Job-seekers can learn how to use Facebook in a job search, pick up new computer skills and get professional job-search advice during free workshops this month at the Tennessee Career Centers in Morristown and Talbott.
Workshops are funded by a partnership between the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development and Walters State Community College.
AT TALBOTT
The Tennessee Career Center at Talbott is located in the Alpha Square Shopping Center on West Andrew Johnson Highway. Classes planned in December are:
* Computer Literacy and Mouse Practice, 9 to 9:30 a.m. on Dec. 13.
* Computer Literacy, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 13.
* Personal Branding, 10 a.m. to noon on Dec. 14.
*Computer Literacy, E-mail Basics, 9 to 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 15.
* Computer Literacy, Internet Basics, 10:30 a.m. to noon on Dec. 15.
AT MORRISTOWN
The Tennessee Career Center at Morristown is located in Room 110 of the Clifford H. "Bo" Henry Center for Business and Technology.
It is part of the Center for Workforce Education at Walters State Community College's Morristown campus.
Planned in December is: Create Your 30-Second Commercial And Why You Need It, 10 a.m. to noon on Dec. 14.
Both centers offer resource labs with computers, printers and fax machines that job-seekers can use at no charge.
Centers also provide information about the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Tennessee Technology Center, Adult Education Program, Walters State Community College and Workforce Investment.
All services are free to anyone who is at least 18 years old.
Anyone may attend the workshops at no charge, but reservations are required.
To make reservations or to learn more, please call the Tennessee Career Center at Talbott at (423) 317-1078 or the Tennessee Career Center at Morristown at (423) 318-2341.
You can learn more about services by visiting http://www.smokymtnjobs.org or visiting the Smoky Mountains Area WIA page on Facebook.
