New Webinar Series Equips Healthcare Employers and Workforce Developers with Tools for Growth

ALBANY, NY (04/21/2025) (readMedia)-- - The statewide Health Workforce Collaborative has launched a webinar series to provide healthcare employers, healthcare workforce developers and health educators with strategies and free resources to build and sustain a robust health workforce.

The next dates in the Discover & Learn series are:

• Wednesday, April 23 - 2:00 pm
• Wednesday, April 30 - 3:00 pm

The sessions are intended to be informal and engaging, with demonstrations, discussion and time for networking. Participants will be introduced to:

• The Collaborative's free digital platform designed to support and connect healthcare employers, educators, workforce developers, career seekers, students, and workers
• Partner-driven initiatives like the Institute for Career Advancement in Medicine (ICAM) and North Country Care Coordination Workforce Collaborative (NCWC)

"Our goal is to provide healthcare partners with immediate, applicable strategies to improve employee recruitment, engagement and retention," said Ashleigh McGowan, vice president of innovation and design. "For these solutions to be sustainable, HWCollab facilitates knowledge sharing and collaboration among stakeholders to foster a community approach to workforce development challenges."

For more information and to register, visit https://hwcollab.org/discover-learn/

About HWCollab: The Health Workforce Collaborative is a statewide independent nonprofit dedicated to strengthening the healthcare workforce in New York State through strategic partnerships, resource sharing, and innovative solutions. Guided by a Board of Directors, HWCollab addresses health workforce issues through its flexible, agile, and sustainable community-based platform designed to analyze, engage, guide, and manage at a local and state level the volatile supply and demand dynamics of New York's healthcare workforce.