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MassSkills Coalition

The MassSkills Coalition brings Massachusetts employers together, from every sector across the state, who are committed to sharing, learning, reimagining, and implementing new ways to assess, hire, train, upskill, and retain talent.

In 2024, Governor Healey launched the MassSkills Coalition as part of a broader effort to expand skills-based hiring across Massachusetts—bringing employers together to promote skills-first practices statewide.

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About us

We are leading a statewide effort to expand skills-based hiring across Massachusetts, building on Governor Healey’s commitment to creating a more equitable and competitive workforce.

Through the MassSkills Coalition, we’re bringing together employers, labor partners, educational institutions, and workforce organizations to accelerate the shift to skills-first hiring. Whether you’re already doing this work or just getting started, we invite you to join us in opening doors to more talent and opportunity across Massachusetts.

Our values and goals

Convene 

Lead by example to convene Massachusetts employers, large and small, and across industries, and learn from peers, additional experts, and proven best practices around skills-first talent management strategies.

Educate 

Inform Massachusetts employers of tools and resources available to utilize skills-first talent management strategies to meet their workforce needs.

Diversify 

Attract, retain, and develop untapped talent to build Massachusetts’ workforce by focusing on skills-first talent management strategies.

Employer resources and toolkits

Toolkit

Employer Toolkit: Skills-Based Hiring 

Steps Massachusetts employers can take to implement skills-first practices across recruitment, hiring, onboarding, and retention.

Become a member

When you join the MassSkills Coalition, you gain access to a community of employers working together to build stronger, more effective talent strategies.

As a member, your organization will:

  • Learn what works from peers and experts implementing skills-first hiring
  • Access practical tools and guidance to meet your workforce needs
  • Test and refine strategies with support from a statewide network

Members collaborate and share best practices in areas such as:

  • Data Management: Better understand your workforce needs and measure results
  • Hiring Strategies: Improve how you attract, assess, and hire talent
  • Retention & Upward Mobility: Strengthen employee growth, engagement, and advancement

Active membership

Asterisk denotes MassSkills founding member

Leadership

  • Lauren Jones, Secretary of Labor & Workforce Development, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  • Tonja Mettlach, Executive Vice President, Massachusetts Business Roundtable
  • Jerry Rubin, Eastern Bank Foundation; Visiting Fellow, Harvard Project on the Workforce
  • Chrissy Lynch, President, MA AFL-CIO

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