You may have the desire, but a new job can be hard to obtain if you don't have the skills.

That's where ATTAIN, or Advanced Technology Training and Information Networking can help.

Action News reporter Gabe Osterhout shows us the new centers in Binghamton, designed to bring the local workforce up to date.

This room of computers at the Broome County Urban League will be where adults go to learn computer and advanced technology skills.

"We can start at the very very basic level in terms of just doing Microsoft applications on through networking. I mean it's limitless in terms of the possibilities for these individuals going through the program," says William Chalmers of the UCAWD.

The Urban League says many employers have job openings, but can't find employees with a specific skill to fill those positions.

"We're finding folks that not only financially are not able to do it but as I said, they don't have the access so this lab they get everything in that great little package," says Jennifer Lesko, of the Broome County Urban League.
Classes are free.

They will be at ATTAIN labs at Broome County Urban League on Exchange Street or the Carlisle Apartments in Binghamton.

Both centers have a video conference screen.

"That's going to allow us to really tap into classes in the 36 other ATTAIN labs whether we want to share a class with Syracuse, or Buffalo or Rochester or if we want to run a class simultaneously at Carlisle and here, we're able to do that," says Lesko.

The lab's also open to teach remedial courses in math, reading, or learn English.

It also hosts classes for for specific careers like nursing, plumbing and masonry.

ATTAIN is open all day up so adults can learn on their own schedule.

In Binghamton, Gabe Osterhout, WBNG-TV Action News.

Classes at both sites will begin on Monday, November 3rd.

For more information, or to sign up for classes, you can call the Urban League at 772-4765

ATTAIN is part of the State University of New York's University Center for Academics and Workforce Development.