Durham JobLink Career Center

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Durham JobLink Ex-Offender Program

Overview

The JobLink Ex-Offender Program provides individualized assistance with career counseling and employment search and retention for eligible ex-offenders to aid in their transition as responsible members of the community and workforce.

Benefits

The following benefits are offered to eligible participants:

• Employment Counseling
  Our professional counselors take the time to learn your individual needs and provide guidance from the beginning to help you become acclimated to the community and job market. Aptitude/proficiency testing is available as individually determined.



• Employment Search Orientations/Workshops
  Workshops are conducted to provide assistance with searching for employment including resume writing, completing an application, interviewing skills and utilizing community resources.



• Placement Services
  Uncertain of the workplace or what will be expected of you to be successful? Our counselors are here to help you learn and develop the necessary skills to gain and retain employment. We can assist with your understanding of time management, conflict resolution, common policies and procedures within the workplace and accessing legitimate means of income.

Opportunities for training within locally deemed growth occupations may also be available and are determined on an individual basis. Visit www.ncstars.org to view a list of training programs and eligible training providers. To assist you with making an informed career decision, see the ESC brochure to learn of the long-term occupational projections for Durham County.

Eligibility Requirements

Please review the following criteria to determine your program eligibility:

• 18 years of age and older
• United States citizen or eligible non-citizen
• Durham residency
• Unemployed
• Felony and misdemeanor convictions in the last two years OR ex-offender released within the last year

How to Contact Us

To find out more about how the JobLink Ex-Offender Program may assist you, please contact Demetrius Lynn at (919) 560-6880, ext. 200 regarding our orientations held every other month at the Durham JobLink Career Center, 1105 S. Briggs Avenue, in Durham. To have a representative contact you to discuss whether the JobLink Ex-Offender Program is right for you, please complete the following.

Name:

County of Residence:

Phone Number:

Current or Previous Type of Employment:

Type of Position Desired:

Email Address:

How did you hear about the JobLink Ex-Offender Program?

Friend/Relative
Employer
Visit to JobLink Center
Workforce Board Web Site

 

Assistance for Training Providers

If you are a training provider wanting to learn more about the benefits of applying to become an eligible provider with the Durham JobLink, please click here.