Governor’s Workforce Commission Spotlights Guilford County Partnership

Press release from the City of Greensboro:

Post Date:09/11/2020 2:30 PM

GuilfordWorks was recently featured in a Spotlight on Local Workforce Innovations report from the Governor’s NCWorks Commission. The report highlights the Coursera initiative launched in June, 2020 which provides unemployed and furloughed job seekers or those with reduced hours with job-relevant online learning at no cost.

Coursera established the Workforce Recovery Initiative in early 2020 to help governments worldwide provide unemployed workers with free access to online courses. The initiative’s goal is to help impacted workers develop the knowledge and skills to become re-employed. GuilfordWorks is the first local agency to partner with Coursera in the state of North Carolina.

Free online learning courses are still available to Guilford County residents who are unemployed or working reduced hours. The program offers free access to more than 3,000 college and university courses. Interested participants can register at GuilfordWorks through September 30. Free access to courses is available through December 31, 2020.

The City of Greensboro’s Office of Workforce Development is commonly referred to as GuilfordWorks and is the administrative and service arm of the NCWorks Career Centers in Greensboro and High Point.

This press release was produced by the City of Greensboro. The views expressed here are the author’s own.