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5 Things to Know about Workforce1
- Anyone 18 years or older can use a Workforce1 Career Center
- There are no income, citizenship, or residency requirements
- You don't have to be unemployed. Workforce1 Career Centers offer services to people at various stages of the job cycle: unemployed, facing a lay off and employed.
- It's free.(The programs are funded the Equal Opportunity - Workforce Investment Act.
- It works. The programs says it placed New Yorkers in over 35,000 jobs in 2011, citywide.
Official Website:http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/wf1/html/about/about.shtml
2 Brooklyn Locations
PARK SLOPEBrooklyn Central Library Workforce1 Career Center
(by appointment only) 10 Grand Army Plaza, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11238-5619
Hours: Monday – Thursday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Friday 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Email: Workforce1centralbklyn@grantassociatesinc.com
Directions: Subways # 2,3, or 4 train to either Grand Army Plaza or Eastern Parkway stops. Also the B41 bus to Flatbush Ave – Grand Army Plaza stop.
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN
Brooklyn Workforce1 Career Center
9 Bond Street, 5th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Between Livingston and Fulton Streets
Telephone: (718) 246-5219
Email: Workforce1Brooklyn@grantassociatesinc.com
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM; Wednesday: 8:30 AM - 8:00 PM
Directions: By subway take the A,C to Hoyt-Schermerhorn; A,C,F to Jay Street-Borough Hall; 2,3 to Hoyt Street; M,R to Lawrence Street; 4,5 to Nevins Street; or B,M,Q,R to DeKalb Avenue. By bus, the B25, B26, B38, B41, B45, B52, B54, B57, B61, B63, B65, and B67 stop along Fulton and Livingston Streets.
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