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Buffalo & Erie County
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Workforce Investment Board, Inc. |
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| TESTIMONIALS |
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| Meeting The Needs Of Our Business Community |
“The BECWIB has been instrumental in assisting our member companies in receiving
almost 9 million dollars over the last 4 years. This has helped several of our
members increase their sales, staff and overall growth and competitiveness in the
marketplace. The staff at the BECWIB is committed to the growth of companies in
Erie County and because of this we look forward to our continued relationship with
the BECWIB.”
Christine G. Plowucha
Executive Director
InfoTech Niagara
“I certainly appreciate the cooperation and efforts the Workforce Development
Consortium has extended in helping GEICO grow in Western New York.”
John J. Zinno
AVP and General Manager
GEICO Direct, Buffalo
“Graphic Controls appreciates all the assistance provided to us over the last
several years by The Workforce Investment Board of Buffalo and Erie County. Their
assistance included training and job placement in 1999 and 2000 for individuals who
lost their positions due to the acquisition of our company. In 2001, training
grants made it possible for Graphic Controls to expand our product lines and create
new jobs in Buffalo. They continue to assist us on a regular basis with job
openings. Now that we are again locally owned and operated, we look forward to a
continued partnership with the Workforce Investment Board.”
Carleen Taylor
Graphic Controls
“The support and cooperation we’ve received from the Workforce Development
Consortium and the Workforce Investment Board has enabled Rich’s to provide
superior training and development opportunities for us to attract and retain
extraordinary Associates.”
William G. Gisel, Jr.,
Chief Operating Officer
Rich Products Corporation
“Our association with The Buffalo and Erie County Workforce Investment Board and
its wonderful staff has been a truly outstanding experience. Their commitment to
helping local companies including those in the not for profit sector through
workforce development, education and training has provided a learning lifeline that
otherwise may not have been available to the Jewish Community Center of Greater
Buffalo.
The new skills and learning opportunities for our employees made possible by the
$99,000 grant will result not only in their individual career growth and potential
but will also help us expand our programs and services that touch so many
individuals and families in our greater WNY community. We are very excited and
grateful to BECWIB.”
Paula Szkutak
Chief Finance Officer
Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo
“In today’s globally competitive marketplace, it takes innovation and partnership
to grow and excel. New York State and the Workforce Investment Board have been
great partners and instrumental in our success. The mentoring and grant assistance
they have provided have been key elements as we have invested in the technology
capabilities and careers of our people in Western New York.”
Rich Stilson, PMP
EDS – North Atlantic Solution Centre
“Niagara Ceramics has found it very beneficial to hire employee’s through different
agencies here in Erie County and Buffalo. Denise Raymond from the ECC Employment &
Training Center has supplied us with many qualified permanent employees. Her
assistance in our hiring has been fantastic. Also assisting in this was Mike
McGrath, from the Workforce Development Consortium and Charlie Martindale from the
New York State Division of Employment Services. Both have been great assets in
helping us start up our business. Without these agencies this would have been a
much more difficult task. Many thank to all involved.”
Tom Ziolkowski
V.P. Operations/HR
Niagara Ceramics Corporation
“The WIB has been instrumental in assisting our company to achieve our training and
company growth goals. By working with the WIB we have increased our overall budget
for training, and have been able to provide our employees the training to be
competitive in the marketplace. I would recommend to every local company to get in
touch with the WIB to learn more about what they can do for their business.”
Timothy J. Frank
VP & Practice Director
Inergex, Inc.
“MRM has been more than doubling each of the past three years. We have found the
programs put together in NYS such as the Building Skills in NYS (BUSINYS) that are
designed to help young, growing companies extremely valuable both from an
investment perspective as well as from staff building perspective. We would not be
where we are today without the helping hand of the Buffalo and Erie County
Workforce Investment Board (WIB). Thank you for your help in the growth & success
of our company.”
John D. Williams
President
MedRecovery Management, LLC
“After InfoTech Niagara made me aware of BUSINYS funding for employee skills
improvement, I explored the prerequisite steps to qualify for consideration. While
the benefits were obvious, the application procedure looked daunting. However, we
found BECWIB to be particularly helpful and encouraging, as well as subsequent
dialog with NYSDOL. As we’re now a veteran “funding recipient” company, we’re in
the process of making a new application, which we expect to complete even more
quickly.”
Gary Guyton
Chief Executive Officer
LiquidMatrix Corporation
“Working with the Workforce Development group was a positive experience and
produced some great candidates for many of our open positions. Their staff did a
nice job of sending candidates with applicable and fitting skills for the types of
positions we had available and based on the ease of their process for forwarding
candidates. I would use them again in my recruiting efforts.”
Lura Lentz
Human Resource Manager
Bremner, Inc.
“The Child Care Coalition of the Niagara Frontier, Inc., is a not-for-profit, human
services agency that works throughout Erie County to support families, provides and
the community by advancing and developing quality, accessible and affordable early
care and education.
In March 2004, the coalition wrote a 32i grant to help underwrite the cost of our
staff development. The Buffalo and Erie County Workforce Investment Board
(BECWIB), was a tremendous help in completing our 32i grant application. In June,
2004 the Coalition was notified that we would receive a DOL training grant for
$48,545. The 28 members of the Coalition’s staff are looking forward to the
beginning of this training. This training is designed to increase staff knowledge
of computer software, customer service issues and business management. The
addition of professional development opportunities for the Coalition’s staff will
ensure the agency’s ability to meet the early care and education needs of the
growing WNY workforce.”
Valerie C. Cooley, Ed.D.
Executive Director
The Child Care Coalition
“Appraisal.com searches far and wide for great talent. The Workforce Development
Consortium helps us find great people and put them to work.”
Mark Yellen
President & CEO
Appraisal.com
“The Workforce Development Consortium assisted us with recruitment and training
support. This not only insures highly qualified job candidates, but creates new
high tech jobs for the Buffalo Niagara region.”
Ronald Urmson
Controller
ZeptoMatrix Corporation
“Because of the outstanding efforts of BECWIB, the Buffalo Urban League was able to
participate in the request for the state grant for technology training as well as
becoming the recipients of the funding. Our entire Technology Team has been able
to obtain network administration training as well as advanced database management
instruction. This has allowed our team to become more knowledgeable and efficient
in our career work. It has also given each of us genuine quality improvements in
our network administration and other IT responsibilities. This has yielded a
substantial increase in our career satisfaction and professional responsibilities.”
Dr. Philip Siddons
Technology Coordinator
Buffalo Urban League
“I have been working with the BETC staff for almost two years, recruiting and
hiring new employees for our production facility. Throughout this time, I have
work closely with the BETC staff to ensure we are getting qualified candidates and
unemployed persons who really are looking for a career. As a result of this, we,
the BETC staff and myself have developed a program that accomplishes two goals;
encourages and promotes the educational programs at the BETC and, prepares
prospective hires with proper job seeking techniques. This has helped us a
Norampac gain people for employment that are serious about finding a career and
investing in themselves.
I have appreciated the efforts by the BETC staff to work with us to further grow
our staff and business opportunities in Buffalo and Western New York.”
Pamela A. Krieger
Human Resources Manager
Norampac, Buffalo Division
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