Services for job seekers and employers
Services for job seekers include:
- Job search assistance and access to online job listings
- Career counseling
- Coaching on job search skills
- Workshops on a variety of job search strategies
- Access to resources including: PCs, reference materials, resume building software, and economic data
- Networking groups
- Specialized services for Veterans, dislocated workers, disabled workers, and other special groups
Services for employers include:
- Access to qualified applicants
- Applicant pre-screening
- Posting of jobs
- Assistance with small- and large-scale recruitment activities
- Help planning job fairs
- Testing and assessment of job candidates
- Targeted mailings
- Rental of conference rooms
- Labor market information
- Information on training grants and tax credits
Resource room
The Resource Rooms provide all the resources a job seeker needs for an effective job search, including equipment, software, and staff assistance including;
- Personal computers
- Printers
- Resume software
- Fax machines
- Telephones
- Free access to the internet for job searching
- Library of print materials including books, periodicals, and directories
MassHire Career Centers also provide use of technology, including;
- Computers equipped with word processing software, internet access, multimedia equipment and height-adjustable tables
- ZOOMTEXT software that magnifies on-screen text that allows the visually-impaired consumer to read the screen in large text
- JAWS software which reads text for the visually-impaired consumer
- Dragon Naturally Speaking hands-free, voice-activated software that allows a physically-disabled person to type any document by using their voice