• Recruiting and Hiring

    A wide range of employment-related services to help employers locate, recruit and hire qualified candidates.


  • Rapid Response

    The Rapid Response program helps businesses who are in transition mode, whether they are expanding or downsizing.

  • Trade Program

    The Trade Act of 1974 established the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program which provides re-employment services, Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), and monetary benefits -- Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA) -- to workers whose jobs have been adversely affected by foreign competition.

  • YouthWorks

    For more information on how to access these resources in your community, please visit the YouthWorks program site at Commonwealth Corporation's website.

  • WorkSharing Program

    WorkSharing is your alternative to layoffs. WorkSharing Program allows workers in an entire company, a company department, or even a small unit within the company to share reduced work hours while also collecting unemployment insurance benefits to supplement their reduced wages.

  • Registered Apprenticeship

    Through registered apprenticeship, employers can build a dynamic, self-empowered workforce that will lead their business into the future.

  • QUEST Project Information

    Through QUEST(Quality Unemployment System Transformation), both the Revenue and Benefits systems will be completely re-engineered, providing employers and claimants with a fast, interactive web-enabled way to transact business with DUA. Funded by State Bond money through the Patrick Administration, this initiative will produce benefits for both DUA customers and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.