events that support your professional development. Our Calendar page lists conferences, training, and networking events sponsored by the CWC. From the calendar you can click any event for more information and a registration form.
with the most recent developments in the field. Check out our NEW Job Bank for open positions in workforce development. Click our New and Noteworthy page to find legislative updates, relevant workforce issues in the news, new reports and studies, and other upcoming events that CWC members will find useful.
in our Resource Room, your workforce development library. Here you may view and download materials about workforce development and explore links to relevant websites.
Email us to keep the CWC informed of events and activities you want us to post on our website.
by participating in events on our Calendar and learn about future events on New and Noteworthy page.
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Would like to thank all of the staff, funders, partners, presenters and attendees for making CWC’s 2012 Conference such a success! |
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In Case you Missed it…. |
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Click here to view the WWLP-TV, Channel 22 clip about the 2012 CWC Conference: “Sharing Skills — Building Connections, Partnering for Opportunity.” |
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Click Here to read an article in the Worcester Telegram about the 2012 CWC Conference: “Sharing Skills — Building Connections, Partnering for Opportunity.” |
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 HRMA of Western New England/Commonwealth Workforce Coalition Network Breakfast
On March 26, 2012, staff from organizations from the CWC Western Mass Network and members of the Human Resources Management Association of Western New England came together at the Knights of the Castle in Chicopee to swap business cards, make new connections and share information. The theme of the meeting, “Workforce 2015: Where Will Your Talent Come From?” featured a panel of non-profit and private sector partnerships: Mass Rehabilitation Commission and New England Health, New England Farm Workers Council and Renaissance Manor, FutureWorks and C&S Wholesale Grocers and the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department and Springfield/Meredith. Panelists discussed the ways in which strong partnerships lead to a larger pool of pre-screened job applicants for employers, quality job placements and increased job retention.
This first-time forum for job developers, business account reps, case managers and others from the CWC Network to mingle with over 80 human resources representatives was made possible in part through the generous support of the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts. |
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Other News:
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Commonwealth Corporation Releases Measuring Business Impact: A Workforce Development Practitioner's Guide, November 2011
Click here to download this guide.
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Two New Publications from the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development and Commonwealth Corporation
Annual Performance Report of Massachusetts Workforce Development Services and Programs
The Annual Performance Report of Massachusetts Workforce Development Services and Programs for fiscal year 2010 encompasses a wide range of performance data and information on employment and job skills training programs receiving state or federal funds. The performance reports are prepared by Commonwealth Corporation, in partnership with the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, and with the oversight of the Performance Accountability subcommittee of the Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board.
You can access this report on the web: Annual Performance Report of Massachusetts Workforce Development Services & Programs <http://www.commcorp.org/publications/detail.cfm?ID=770>
Regional Workforce Investment Profiles
The Regional Workforce Investment Profiles details the state and federal resources in Massachusetts for the Commonwealth’s primary workforce development programs. This edition includes federal and state funds allocated to local workforce areas during state fiscal year 2010. The profiles are designed to answer key questions about our public workforce investments, including what the major sources and current levels of funding are for local workforce programs and what the historical trends and impact of these investments are for the population segments served by these programs. This report contains both statewide and regional profiles for the Commonwealth’s 16 designated workforce investment areas.
The Regional Workforce Investment Profiles are produced with the cooperation of an interagency workgroup of state agencies, facilitated by Commonwealth Corporation, under the auspices of the State Workforce Investment Board and the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. The State partner agencies provided the information on program resources and service levels.
You can access this report on the web: Regional Workforce Investment Profiles <http://www.commcorp.org/publications/detail.cfm?ID=769> |
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MassBudget Releases New Report: "The State of Working Massachusetts 2010"
Released January 2, 2011, "The State of Working Massachusetts 2010 examines both the severity of the recession and its impact on people in Massachusetts, and the longer-term trends and characteristics of the Massachusetts workforce that have allowed our state to outperform the nation."
The report is available at www.massbudget.org.
See MassBudget's Budget Browser to explore Massachusetts state budgets from Fiscal Year 2001 to the present. |