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ICYMI: This morning, we highlighted our successful partnership with the Capital Region Workforce Development Board. youtube.com/watch?v=lMHL_p… @AlbanyNYLeg @CapRegWorkforce

This morning, I joined with Governor Kathy Hochul for a visit to The Radix Ecological Sustainability Center to meet with Summer Youth Employment Program participants. @GovKathyHochul @MayorSheehan @radixcenter @CapRegWorkforce

Excited to be in DC this week to represent the @CapRegWorkforce at the @WorkforceInvest with 1200 other workforce and talent system professionals. Kicking off this morning with learning, engaging, best practices to ensure our businesses have the skilled workforce they need!

Hoosick Falls Middle School emerged as the winner of CEG’s first “What's So Cool About Manufacturing" video competition in the Viewers’ Choice Award category. Find out who the other winners were: tinyurl.com/5adu4ena

This morning we welcomed @Tim_Drawbridge of the @CapRegWorkforce to campus to learn about our programs and our youth, including some exciting developments in our greenhouse program. We’re proud to help support and develop the kind of workforce our region needs to reach even greater heights!

Our Board Member Katie Newcombe from @CEG_NY presented this afternoon at the @NYSEDC Conference on regional attraction strategies. Katie focused on many assets in our region- higher education, sites, community partnerships & most importantly a strong workforce development system

Starting the morning at the @NYSEDC conference engaging with workforce & economic professionals from across NYS to grow our workforce & regional economies. @EmpireStateDev CEO Hope Knight talks about the state’s investment including ON-RAMP here in the Capital Region.

Exciting announcement of $40M investment in our Region from NYS for advanced manufacturing workforce training!

"No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence" ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

Wishing you a joyous and fun holiday season and a most prosperous New Year!

Our Career Centers can assist you in your new career pathway search. Contact us today: capreg.org/contact/

May this holiday bring new blessings and a renewed appreciation for the ones we already have. Happy Thanksgiving.

Are you a manufacturer struggling to find & retain your workforce? Have you explored registered apprenticeship as a solution? Join @CEG_NY Monday, 11/18 & find out how this learn and earn model can help your bottom line while investing in your workforce lnkd.in/g5PmcUHF

Celebrate #VeteransDay with us by taking the day to honor those who served. To veterans everywhere, THANK YOU!

Day 1 of regional workforce development convening with Columbia-Greene Workforce Development Board. 75+ partners coming together at @QuestarIII & online to develop shared aspirations. Thanks to @WorkforceInvest & @NYATEP helping guide the discussion.

What's so cool about manufacturing? Students at 10 area middle schools are finding out, and producing videos highlighting 10 local manufacturers' facilities, thanks to What's So Cool About Manufacturing Capital Region: ceg.org/articles/ceg-l… “It’s one thing to tell students about opportunities in manufacturing, but when they get a close-up look at the production process – and the chance to film it – two things happen. One is they think, ‘That’s so cool’; and the other is they say, ‘I want in,’” said Don Wiesenforth, @CEG_NY Senior Vice President and Director of Manufacturing Solutions, the Capital Region Manufacturing Extension Partnership center. #CapitalRegionUnited #WSCMCRNY #WhatsSoCoolAboutMFG #Manufacturing

At our board meeting today, hosted at @CapRegionBOCES, board members heard from @EmpireStateDev, @IHAUpstate & @NYSLabor. Guiding, driving & coordinating workforce development is the focus of our board members representing business, education, CBOs & economic developers.

Our ED was at our Albany Career Center with @NYSLabor Commissioner Roberta Reardon, @NYSCivilService Commissioner Timothy Hogues & Assembly Member @PatriciaFahy109 to announce the partnership of connecting our job seekers to careers in government timesunion.com/business/artic…

Outstanding work by Jason Benitez and the whole @capregchamber presenting the 2024 DEI Summit. Focusing on the diverse skills that people bring to a workforce make stronger businesses, stronger humans, and stronger communities.

We are delighted to announce that the Capital Region Workforce Development Board has named Tim Drawbridge as the new Assistant Director for Business Workforce Development Services. capreg.org/capital-region…