Training Partners:
The BEST Center (through Genesee Community College) offers high quality, cost effective employee skills development programs through training in all the skills areas you may need to improve. They also offer consulting services, as well as state of the art conference facilities including satellite linked teleconferencing services.
The Genesee County Career Center Offers "one-stop shopping" for all NYS Department of Labor services. The Career Center also houses the GCC Educational Opportunities Center, Literacy Volunteers of GC, Job Development Bureau, VESID, Experience Works, Iroquois Job Corps, & Sibley Nursing, a private sector employment agency.
The Genesee County Career Center offers services to employers looking for qualified employees, including On the Job Training Programs that can save your business up to 50% off your training costs, Tax Credit, Classroom Training Programs, and Recruitment/Screening Services. They will also help direct job seekers to your business, saving you money on recruitment.
GLOW (Genesee, Livingston, Orleans and Wyoming County) Workforce Investment Board can help your business screen potential applicants, research labor force availability and wage scales, post job openings, search New York's Job Bank for qualified job applicants, assist with designing and finding training programs, and much more.
Genesee Valley Educational Partnership offers low cost career development training and is a rich resource for potential employees.
The NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences at the University of Buffalo partnered with the GCEDC to create career awareness and interest in the growing life science industry in Western New York. The product of this workforce development initiative was the website iSciWNY. Partially funded through 13N grants from the New York State Department of Labor, the website is the gateway for individuals to learn about these careers. It includes educational and career pathways, types of life science companies in our area and available job opportunities. To learn more click on to http://www.iSciWNY.com