Brooklyn is home to a huge and highly skilled labor force, as well as to the institutions you will need to develop their skills further:

• 1.1 million workers live in Brooklyn
• The diversity of Brooklyn's labor force is evident: more than 250,000 are skilled in managerial, technical and administrative fields
• In Brooklyn workers proliferate in various industries:
  • 25.8% in educational, health and social services
  • 10.4% in professional, scientific, management services
  • 10.2 % in finance, insurance and real estate 
• Your Brooklyn business also will be able to draw on the 3.3 million workers that live within easy commuting distance 
• Brooklyn offers world-class colleges and universities with over 32,000 students to help you with the ongoing process of cultivating your work force.  These institutions will not only provide you with excellent training facilities, but also with access to cutting-edge research
• The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce's Good Help staffing program provides an online job bank that represents some of the opportunities for employment in the borough. 

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