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Find Your Local Workforce Investment Board |
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The Latest in State House News, Association Events, and Everything You Need to Know
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Association Quarterly Meeting at Minuteman Career and Technical High School focused on Vocational Technical Education and Workforce Development partnerships
Superintendent Ed Bouquillion welcomes workforce and voc-tech leaders from across state to Minuteman Career and Technical HS with Association Chair Stan Usovicz and Senator Karen Spilka
Senator Karen Spilka discusses work of Job Creation Commission which she co-chairs
Panelists included Mary Feeney, Chair, Partnerships for a Skilled Workforce, Minuteman Principal Ernest Houle and MA Association of Vocational Administrators Executive Director David Ferreira ◊ ◊ ◊ Association Annual Meeting and Strategic Planning Retreat May 10-11, 2012 Contact your local WIB to register ◊ ◊ ◊ 3nd Annual MA Jobs and Workforce Summit Coming Fall 2012
Thank you to everyone who made the 2011 MA Jobs and Workforce Summit a success! Reports and photos from 2011 Jobs Summit
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The Latest News... Middle Skills Solutions Act was reported out of Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development. We urge you to support the Middle Skills Solutions Act (Click here for link S921/H2713). Help pass this bill to improve pathways to middle-skills credentials and jobs in the Commonwealth. Fact Sheet Youth organizations testified in favor of the legislation at State House hearing.
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Massachusetts Workforce Boards and One-Stop Career Centers have filed an application to the USDOL for Workforce Innovation Funding. The innovation grant is titled: Learning Across Business Sectors (LABS) Initiative ◊ ◊ ◊ Workforce Reports ...The Bleak Outlook for the 2011 Summer Teen Job Market Center for Labor Market Studies 04/2011 Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development Job vacancies rose from a series low of 49,200 to 71,100 over the year (a 45% increase) while the job vacancy rate jumped from 1.7% to 2.5% Center for Labor Market Studies Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development and Workforce Development: Toward Greater Alignment Regional Strategies Initiative ◊ ◊ ◊ News Stories & Op-Eds
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Click HERE to read about what workforce development means to families in the Commonwealth
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WIA Reauthorization Bill Introduced The Workforce Investment Act of 2012 – introduced by Reps. John Tierney (D-MA), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX) and George Miller (D-CA) – will improve the nation’s workforce investment infrastructure, focusing on finding workers jobs and careers through strategic partnerships with in-demand sector employers, community colleges, labor organizations, and non-profits. Read bill summary here ◊ ◊ ◊ Massachusetts Workforce Boards Present at National Association of Workforce Boards Conference March 11, 2012 in Washington DC Meeting the Challenge: Reengineering One-Stop Career Centers to Put People to Work
How should local workforce board leadership respond to declining federal dollars, increasedunemployment, and anemic jobgrowth? In Massachusetts, a number of regions have undertaken strategicanalyses of their one-stop operations,which have led to closing some centers and reengineering others. This workshop will explore current service delivery models in light of research demonstrating effective strategies to put people back to work.
William Tinti Chair North Shore WIB Salem, MA Executive Director MA Workforce Board Association Boston, MA Executive Director North Shore WIB Salem, MA Executive Director Hampden Co. Regional Emp. Board Springfield, MA To Read Presentations Click on Presenter name
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Youth Summer Jobs Program a Success F1rstJobs, the North Shore WIB's youth employment program placed youth in summer jobs across the region.
Participant Donalyn De La Cruz (center) had to opportunity to meet with Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray and Association Chair Bill Tinti in her first week of work. |
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Explore the 16 Workforce Investment Board Regions
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The Massachusetts Workforce Board Association is a business-led organization that represents the members of Massachusetts 16 regional workforce boards, and provides leadership in developing a collective vision of the workforce development system in the Commonwealth. The Association's members include employers, representatives of labor, higher education, business and industry associations, economic development and workforce organizations. Read more...
What is a Workforce Board?
The Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs) of Massachusetts provide workforce development leadership iin their communities. These business-lead WIBs have the critical role of governance and oversight of the federal and state resources that support the regional network of One-Stop Career Centers and education and training investments in their regions.
Workforce Board membership consists of private-sector businesses working in concert with labor, education, and the public sector to design effective, demand driven workforce development services for job seekers and employers. To keep business competitive and to sustain economic growth, our 16 WIBs:
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Identify changing workforce needs as part of the regional economic development strategy
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Develop strategic responses to the labor market and industry
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Work to build a comprehensive workforce system in response to the demands of the marketplace, workplace, and workforce
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Focus on accountability, customer statisfaction, and measurable results.
For more information on the 16 WIBs of Massachusetts, click HERE.
Message from the Chairman
Stanley J. UsoviczBusiness-led Workforce Board regional partnerships are the key elements necessary for the ultimate success of the Commonwealth's economy and competitiveness. Combining leadership from the business, labor, non-profit, and educational sectors, our Boards are able to craft workforce solutions that are meaningful and effective for each region. Our members and partners have been busy over the past several months working to respond to the significant challenges posed by the current economic recession. Governor Deval Patrick and his labor and workforce team - led by Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Joanne Goldstein, Division of Career Services Director George Moriarty and Commonwealth Corporation President Nancy Snyder, have been working closely with Workforce Boards and Chief Elected Officials to effectively implement a wide array of workforce and job creation initiatives. In partnership with the Legislative leadership, we are advocating for new training investments and youth summer and year-round jobs. The Health Care, Life Sciences, Green Jobs, and Energy and other sectors provide new and expanded opportunities for job growth, and training resources are being targeted toward these industry sectors.
The Association members have been working to better connect Massachusetts's employers and job seekers to the workforce development system. Many innovative answers to workforce problems have been developed by the regional Boards. The Association seeks to build on the work of the Boards and to assist its members to more effectively respond to industry labor market gaps and workforce needs. (Read More...)