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Brooklyn Workforce Innovations helps jobless and working poor New Yorkers establish careers in sectors that offer good wages and opportunities for advancement.

Currently BWI offers free job training programs in four industries: commercial driving, telecommunications cable installation, TV and film production, and skilled woodworking.

Are you 24 or over and looking for a career in the green advanced manufacturing industry?

Green Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative (GAMC), a partnership between New York City College of Technology’s Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology and Industrial Design and the Business and Industry Training Center, is responsive to workforce education needs of NYC’s revitalized manufacturing sector. The program rallies resources and stakeholders from the public and private sectors, economic and workforce development agencies, unions and CBOs to help individuals navigate a career path through cutting edge technology education while contributing to the 

Motivated New Yorkers who want to start a career in TV and film production, but have never had the opportunity, now have a proven way to get into the business.

The "Made in NY" Production Assistant Training Program is a collaboration between Brooklyn Workforce Innovations and the New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting. BWI's mission is to give unemployed and low-income New Yorkers the chance to work on New York sets and build careers in this dynamic field.

Brooklyn Workforce Innovations helps jobless and working poor New Yorkers establish careers in sectors that offer good wages and opportunities for advancement.

Currently BWI offers free job training programs in four industries: commercial driving, telecommunications cable installation, TV and film production, and skilled woodworking.

Brooklyn Workforce Innovations helps jobless and working poor New Yorkers establish careers in sectors that offer good wages and opportunities for advancement.

Currently BWI offers free job training programs in four industries: commercial driving, telecommunications cable installation, TV and film production, and skilled woodworking.

Starting on July 9th 2012, New York City Workforce 1 opens the doors to a dedicated Workforce 1 Veterans Career Center in Manhattan. This Career Center is for vets and run by vets and is the first of its kind in America. Mayor Bloomberg said, "We hope it will serve as a model for what other cities can do." He also stated "It's our turn to stand up for those who stood up for our nation." He has pledged to place 1,200 veterans in private sector jobs this year.

Are you 24 or over and looking for a career in the healthcare field?

LaGuardia Community College’s CareerPATH program is offering a free program starting in September 2012 for qualified students interested in becoming Community Health Workers (CHW). The program is 16 weeks in length with a required 2 month internship.

As over a million of service men and women are returning to the civilian workforce in the next five years, entrepreneurship may be an attractive option for some of them. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Report on Veterans Small Business Development, veterans own 2.4 million American businesses or 9 percent of all the American's business. When including businesses in which veterans are at least half owners, these numbers rise to 3.7 million businesses or 13.5 percent of U.S. businesses.

Midlife career change is not easy, but it can be done. Four members of the Financial Women Association have successfully transitioned from the corporate sector to nonprofit and government jobs. Here’s how.

The field of project management is growing fast in a wide range of industries especially in the biotech and high-tech arenas. The growing demand for project managers is due to the replacement of retired workers and the growth in global projects.

If you are a competent and consistent planner with good communication skills and an analytical mind, project management may be for you.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, people in the 55-years-and-older age group account for 19.5 percent in the labor force in 2010 and are projected to be 25.2 percent in 2020.

This age group’s contributions to the work force are substantial, some of them serving at helms of chief political, economic, education and military institutions. The experience of people over 50 provides a valuable asset to the U.S. workforce and their accomplishments are commendable.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, occupations in health care and social assistance are projected to have the fastest job growth with an increase of 5.6 million jobs from 2010 to 2020, followed by professional and business services 3.8 million, and construction at 1.8 million.

March is declared worldwide as Women’s History Month. It celebrates women’s triumphs and successes in history and contemporary society. The United States has observed it annually for the entire month of March since 1987. You can learn more about Women's History Month from the Library of Congress.

In celebrating Women’s History Month, Job Search Central presents Career Resources for Women. The following list of resources includes job listings, internships, and employment news. The job training programs provide basic job skills, as well as financial literacy, which is an integral part of workforce development. The women entrepreneurship programs include New 

Looking for work?

Would you like to work for a company that offers job opportunities and extensive training programs, such as eLearning, online training, functional training, and leadership development? How about working for a company that offers education reimbursement for your MBA, CPA, MS in computer engineering or unpaid sabbaticals to pursue personal interests?

Career development is a life-long process.

In today's technologically advanced American society, most of us will devote 40 to 50 years in the labor force. Some may even work longer. We are likely to change our career four to five times with more than 10 jobs in the course of our working life in the changing U.S. labor force.

Job Search Central launched as a service of NYPL's Science, Industry and Business Library in April 2009. Its predecessor, the Job Information Center, had been a popular destination of the General Reference and Advisory Services Department in the Mid Manhattan Library since 1975. The JIC, as it was called, is where President Obama found the lead for his first job as a community organizer.