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| Success Stories |
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From my first contact through the Gainesville Career Center
with Angie Butts through my first term in the alternate teacher
certification program at North Georgia College and State
University....I have only the highest compliments of your staff,
program and administration. I am very appreciative and
grateful for your assistance.
As a result of this avenue of training, I am feeling a hope for
the future which I could not even imaging a few months ago!
Mr. Haire has been extraordinarily helpful, organized and
knowledgeable in his guidance and administration of my
situation. Without the encouragement and help of all those
involved, I doubt this miracle could have materialized and I
am very excited about entering the teaching profession as a
well trained and fully prepared instructor by the year's end.
Once again, thank you for your friendly and skillful
assistance.
Sincerely,
John Bruininks
Gainesville, GA
in Gainesville and Lee Stockton from the Toccoa Career
Center came to our company to inform the employees of the
services available through the Georgia Department of Labor.
It sounded great but I felt that the young kids in college would
laugh me out of school. I also felt as though I wouldn’t be
able to keep up with the work; I graduated in 1971. Oh well, I
thought, I’ll try but I probably won’t complete.
Well, I tried it and with the help of the Career Center staff and
the Workforce Investment Area staff, it was not as confusing
as I had anticipated. Any issue, question or concern that I
expressed, this group of individuals came up with an answer
and helped me make it work.
I was assigned an advisor at school and a case manager at
the Workforce Investment Area office. Ms. Diane Jackson
from the Workforce Investment office helped me a
tremendous amount. She answered my questions and kept
me informed on anything I needed to complete to continue my
benefits. I received my paperwork promptly and she would
contact me on a regular basis about any issues that I had
discussed.
Lee Stockton from the Toccoa Career Center also spent a lot
of her time helping me. She would explain anything I didn’t
understand and she kept me informed on everything I needed
to do, who I needed to contact and just any dumb question I
had. If Lee didn’t know the answer, you better believe that
she would get back to you with an answer. That’s customer
service!
Thanks to these people who gave the little push, said “you
can do it”, and took the time to make me feel comfortable with
this decision. It was hard and I did get discouraged at times,
but I hung in there and I DID IT! I even made the Honor
Society.
You have helped me get a job that I really enjoy. I am
working for a CPA in Clarkesville, Georgia. I love my job and
the people I work with are super.
At 50 years of age, I have completed my degree and best of
all, my grand-daughters got to watch their “Nanny” march
September 21, 2004.
Sincerely,
Toccoa, Georgia