The center will be located in the old Avondale Credit Union building on 10th Street across from Beverly Hall.

The center may not be totally up and running, but employees will be providing services, said Gwen Taylor of the Employment Service with the Talladega Career Center.

The center will have 22 computers for Avondale employees to use. A resource room will be provided, along with a room for assessment testing for the Workforce Investment Act.

The center allows employees to use Alabama’s new Internet job search system through Alabama JobLink.

Employees can register through the Employment Service on Alabama JobLink at the center or even from home if a computer is available.

The Web site is joblink.alabama.gov.

Workers may register for work, create a resume, look for job openings, apply for jobs, contact employers directly about jobs, receive emails when openings come available that match their skills, and search for jobs by area, county or statewide.

The center hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Taylor said that, as it stands, the center expects to have five staff members available to begin with on a regular basis.

“The five may not always be the same each day, they will be here and in Talladega. Employees can also go to our career center in Talladega if they so desire,” she said.

The Workforce Investment Act, or WIA as it is known, also helps employees with on-the-job training, classroom training and more.

WIA and the Career Center System are part of Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.

The U.S. Congress passed WIA in 1998. Under WIA, the Workforce Development Division works with the Alabama Workforce Investment Board and local WIA boards to integrate employment, training and career development programs.

Alabama’s Career Center System offers job development, occupational and educational training, vocational rehabilitation, veterans’ services and unemployment insurances information.

Employers work with local centers to locate employees with specific skills — the goal is to consolidate the delivery of services at a single location.

And many centers are electronically linked with partner agencies, such as the Alabama Departments of Industrial Relations, Human Resources, Rehabilitation Services and Education, two-year colleges and others.