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Workforce Development Center: Helping Alexandria Strive & Thrive
The City of Alexandria's Workforce Development Center (WDC), a proud partner of the American Job Center network, offers staffing solutions that provide businesses with employees who are skilled and ready to work. As a certified One Stop Center, WDC serves a variety of skill levels from those with advanced degrees and years of experience to those with limited education and experience. We provide services and resources for job seekers including access to our Career Center, career readiness workshops, career assessments and customized hiring events.
WDC provides a range of business services at no cost to businesses, including job placement, recruitment, labor market information and certified Business Services Specialists to assist in workforce planning. WDC operates the Virginia Initiative for Employment not Welfare (VIEW) Program, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA - Adult Employment, Dislocated Worker and Youth and Young Adult), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment Training (SNAPET), TeensWork! (public and private programs), Refugee Employment Program, Disability Employment and Veteran Services.

Strive & Thrive is the Workforce Development Center's commitment to deliver services and programs remotely and online in order to reach more residents and employers seeking assistance during COVID-19. Learn how to access employment services, job readiness and essential skills workshops, information sessions, plus one-to-one job coaching and guidance to accessing financial resources. In-person services are now available as well as continued services remotely and online.
WDC Community Resources
WDC Community Resources
Alexandria City Public Schools - Adult Learning Center
1340 Braddock Place, 7th floor
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703.619.8027
Alexandria Library
Charles E. Beatley, Jr. Central Branch Library
5005 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22304
www.alexandria.lib.va.us/client/home
Offers the following NO COST Events:
- ESL Workshops click here for the schedule
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Tech Zoo click here for the schedule
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Basics of Conflict Resolution click here for the schedule
Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library
4701 Seminary Road
Alexandria, VA 22304
www.alexandria.lib.va.us/client/home
Offers the following NO COST Events:
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ESL Workshops
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Computer Class Databases
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eBook
Career One Stop - Job Search Help for Ex-Offenders
www.careeronestop.org/ExOffender/index.aspx
Email: info@careeronestop.org
Phone: 1.877.348.0502
TTY: 1.877.348.0501
Catholic Charities - Christ House
131 S. West Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703.548.4227 (Monetary Assistance)
Phone: 703.549.8644 (Shelter)
www.ccda.net/programs_christhouse.php
Services provided: Food, Shelter, Clothing, including clothing for job interviews, and emergency financial assistance
Computer Core
201 N. Union St., Suite 110
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703.931.7346
Department of Community and Human Services
2525 Mt. Vernon Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22301
Phone: 703.746.5700
Elevate Virginia a powerful public-private partnership that manifests itself in a network of high quality, agile, and responsive workforce development programs.
300 Arboretum Place, Suite 200
Richmond, VA 23236
Phone 804.819.1680
Military Connection is a leader in the military and veteran realms for connecting prime military candidates with outstanding career opportunities in both the government and civilian sectors.
Phone: Toll-Free - 800.817.3777
National Older Worker Career Center
National Headquarters
3811 North Fairfax Drive
Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone:703.558.4200
Northern Virginia Community College
Phone(s): 703.323.3000 or 877.408.2028
Northern Virginia Family Services - Training Futures
8603 Westwood Center Drive, Suite 300
Vienna, VA 22182
Phone: 571.748.2864
O.A.R. (Offender Aid and Restoration)
1400 N. Uhle Street, Suite 704
Arlington, VA 22201
Phone: 703.228.7030
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - VA Careers
Virginia Wounded Warrior Program
900 East Main Street, 6th Floor-West Wing
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: 877.285.1299
Contact the Workforce Development Center!
- Location: 1900 N. Beauregard Street, Suite 300, Alexandria, VA 22311 ( MAP)
- Phone: 703.746.5990
- Video Phone: 571.384.5244
- Email: wdc@alexandriava.gov
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