New service for job seekers launched at the Oakwood Centre

In January Wokingham Job Support Centre opened its doors to provide a Woodley based service for residents looking for work. The Job Support Centre is an independent charity providing people over 20 years old with free and confidential information and advice on employment, job searching and training and career changes.

Experienced advisors will now be available at the Oakwood Centre on Tuesday mornings, 10.30 am to 1.30 pm, to offer free one-to-one consultations and help with reviewing job searches, preparing and updating of CVs and job applications, improving interview and presentation techniques and free support in the basic use of word processing. In addition clients will have free access to a database of job vacancies, national and local newspapers and a career matching programme.

Clients can call in to register with the Job Support Centre and are then welcome to make use of the services as often as they wish. The charity has helped over 5400 people since 1992.

On the day of the launch at the Oakwood Centre Town Mayor, Cllr. Kay Gilder, was on hand to welcome members of the Wokingham Job Support Centre and said she was delighted that by working together the Centre and the Town Council had brought a new local service to the town which she thought would be a crucial need in the present economic situation.

Pictured are members of the WJSC team, their first clients in Woodley and the Town Mayor.