WNC Professions That Are Hiring

Western North Carolina is hospitality based and as the post COVID environment evolves, tourist are returning to our beautiful area.  This is creating an uptick in opportunities including:

• Restaurant work and bartending
• Theaters and stadiums
• Hospitality jobs

Other Professions Hiring

Outside of hospitality opportunities, the following professions are also hiring:

• Construction and contracting jobs
• Fiber networking (both A-B Tech and Blue Ridge Community College have classes to support this growing opportunity)
• Business and professional services

Work Continuum Resources

Learn new skills, seek and gather information about specific local work continuums of volunteering, stipend based, part and full time work at these resources:

Full / Part Time Work

• A-B Tech Employement - https://abtech.edu/about/human-resources/employment
• Asheville Chamber of Commerce - https://www.ashevillechamber.org/live-visit/employment-working/
• City of Asheville - https://www.ashevillenc.gov/department/human-resources/
• Meet the Geeks - WNC Jobs and Networking - https://meetthegeeks.net/asheville-it-tech-technology-jobs/
• NC Works - https://www.ncworks.gov
• Buncombe County - https://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/nc-works-career-center/Default.aspx

Entrepreneurship Resources

• AARP - https://www.aarp.org/work/small-business/
• Asheville SCORE - Business Mentoring - https://asheville.score.org/
• NC Small Business 
• Administration - https://www.sba.gov/offices/district/nc/charlotte
• Community College SB Center - Classes and Networking
• A-B Tech - https://abtech.edu/programs/workforce/business-incubation-and-small-business-center
• Blue Ridge Community College - https://www.blueridge.edu/programs-courses/business/small-business-center/

Stipend Based

• Land of Sky Regional Council of Governments (Buncombe-Henderson-Transylvania-Madison Counties) - http://www.landofsky.org/employment.html

Volunteer Opportunities

• AARP Mountain Region, NC - https://local.aarp.org/asheville-nc/volunteering/
• United Way Asheville Buncombe County - https://www.unitedwayabc.org/
• Hands-On Asheville - https://www.handsonasheville.org/
• Land of Sky -http://www.landofsky.org/volunteer.html

Reference

Terrell, K. (2021, April 2). 5 Professions That Have Started Hiring Again. AARP. https://www.aarp.org/work/job-search/info-2021/professions-hiring-post-pandemic.html

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