The new year is 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 16 free online career skills workshops in January, a calendar that includes a new offering that focuses on "essential" employment skills along with classes on financial literacy, navigating the Civil Service system and much more.
The first course of the month is scheduled on Wednesday, January 7, 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, January 7 , 10 a.m. and Thursday, January 8, 10:30 a.m.
- Essential Employment Skills, Thursday, January 8, 11 a.m.
- Acquiring Transferable Skills, Friday, January 9 , 11 a.m. and Thursday, January 15, 1:30 p.m.
- Financial Well-Being, Monday, January 12, 10 a.m.
- Job interview Preparation, Tuesday, January 13, 10:30 a.m.
- Learning About Civil Service, Wednesday, January 14, 10:30 a.m.
- Setting Employment Goals, Wednesday, January 14, 10 a.m. and Tuesday, January 27, 1:30 p.m.
- Completing Job Applications, Thursday, January 15, 11 a.m. and Tuesday, January 20, 10:30 a.m.
- Networking, Friday, January 16, 10:30 a.m. and Wednesday, January 28, 10:30 a.m.
- Using Social Media, Thursday, January 22, 1:30 p.m.
- Overcoming Barriers to Employment, Tuesday, January 27, 11 a.m.
Those who miss any of January’s classes can check back in February 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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