped thousands of employers reduce the dollars and time they spend on hiring.  Counselors, evaluators, job placement specialists and engineers provide follow-up services and customized consultation. 

Macon County Department of Social Services

Macon County DSS has a Work First-Human Resource Placement Specialist stationed full-time at the JobLink. This individual provides the following services to eligible clients:
WorkFirst : Provides employment services, other supportive services, and time-limited cash assistance to TANF recipients with children under age 18. The goal is to quickly move participants from welfare to work. Some of the services provided include:
Job Development and Job Placement
Job Coaching
Job Retention/Follow-up
Resume Preparation
Job Seeking Skills
Assistance with Housing
Budgeting Assistance
Referral to appropriate resources

Southwestern Commission
Provides assessment services, eligibility determination, information about careers, labor market, education and training programs, development of employability plans, and referral for services and/or training.

N.C. Division of Services for the Blind

Provides rehabilitative services for the blind, visually impaired, deaf-blind, or multi-handicapped. Guidance and counseling, vocational training, adjustment to blindness, adaptive technology, supported employment, job placement assistance, independent living services.

LBJ Job Corps Center

Job Corps is a no-cost education and vocational training program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor that helps young people ages 16 through 24 get a better job, make more money, and take control of their lives. Click here to view LBJ Job Corps Center Video.

Macon Program for Progress, Inc.

MPP is a private, non-profit community action agency whose mission is to mobilize local, state and federal resources to alleviate the causes and conditions of poverty in Macon County, North Carolina. Macon Program for Progress contracts with Southwestern Commission to operate the Workforce Investment Act Adult training program in Macon County.