Workforce Development

Recruiting and retaining a talented workforce is key to the success of any business.

• N.C. Community College System
  • Business/Industry Education & Training Programs
  • Customized Training
  • Workforce Development
  • BioNetwork
• N.C. Department of Commerce's Workforce Services, including:
  • Employer Basics, addressing hiring, compensation and taxes.
  • Incumbent Worker Training, providing support for additional training and skills
  • JobLink Career Centers, providing community-based services for job-seekers.
• Employment Security Commission of North Carolina provides information and services for companies and employees, including labor market statistics.
• North Carolina's Workforce Development Network, a partnership involving Commerce, the N.C. Community College System and the Employment Security Commission. The network provides North Carolina's businesses with a workforce that is talented and qualified, and trains that workforce to reflect the productive and innovative culture necessary to ensure long-term success. Local workforce development boards are an important part of the network. View a listing of the boards, which serve all 100 counties.
• UNC System's campus career placement centers. View a map of campuses.

Other Workforce Resources

• N.C. Area Health Education Center/Health Professionals Workforce Development
• N.C. Biotechnology Center/Biotechnology Workforce Development
• The state's seven Regional Economic Development Partnerships are public-private partnerships representing different parts of North Carolina while working closely with other economic development agencies and organizations.
  • AdvantageWest Economic Development Group
  • Charlotte Regional Partnership
  • North Carolina's Eastern Region
  • North Carolina's Northeast Commission
  • North Carolina's Southeast
  • Piedmont Triad Partnership
    • U.S. Department of Labor WIRED Grant
  • Research Triangle Regional Partnership