The cold, icy days of winter are a great time to improve your career skills!! The staff at Warren County Career Center and their Capital Region Career Centers partners have made it easy to do so with 15 free online career skills workshops in February, a calendar that includes a new offering that focuses on "essential" employment skills along with classes on financial literacy, best practices for job interviews and much more.
The first course of the month is scheduled on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, helping folks develop a resume.
The staff at Warren County Department of Workforce Development/Career Center have worked with their counterparts around the Capital Region to put together easy-to-access workshops that assist job seekers in improving skills they can use to better their careers.
Workshops focus on a wide variety of topics -- use of social media effectively for career goals; overcoming barriers to employment; networking and completing job applications, and more. Registration is required, but there is no fee.
Check the links below for more information, and to log on/register:
- Resume Development, Wednesday, February 4, 10 a.m. and Thursday, February 5, 10:30 a.m.
- Acquiring Transferable Skills, Thursday, February 5 , 11 a.m. and Thursday, February 19, 1:30 p.m.
- Financial Well-Being, Monday, February 9, 10 a.m.
- Job interview Preparation, Tuesday, February 10, 10:30 a.m.
- Setting Employment Goals, Wednesday, February 11, 10 a.m. and Tuesday, February 24, 1:30 p.m.
- Essential Employment Skills, Thursday, February 12, 11 a.m.
- Completing Job Applications, Tuesday, February 17, 10:30 a.m. and Thursday, February 19, 11 a.m.
- Networking, Friday, February 20, 10:30 a.m. and Wednesday, February 25, 10:30 a.m.
- Overcoming Barriers to Employment, Tuesday, February 24, 11 a.m.
- Using Social Media, Thursday, February 26, 1:30 p.m.
Those who miss any of Febuary’s classes can check back in March for a new calendar of workshops.
These classes are part of the monthly offerings from Capital Region Career Centers, a group of local county and city-based Career Centers and partners that includes Warren County Career Center.
The Career Centers consortium coordinates services to address the workforce needs of the Greater Capital Region by providing a variety of career and workforce resources, training opportunities, and more.
Members include Warren County Career Center; Capital Region Workforce New York; Columbia-Greene Workforce NY; City of Albany Career Center; L.E.A.P of Washington County; Rensselaer County Career Center; Saratoga County Career Center; Schenectady County Connects; and Workforce Solutions System of Fulton, Montgomery and Schoharie Counties.
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