Jan. 19: Goodwill career center open house set for 1 p.m.; 450 helped to date

Media release: Just one-month's time the Goodwill of North Georgia in Rome has served more than 450 job seekers. Thursday at 1:00 pm local community and business leaders will join the organization to celebrate their success during the Career Center Open House.

"This is our opportunity to invite the community to see what the career center has to offer, thank those who have already become great partners and celebrate the fact that more people are now working because of the new career center," says Director of Public Relations Elaine Armstrong.

The Rome Goodwill facility, located at 154 Hicks Drive, opened on December 15 and includes a store, drive-up donation center in addition to the career center. The nonprofit collects donated goods, sells them in its stores and uses the money to fund a variety of job training programs and services, including the Rome career center.

Equipped with computers with Internet-access and resume-writing software, job posting boards, photocopiers, telephones and other resources, the center is free and open to all job-seekers. Goodwill also provides recruitment fair space, interview rooms and other services to local employers looking to hire staff.

"Goodwill is widely-recognized as an organization that collects and sells used goods, but our mission is to put people to work. Career centers provide an opportunity for us to fulfill that mission," Armstrong says.