Work Force Training

Work Force Training Programs

Albany-Dougherty: Work Ready Community

Georgia Work Ready was created with the goal of improving the job training and marketability of Georgia’s work force and driving future economic growth for the state by working to ensure that companies can more reliably match the right people with the right jobs. Work Ready is based on a skills assessment and certification for job seekers and a job profiling system for businesses. By identifying both the needs of business and the available skills of Georgia’s workforce, the state can more effectively generate the right talent for the right jobs. Dougherty County was one of the pilot communities for the Work Ready initiative and one of the first to earn the Work Ready designation.

Albany-Dougherty: Entrepreneur-Friendly Community

Georgia’s “Entrepreneur Friendly” Initiative assists Georgia counties in cultivating business environments that develop and encourage entrepreneurs and small businesses by building entrepreneur and small business strategies into a community’s overall growth strategy. Albany-Dougherty County was one of the first communities to earn this designation.