Virginia Career Works Center Opens at ESCC Workforce

The Hampton Roads Workforce Council, in partnership with Virginia Works, Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS), and Eastern Shore Community College, celebrated the grand opening of the Virginia Career Works Eastern Shore Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday morning, August 24th, on the Melfa campus of ESCC.

Virginia Career Works connects job seekers with employers through its training providers and network of professionals. Services include one-on-one career counseling, skills training, job preparation workshops, and on-site computer access.

A program Monday morning that culminated with the ribbon cutting on the newly located offices at ESCC, also included addresses by ESCC President, Dr. Daryl Minus, Nicole Overly, the Commissioner of Virginia Works, and Shawn Avery, the President and CEO of Hampton Roads Workforce Council.  Guests at the event were treated to refreshments and tours of new offices.

This new center is the seventh location operated by the Hampton Roads Workforce Council and marks the organization’s commitment to expanding services to the business community and job seekers here on the Eastern Shore.