HVCC Business Research and Development Center - The Business Review (Albany):

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is creating a Business Research and Development Center thanksto $50,000p from state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno and another $50,000 from the Rensselaer County Industrial Developmentr Agency. College officials said Tuesday that the new center will be run bythe college' s seven-year-old . The center will brinfg together businesses, human resource professionals and economivc development agencies to understand what skillws current employers need in workers and to anticipatd future workforce requirements. "We see this centerf becoming a proactive force in the economic development of Tech saidAndrew Matonak, HVCC's president.
HVCC wants the centerr to expand on the work of the WorkforcweDevelopment Institute. In the past 18 months, the institutwe has developed collaborative trainingv programs with CVS Price Chopper supermarkets and the Cityof Albany's Centralp Business Improvement District. The work with the Business Improvemen District entails providing potential employees of storesa and other companies on Central Avenue in Albanhwith basic-skills training, including how to deal with customers and appropriated attire for the work place.