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NRMR WDA Target Industries and In-demand Occupations 1-24-25

NRMR WDA Target Industries and In-demand Occupations 1-24-25

VIRGINIA CAREER WORKS CENTERS

Abingdon

300 Towne Center Drive, Suite 40
Abingdon, VA 24210

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Abingdon-People Inc.

People Inc
1173 West Main Street
Abingdon, VA 24210

Adult/DLW Services: (276) 274-9931
Youth Services: (276) 274-0581

+More Info

Office Hours:
Monday – Friday 8:00 am 4:30 pm

Services:

  • Assistance with job search, resume writing, and online job applications.
  • Adult, Youth & Dislocated Worker Programs
  • Possible Training and Education Funding – based on eligibility
  • Workshops – as scheduled

Galax

Crossroads Institute
1117 East Stuart Drive
Galax, VA 24333

Phone: (276) 236-5105

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Hours:
Monday 8:30-4:00
Tuesday 8:30-4:00
Wednesday 9:30-4:00
Thursday 8:30-4:00
Friday 8:30-3:00

Services:

  • Assistance with job search, resume writing, and online job applications.
  • Veterans Services
  • Unemployment Insurance
  • Adult, Youth & Dislocated Worker Programs
  • Possible Training and Education Funding – based on eligibility
  • Adult Education Programs – as scheduled
  • Job Fairs
  • Job Postings
  • Workshops – as scheduled
  • Wytheville Community College Programs & Classes
  • Small Business Assistance
  • Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services/Vocation Rehab – by appointment
  • Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) – by appointment

Narrows

People Inc. (Inside the Giles Dept. of Social Services)
211 Main Street, Suite 101
Narrows, VA 24124

Phone: (276) 477-9863

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Office Hours:
Monday – Friday 8:00 am 4:30 pm

Services:

  • Assistance with job search, resume writing, and online job applications.
  • Adult, Youth & Dislocated Worker Programs
  • Possible Training and Education Funding – based on eligibility
  • Workshops – as scheduled

Radford

Virginia Employment Commission
51 A West Main Street
Radford VA 24141

Phone: (540) 267-8100

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Fax: (540) 731-3107
Email: radford@vec.virginia.gov

Hours:
Monday 9:30am – 4pm
Tuesday 9:30am – 4pm
Wednesday 9:30am – 4pm
Thursdays 8:30am – 4pm
Friday 8:30am -3:00pm

Services:

  • Assistance with job search, resume writing, and online job applications.
  • Veterans Services
  • Unemployment Insurance
  • Adult, Youth & Dislocated Worker Programs
  • Possible training and Education funding – based on eligibility
  • Job Fairs
  • Job Postings
  • Workshops – as scheduled
  • Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) – by appointment
  • Job Corp – by appointment

Wytheville

Virginia Employment Commission
1000 East Main Street, Carroll Hall
Wytheville, VA 24382

Phone: (276) 484-9411

+More Info

Hours:
Monday 8:30am – 4pm
Tuesday 8:30 – 4pm
Wednesday 9:30am – 4pm
Thursday 8:30am – 4:00pm
Friday 8:30am – 3pm

Services:

  • Assistance with job search, resume writing, and online job applications.
  • Veterans Services
  • Unemployment Insurance
  • Adult, Youth & Dislocated Worker Programs
  • Possible training and Education funding – based on eligibility
  • Job Fairs
  • Job Postings
  • Adult Education Programs – as scheduled
  • Workshops – as scheduled
  • Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services/Vocation Rehab
  • Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) – by appointment
  • Job Corp – by appointment

Spotlight Success

Sabrina, Certified Nursing Assistant

Adult Program – People, Inc. Sabrina was a 22 year-old single mother receiving food stamps when she enrolled in our program in 2009. She had no marketable skills and had been unemployed for 20 of the previous 26 weeks and was only working three or four hours per week for a cleaning service. Sabrina demonstrated… Read more »

Spotlight Success

Buddy, Long Haul Truck Driver

One of the best things that ever happened to me was being incarcerated. Bad decisions and substance use led to an arrest that forced me to hit rock bottom. While I was in jail, I met a man named Greg Lee. He was serving time for the same things. We both had families that we… Read more »

Spotlight Success

Tierra, Teacher Assistant/Bus Aide

Tierra B. was referred to the WIOA adult program internally by the People Incorporated Head Start program where she was working as a Teacher’s Assistant/Bus Aide with the Head Start program. As a condition of her employment, Tierra was required to obtain her Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) within 90 days of hire. She had attempted… Read more »

Spotlight Success

Jesse, Commercial Driver

Jesse entered the WIOA Youth program on April 11, 2016 as an Out of School Youth. Jesse was 19 years old, his father had just passed away and he had lost his mother before that. Jesse is now responsible for taking care of his sister, did not have a job, and no training. Jesse qualified… Read more »

Spotlight Success

Antonio, Lineman

My mother and father divorced when I was young. My mother had different men whom I lived with throughout my adolescent years. My father wasn’t really around. He remarried and had another family and my mother had another child as well. I always felt like the outsider because I felt as if I didn’t belong… Read more »

The New River/Mount Rogers Workforce Development Board

6580 Valley Center Drive Suite 119,
Radford, VA 24141
Phone: (540) 633-6764
Fax: (540) 633-2502

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Grayson
Wythe

City Websites

Bristol
Galax
Radford

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER/PROGRAM:

The NR/MR Workforce Development Board is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Program. Auxiliary Aides and Services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.

TDD-VA Relay: 711
Babel Notice
Jenny Bolte
EO Officer
jenny.bolte@nrmrworks.org
540-633-6764

© 2026 Virginia Career Works.

This webpage and the Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth programs described are 100% supported by a federal U. S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) award of $2,189,865 made to Pulaski County on behalf of New River Mount Rogers Workforce Development Area by the pass-through entity, the Virginia Community College System. No costs of this program are financed by nongovernmental sources. The information contained herein does not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Labor. The Department of Labor makes no guarantees, warranties, or assurances of any kind, express or implied, with respect to such information, including any information on linked sites and including, but not limited to, accuracy of the information or its completeness, timeliness, usefulness, adequacy, continued availability, or ownership.

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