The Workforce Development Track focuses on getting the under and unemployed back to work or on to training paths that will assist them in pursuing a job, as well as on incumbent workers’ training needs and placement of new college and high school graduates. To ensure that workforce training is demand-driven, CEG works closely with businesses, community colleges, and training institutions to identify and address specific training needs so that programs are tailored to available jobs and high-growth industries.

Workforce Investment Boards: CEG has completed multiple grants from the Greater Capital Region Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs), serving as a business intermediary between private industry and the WIBs; developing a new workforce credential training; and conducting a Technical Careers Awareness marketing campaign. CEG is an integral partner in the WIBs’ successful 2012 Workforce Innovation Fund grant that will expand CEG’s business intermediary role and its implementation of a redesigned technology careers awareness campaign.

Capitol South Campus Center: CEG is working with the City of Albany Housing Authority, Trinity Alliance and other partners to develop the educational and training component for the planned Capital South Campus Center.

- Tech Career Expo: CEG and its Tech Executive Council partnered with the Times Union and regional employers to present the first annual Tech Career Expo in September 2012, a career fair tailored to the technology industry and workforce.