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13,000 people gained job skills and basic skills to compete in job market

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Because of United Way investments nearly 13,000 individuals gain the basic skills (3,000) and job skills (nearly 10,000) needed to compete in the 21st century job market.  read more »

2,546 gained English proficiency

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Because of United Way investments 2,546 gained English proficiency in 2008.  read more »

4,000 people obtained employment

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Because of United Way investments more than 4,000 individuals obtained employment in career ladder positions through formalized existing partnerships  read more »

Day of Action

June 22, 2008

LIVE UNITED began as a simple T-shirt—something individuals could wear to show they are part of a collective of people working to advance the common good. Since then, it has become the beginnings of a much larger movement, a mentality that we are all people, connected, interdependent, united. and that when we reach out a hand to one, we have the power to influence the condition of all.  read more »

Financial Education

To address the challenges of the working poor trying to move into the economic mainstream, in the summer of 2006, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley in partnership with Bank of America, conducted a survey of 33 funded agencies that incorporate financial education into their programming. The survey gave a picture of the local financial education offerings and current needs and later informed the creation of the Financial Education Toolkit, an online resource for financial education providers.  read more »

Meghan Keaney Anderson
Meghan Keaney Anderson
Tue, 07/21/2009

Have Jobs Need Skills

How SkillWorks is helping to advance the local job market
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With the unemployment rate in Massachusetts hovering around 8.7%, it can be difficult to believe that there are some local jobs sitting open due to lack of qualified candidates. In places like inbound marketing firm Hubspot and Tewksbury's Raytheon unit, it's a reality HR professionals are seeing more and more. Journalist Curt Nickisch, explored this issue in a recent story on WBUR, saying:  read more »

Your 2006-2007 Investment in Action:
13,000 people gained job skills and basic skills to compete in job market

Jesse Maloney

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"They gave me the lock, they gave me the key, but I had to turn it."

Within a few years, Jesse Maloney has gone from being a high school dropout working odd jobs to securing a prestigious internship as a research affiliate at MIT’s Center for Material Sciences. How she got there is a story of perseverance, hope and the power of pursuing your own potential.  read more »

SkillWorks

Partners for a productive workforce

As a funding partner, United Way is proud to support SkillWorks. Launched in September 2003, SkillWorks (formerly the Boston Workforce Development Initiative) is a $15 million, five-year, public/private partnership of philanthropy, government, community organizations, unions, and employers to create a workforce development system that:

  • Helps low-skill, low-income residents move to family-sustaining jobs; and
  • Helps employers find and retain skilled employees.

SkillWorks engages in three strategies to change the workforce training system in Boston:  read more »

SkillWorks Launch Agenda

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On Tuesday, June 3 2008 United Way staff Christie Getto Young and Tulaine Shabazz Marshall officially launched the second phase of SkillWorks at a National Fund for Workforce Solutions Peer Learning event. SkillWorks is a public/private partnership of philanthropy, government, community organizations, unions, and employers to create a workforce development system that:  read more »

  • Helps low-skill, low-income residents move to family-sustaining jobs; and
  • Helps employers find and retain skilled employees.
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