KANNAPOLIS — The R3 Center is offering career development workshops and resume clinics in July for adults in Rowan and Cabarrus counties. All of the programs are provided free.
July marks 10 years since the closing of Pillowtex and a new era for careers in the area. Rowan-Cabarrus Community College’s R3 Career Center was established based on lessons learned beginning in 2003 on how to serve individuals in career transition.
July is also the month to share your career heritage. Do you have a hard working family member in your employment family tree you would like to recognize? Do you have an interesting career story to tell? Share your story by visiting the R3 Career Center in Kannapolis, 200 West Avenue, 704-216-7201 or at www.rccc.edu/r3/heritage/.
“Career Heritage Day” will be held at the Rowan-Cabarrus building on the North Carolina Research Campus, 399 Biotechnology Lane, Kannapolis, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30, to showcase shared career heritage stories. The community is welcome to attend and meet career coaches, learn about free GED opportunities, take a guided tour of the building and more.
Each Wednesday in July, the R3 Center will have “R3 Clinics” available at the N.C. Department of Commerce Division of Workforce Solutions/JobLink Career Centers in both Rowan and Cabarrus counties. The clinics will feature new client launch appointments, resume screening, career coaching and workshops. Clients wanting to attend are asked to call 704-216-3664 to schedule an appointment. The workshop schedule for July will be:
• July 10: Interview Techniques
• July 17: Identifying Your Career Options
• July 24: Looking for Work at 50+
• July 31: Looking for Work as a 20-Something
Salisbury location: DWS/JobLink Center, 1904 S. Main St.
Concord location: DWS/JobLink Center, 2275 Kannapolis Hwy.
For those looking to attend workshops onsite at the R3 Career Center, services are offered at 200 West Ave., in Kannapolis. The R3 Center is a career development center established by Rowan-Cabarrus Community College to assist displaced workers, those who are unemployed or under-employed.
The center’s July schedule of workshops includes the following sessions. Due to the popularity of its free sessions, the R3 Center strongly encourages clients to call in advance to reserve a place: 704-216-7201.
New Client Launch is an orientation workshop for persons who have never attended an R3 Center workshop or taken advantage of its other services. Appointments are available Monday-Friday and can be made by calling 704-216-7201.
The calendar includes the following workshops:
• Identifying Your Career Options, 9 a.m. on July 11 and 23;
• Interview Techniques, 11 a.m. on July 22;
• Networking Methods, 9 a.m. on July 16;
• Stand Out from the Competition, 9 a.m. on July 26, and 2 p.m. on July 15;
• Looking for Work at 50+, 9 a.m. on July 8;
• Looking for Work with a Criminal Record, 11 a.m. on July 8;
• Letter Writing for the Job Seeker, 11 a.m. on July 18;
• Online Job Hunting, 9 a.m. on July 19;
• Looking for Work at a 20-Something, 11 a.m. on July 12;
• Helping Family Members Look for Work, 2 p.m. on July 29.
The R3 Center also will offer multiple resume clinics to help job searchers improve their current resume or create a new one. Please call to reserve a seat. The resume clinics are scheduled for:
• 9 a.m. July 9 and July 18;

• 2 p.m. July 25.
The R3 Center partners with other workforce development agencies, including the Centralina Workforce Development Board, JobLink Career Centers of Cabarrus and Rowan counties, N.C. Department of Commerce- Division of Workforce Solutions, and other area community colleges. For more information about the R3 Center and its services and programs, please call 704-216-7201, or visit the center’s website at www.rccc.edu/r3/.