SkillWorks has two primary goals:
- To help low and moderate income individuals attain family supporting jobs
- To help businesses find and retain skilled employees
We accomplish these goals by striving to:
- Increase the resources targeted to education and skills training, especially for low-skill, entry-level employees
- Build the capacity of workforce development providers to meet the human resource needs of employers and low and moderate income individuals
- Promote public policies that help low and moderate income individuals advance into family-sustaining jobs
- Providing greater access for low-skilled individuals to post-secondary education through better preparation, transition, and support services.
In order to achieve large-scale, sustainable improvements to the workforce development system that we seek, SkillWorks invests in three systems change strategies:
What’s New at SkillWorks
Governor Patrick's State of the State address focuses on middle-skill jobs. The Governor proposed sweeping changes to the community college system , focusing on how colleges can help address the state's middle-skill gap, which the Skills2Compete MA has highlighted for the past 18 months. Read more.
Thanks to everyone who testified or submitted written testimony on behalf of the Middle Skills Solutions Act (SB921/ HB2713) at our recent hearing before the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development . We had a great turnout, with committee members in attendance expressing their full support for the bill. Read more about the hearing and stay in touch with our efforts to pass the bill!
Join the Skills2Compete-Massachusetts campaign to ensure
that every Massachusetts resident has access to the equivalent of at least two years of education or training past high school and the support they need to complete such training.
Read more about the campaign
