Workforce Development
In today’s marketplace, having the right people on your team is critical. Our Web site Career Center lets companies post their job openings for a small fee, and those looking for employment can access the job postings free of charge.
The Cobb Chamber of Commerce offers Conversational Spanish classes to help you communicate at work with an increasingly diverse workforce.
Four institutions of higher education in Cobb offer workforce training programs.
Workforce Training in Cobb:
Four Institutions of Higher Education
Chattahoochee Technical College serves both Cobb and Paulding counties through its four convenient campuses located in Marietta, east Cobb, Austell and Dallas. The college is helping Georgians prepare for emerging technologies in changing economies as it has for the past 40 years.
Chattahoochee Tech combines technical expertise with management and communication skills to help students achieve nothing less than success in today's changing business climate.
Kennesaw State University is located in the densely populated and rapidly developing northwest region of metropolitan Atlanta. A progressive, comprehensive institution, Kennesaw State has a growing student population of 13, 500, including representatives from more than 100 counties, and offers more than 50 degree programs. KSU is the sixth
largest of 34 institutions in the University System of Georgia.
North Metro Technical College, located in Acworth, provides customized workforce training to business and industry at affordable rates. The job-specific training is designed to increase productivity while reducing costs, develop knowledgeable and committed employees and upgrade employee technical skills. Training takes place at the work
site or on campus. North Metro Tech will customize hands-on training programs designed to meet specific needs.
Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU) offers bachelor's and master's degrees, as well as continuing education and certificate programs, to traditional and non-traditional students through the School of Architecture, Civil Engineering Technology and Construction, the School of Computing and Software Engineering, the School of Engineering Technology
and Management, the School of Arts and Sciences and Extended University. The university is located in Marietta.
For issues relating to entry-level workforce needs, contact CobbWorks! at 770-528-8066.