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CareerWorks is a non-profit One-Stop Career Center overseen under charter with the Brockton Area Workforce Investment Board and managed by the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute.
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CareerWorks serves job seekers and employers in Brockton, Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Easton, Hanson, Stoughton, West Bridgewater, and Whitman. Click on the town below to visit a town web site.
You can also visit city or town web sites by selecting from the links below:
CareerWorks is part of a statewide network of One Stop Career Centers that are connected to each other and with the Internet through a secure data network. Click here if you would like to visit one of Massachusetts' other Career Centers. Many of CareerWorks' resources are available electronically and can be accessed by personal computer.
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The Brockton Area Workforce Investment Board
The Brockton Area Workforce Investment Board is one of 16 Workforce Investment Boards (WIB) statewide working to build links between the business community and the workforce. The WIBs oversee and implement workforce development activities in the Commonwealth. They are composed of private sector business people, labor, education, and community leaders, and serve as conduits for federal and state workforce development funds. The WIBs also help connect employers with job seekers and provide current members of the workforce, and those seeking employment, with the training they need.
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The UMass Donahue Institute
The UMass Donahue Institute is the public service and economic development unit of the University of Massachusetts President's Office. Established in 1971, the Institute maintains offices in Amherst and Boston and has satellite offices throughout the Commonwealth.
The UMass Donahue Institute is one of the state's largest and strongest providers of management development programs. It is a major provider of client-oriented training and technical assistance, applied research and evaluation, integrated information technology and economic development initiatives. It also has a wealth of experience in workforce development, organizational restructuring, and the creation of strategic alliances.
The Institute's staff of over 100 works cooperatively with talent from the UMass campuses, other institutions of higher education, and the public, private and non-profit sectors. Our unique position within public higher education enables us to provide a valuable bridge between theory and innovation, and real world business applications.
In collaboration with client organizations, the UMass Donahue Institute has produced over 300 books, reports, surveys, guides, manuals, newsletters, and other publications of use to the public. In its more than 30 years of service to the citizens of Massachusetts, the UMass Donahue Institute has generated over $60 million in grants and contracts.
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