Job Training Albuquerque has helped train 2,000 small business employees since 2020 [Video]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A city-run program to help people in Albuquerque get job training is celebrating some big milestones since they began in 2020. ‘Job Training Albuquerque’ (JTA) is a partnership with Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) to give the city’s workforce a boost, and help small businesses.

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JTA is funded by the city and has already enrolled more than 2,000 employees across the city. “We have over 150 different programs for folks ranging from construction to restaurant trainings, service aid certification, early childhood development, marketing, H.R.,” said Sara Mannal, Community Outreach Manager with the city’s Economic Development Department, “It really runs the gamut; you name it, you can find it.”

JTA began in 2020, with a mission to help small businesses—defined as having 500 employees or less—and educate the city’s workforce. “Currently, we’ve had over 2,000 employees participate in the program; that’s across 300 small businesses in the community,” Mannal said.

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