2007 Capital Region Membership:

Allegro	Diane	Business Teacher	Schenectady High School	Schenectady	allegrod@schenectady.k12.ny.us
Arnone	Dave	CTE Supervisor	North Colonie Schools	Latham	darnone@ncolonie.org
Colletti-Schwartz	Dorothy	Teacher-Administrator intern	Cohoes City School District	Cohoes	dcollett@cohoes.org
Douglas	Jean	Business Liaison	Onteora CSD	Boiceville	jdouglas@onteora.k12.ny.us
Dyer	Trica	Business Teacher	Lansingburgh CSD	Troy	pdyer@lansingburgh.org
Gillette	Loraine	CTE Dept. Chair	Columbia High School	East Greenbush	gilettela@egcsd.org
Heim	Richard	Business Ed./CEIP Coordinator	Shaker High School	Latham	rheim@ncolonie.org
Hoffman	Bruce	Co-op Coordinator	WSWHE BOCES	Saratoga Springs	bhoffmann@wswheboces.org
Lombardi	Linda	Asst. Director & Coordinator	Schenectady City Schools	Schenectady	lombardil@schenectady.k12.ny.us
Major	John	Co-op Coordinator	WSWHE BOCES	Saratoga Springs	jmajor@wswheboces.org
McGrath	Joan	Business Teacher	Guilderland High School	Guilderland Center	jmcgrath1@nycap.rr.com
Olewnick	Karen	Supervisor CTE Dept.	Bethehem CSD	Delmar	olewkhs@bcsd.neric.org
Owens	Joanne	Work Experience Coordinator	Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake HS	Burnt Hills	jowens@bhbl.org
Peimer	Mark	Coordinator - WBL	Capitol Region BOCES	Albany	mpeimer@gw.neric.org
Posillico	Rosemarie	Dir. CTE/CEIP Coordinator	Burnt Hills-Ballston HS	Burnt Hills	rposillico@bhbl.org
Rossi	Daina M.	Business Teacher	South Glen Falls High School	South Glen Falls	rossid@sgfallssd.org
Schilling	Tony	Associate in Instructional Services	NYS Education Department	Albany	aschilli@mail.nysed.gov
Seymour	Linda	CEIP Coordinator	Troy High School	Troy	seympur@earthlink.net
Stopera	Michelle	CEIP Coordinator	Niskayuna High School	Niskayuna	mstopera@niskyschools.org
Theissen	Nancy	CEIP Coordinator - FACS teacher	Niskayuna High School	Niskayuna	ntheissen@niskyschools.org
Wegner	Kim	CTE Teacher	WSWHE BOCES	Saratoga Springs	kwegner@wswheboces.org

Contact Richard Heim for more information. rheim@ncolonie.org

Capital Region Labor Market Overview

Capital Region Unemployment Rates Not seasonally adjusted.
4.9%	4.8%	3.8%
June 2008	May 2008	June 2007

From June 2007 to June 2008, the number of nonfarm jobs in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy MSA rose by 100, or 0.0 percent, and the number of private sector jobs fell by 300 or 0.1 percent. During this same period, the number of nonfarm jobs in the Glens Falls MSA dropped by 800 or 1.4 percent, and the number of private sector jobs fell by 1,200 or 2.6 percent. Additional industry detail is presented in the tables below.

Unemployment Rates (not seasonally adjusted)

Area	June 2008	May 2008	June 2007
United States	5.7%	5.2%	4.7%
New York State	5.2%	4.9%	4.4%
Capital Region	4.9%	4.8%	3.8%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy MSA	4.9%	4.8%	3.9%
Glens Falls MSA	4.8%	5.1%	3.7%

Albany-Schenectady-Troy MSA Industries By Job Gains:

Natural Resources, Mining and Construction	+	200
Manufacturing	-	500
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities	-	200
Information	+	100
Financial Activities	-	1,000
Professional and Business Services	+	600
Educational and Health Services	+	1,400
Leisure and Hospitality	-	800
Other Services	-	100
Government	+	400

Glens Falls MSA Industries By Job Gains:

Natural Resources, Mining and Construction	-	100
Manufacturing	-	100
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities	-	800
Information		0
Financial Activities		0
Professional and Business Services	-	100
Educational and Health Services	+	100
Leisure and Hospitality		0
Other Services	-	200
Government	+	400

Special Interest to the Capital Region

Information for Businesses

Information for Jobseekers

Information for Researchers

Firm Expansions & Contractions

High-Technology Employment: A NAICS Based Update

Profile of IT Occupations

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