The CobbWorks Mobile Career Center, a free job resource, will be available at select Cobb County public libraries in March and April. This partnership was formed to make job searching tools accessible to the community.The portable facility is a bus filled with 12 computer stations were residents can complete an online job search, resume and cover letter. The computers have Internet access, allowing people to search from local, state and national jobs. Professional job counselors from CobbWorks will be available to help individuals plan job searches, apply for jobs, develop resumes and cover letters and answer career development questions.
Visitors to the mobile career center can continue their work inside libraries where they can access newspaper classifieds, use computers and check out books on job hunting and career management. Services are free and printing is available from computers and copy machines for 10 cents per page.
The career center will be available:
- Tuesday, March 3, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
South Cobb Regional Library
805 Clay Road, Mableton
- Wednesday, March 4, 2-4 p.m.
Central Library
266 Roswell St., Marietta
- Tuesday, March 17, 2-4 p.m.
Merchant’s Walk Library
1315 Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta
- Thursday, March 19, 2-4 p.m.
Merchant’s Walk Library
1315 Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta
- Tuesday, April 7, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Stratton Library
1100 Powder Springs Road, Marietta
Participants should bring a thumb drive to save their work and a notebook to take notes. Services are provided on a first-come, first-service basis and computer usage at the mobile career center is unlimited unless there is a line. Then it is limited to one hour sessions. The bus is wheelchair accessible.
For more information, call CobbWorks at (770) 528-4300.
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