Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont

Business enterprises (be): the be program offers opportunities for individuals seeking to develop and build their skill sets to enhance their potential for future employment in production, customer service, and in retail. Our retail stores provide specialized training and hands on experience in these areas through temporary and/ or permanent employment. Goodwill offers asset recover and de-manufacturing services using the highest industry standards for environmental safety and data security. This computer recycling program has diverted tons of potential waste from reaching landfills. This multifaceted program helps generate jobs, provides a valuable service to the community, generates refurbished computer and job training opportunities, inventory for resale and helps preserve the environment.

Goodwill provides a variety of programs that assess and identify an individual's abilities, vocational interest, job readiness skills and training needs, while offering individual assistance from Goodwill staff members. Other job training & support provides individuals with specialized training and skill development necessary to gain employment. Goodwill also assists with pairing employers with employment seeking individuals by matching compatible skill sets, talents, capabilities, and experience with the needs of the employer.

Goodwill's employment services are made up of various programs, primarily consisting of food service, construction, and employment placement services. As part of the employment placement division, the goodwork staffing program serves as a full time service staffing agency that provides temporary, temp to hire, and direct placement employees. the primary purpose of goodwork staffing is to work with people with employment barriers and to match their skills with the needs of prospective employers. In 2018, goodwork staffing provided more than 702,000 paid work hours, $7.4 million in wages, and assisted clients with placements in light industrial, warehouse, administrative support, customer service, and hospitality employment fields. Goodwill construction services provided 8,871 hours of paid training for client with prior barriers to employment. Once a client successfully completes the training, the employment placement specialist assists them in securing gainful employment in the community.