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New Employment Center Open in Wayne County

New Employment Center Open in Wayne County - Monday, February 8, 2010 at 5:50PM EST

Reported by: Eric Deabill
Monday, Feb 8, 2010 @ 05:50pm EST
HONESDALE, WAYNE COUNTY - People who live in Wayne County and are looking for a job have a new place to turn for help.

The new Wayne County Employment and Training Center has just opened up on 10th Street in Honesdale.

Patricia Brooke of Honesdale is like many people right now. She's looking for work. She stopped by the center Monday morning for assistance.

"This is my first time here. It's very impressive," Brooke said.

The new center is sort of a "one stop shop" for job seekers. The county's job training staff, CareerLink representatives and even the Veteran's Affairs Director now work in the building. In the past, their offices were scattered around.

"We were offering services out of the courthouse on the second floor, so this is much more accessible to the public. People can drive-up. There's free parking now," Marie McDonnell, Director of Job Training, said.

The new center has a resource area, complete with ten computers for people to use to job hunt or create resumes. There's also a training area where workshops can be held.

"There's people hurting right now," John Keyes with PA CareerLink said. "We recognize that and we try to extend ourselves in any way we can."

"I've been in unemployment services before and usually it's -- take a number, wait an hour, fill out a lot of forms and with John -- we jumped right in here and it hopefully will be great," Brooke said.

The center is open to anyone from teenagers to the elderly and for Patricia Brooke, she hopes it is the extra boost she needs.

"It's a free service. There's no down-side to this kind of operation in our town," Brooke said.

The new center is open Monday thru Fridays from 8:30 AM until 4:30 PM.
 


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