Employment

 

Jobs, job training, career development and other resources to help secure a job.

 

Employment Northampton Franklin-Hampshire Career Center Holyoke Career Point Amherst Hilltown Community Development Corporation JobQuest Massachusetts Career Development Institute The US Government Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training Work Opportunity Center, Inc

 

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Northampton

 

Franklin-Hampshire Career Center

243 King St., Northampton, MA 01060

1-413-586-6506

1 Arch Place, Greenfield, MA 01301

1-413-774-4361

Educational assistance. Job-finding activities, job list daily. Provide referrals and career exploration workshops on resume building, interviewing and networking

 

Holyoke

 

Career Point

850 High Street, Holyoke, MA, 01040

1-413-532-4900

Matching job seekers with job openings. Resume and application development, interviewing and networking techniques. Education and training options, workshops and short courses. Self-assessment tools, help identify and market skills. Access to personal computers, the Internet and new job search technologies

 

Amherst

 

 

 

Hilltown Community Development Corporation

413.296.4536

Workshops and individual consulting for small businesses or those thinking of starting a small business.

 

JobQuest

Massachusetts Department of Workforce Development

https://web.detma.org/Jobseeker/CM1.ASP

 

Massachusetts Career Development Institute

The Silvio O. Conte Center, 359 Dwight St., Holyoke, MA 01040

1-413-532-2683

Employment needs, retraining of displaced workers and upgrading skills in the workplace. Educational services: basic studies, ESL, GED. Programs: office systems technology, environmental technology, nurses aide,electronic assembly/technology, machine technology, tool and die, computer technology certification

 

The US Government Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training

Office of the Administrator, Room N4671

Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20210

1-202-693-2796

An apprenticeship allows for learning a trade while receiving an hourly wage and other benefits. Work with an experienced “journeyperson”: May take 1-7 years to complete, depending on the trade

 

Work Opportunity Center, Inc

1094 Suffield St., Agawam, MA 01001

1-413-786-8830

Day vocational program for those physically and mentally challenged which finds work in the home or community

Need referral through DMA, DMR, Mass Rehab and the local school system, fee will be set by Massachusetts rate setting commission

Hamden County

 

 

 

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