
NYC Means Business: Training for Your Employees Application |
NYC Means Business: Training for Your Employees, a program from NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS), provides no-cost, online training to help NYC-based business owners and employees.
Training is provided for essential technology tools and COVID-19 Safety training, including:
- Computer applications (e.g. computer basics; Zoom*^; Microsoft Office 365 - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access; Google Workspace*^ - Gmail, Sheets, Docs, Drive, Hangouts; QuickBooks)
- Online marketing and website creation
- Online sales and e-commerce
- COVID-19 Safety Training* (e.g. health and hygiene in a pandemic; food & beverage; and retail businesses)
All trainings are taught online with a live instructor on specific dates/times.
*Course is available in Spanish.
^Course is available in Chinese (Mandarin).
*Course is available in Spanish.
^Course is available in Chinese (Mandarin).
A business must:
- have at least one employee, working a minimum of eight hours per week;
- be a for-profit NYC-based business in operation for at least six months; and
- pay employee(s) during training
The employee(s) must:
- be 18 years or older;
- work a minimum of eight hours per week; and
- have worked at the business for at least one month.