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Job Readiness Kickoff set for Nov. 12 in Nearby Rome

It's designed to help prepare job seekers for the fifth-annual Northwest Georgia Career Expo which set for Thursday, Nov. 14, also in Rome.

The Georgia Department of Labor is taking its Special Workforce Assistance Team (SWAT) to Rome on Tuesday, Nov. 12, to assist northwest Georgia job seekers in their search for employment by offering workshops and informational sessions two days prior to the city’s annual Northwest Georgia Career Expo.

The Northwest Georgia Job Readiness event will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at The Forum, 2 Government Plaza. Job seekers will be able to take part in several workshops, such as:

  • Marketing Yourself Using Social Media
  • Interviewing Skills
  • Job Search after 40
  • Creating a Value-based Résumé and
  • How to Succeed at a Job Fair.
Attendees also will have the opportunity to receive hands-on assistance in developing their own social media pages, creating personal business cards for their job search, and developing their own 30-second “commercial” to market themselves for new career opportunities, and others.

Goodwill of North Georgia also is hosting workshops for job seekers on Monday, Nov. 11, at the same location.

The Job Readiness event is designed to help prepare job seekers for the Fifth Annual Northwest Georgia Career Expo which will be held Thursday, Nov. 14, from 9 a.m. to noon, also at The Forum.

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