Making the Mission Work

“I like coming here, it gives me good experience.”

– Dennis Winship

MORGAN MEMORIAL GOODWILL INDUSTRIES 1010 Harrison Avenue / Boston, MA 02119-2540 617-445-1010 www.goodwillmass.org SALEM JOB TRAINING CENTER 45 Congress Street / Salem, MA 01970 978-825-5000 BOSTON CAREER LINK 1010 Harrison Avenue / Boston, MA 02119 617-541-1400 www.bostoncareerlink.org

“The training program gave me a lot of inspiration.”

Boston Career Link is a Massachusetts One-Stop Career Center operated by Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries.

GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE PIONEER VALLEY 570 Cottage Street / Springfield, MA 01104-3242 413-788-6981 www.goodwillpioneervalley.org

– Micklean Owens

MAKING THE

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Goodwill Industries of the Pioneer Valley is an affiliate of Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries.

Pictured in the brochure are Goodwill and Boston Career Link participants.

“This is the next challenge for me and I want to make the best of it.”

– Richard Polito

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Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization.

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MORGAN MEMORIAL GOODWILL INDUSTRIES

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JOB TRAINING Mission: Jobs Goodwill offers job training programs for individuals facing barriers to employment. Some participants with limited work histories, educational attainment, and/or English language skills complete a work-readiness program as the first step toward a job in customer service, food service, retail, housekeeping, administration, and other fields. Others may choose to enter a skills-training program that prepares them to succeed in a specific industry, such as human services.

Individuals with disabilities who require structured support to work are often trained on-the-job and, over time, transition to work in the community. Visit www.goodwillmass.org

CAREER SERVICES

BUSINESSES & GOODWILL

Mission: Boston Career Link – A One-Stop Career Center

Mission: Partnerships

Boston Career Link, operated by Goodwill, is part of the Massachusetts One-Stop Career Center network connecting workers with employers. Boston Career Link offers universal access to a broad range of career counseling services, career resources, workshops, job fairs, and special programs to connect job seekers with employers. Job seekers learn about current openings, receive assistance with their job searches, learn job search techniques, and receive instruction on how to apply for a job online. Businesses come to Boston Career Link throughout the year to conduct on-site interviews with BOSTON qualified, pre-screened job seekers or to participate in job CAREER LINK fairs. Visit www.bostoncareerlink.org.

Mission: Work Opportunities The Goodwill Stores The Goodwill Stores are a social enterprise offering gently used donated clothing and household items to a broad range of individuals and families at very affordable prices. At the same time, they provide on-the-job training and internship opportunities to individuals enrolled in Goodwill job training programs, as well as jobs and career-ladder opportunities.

For a complete list of our donation centers and stores, please visit www.goodwillmass.org.

• Employment Supports Program - A program designed to help

adults with disabilities obtain supported and competitive employment.

• Will to Work - A program designed to help young adults with

disabilities, ages 22-25, obtain competitive employment.

• Transition to Work - A collaboration with the Boston

Public Schools to help young people with special needs, ages 18-22, understand the world of work.

• Project SEARCH - A collaboration with the Boston Public

Schools which offers a school-year internship program to prepare high school students with special needs for competitive employment.

Goodwill also offers community-based day supports and day habilitation programs for individuals with cognitive and developmental disabilities.

Goodwill provides business solutions to companies with light assembly, packaging, and fulfillment needs. Goodwill’s mobile crews work on-site at the place of business. The result is an effective, flexible workforce that is responsive to the needs of the business.

SOCIAL ENTERPRISES

• First Step - A four-week job readiness training program.

An eight-week training program to prepare individuals to work in human services.

On-site Workforce

www.bostoncareerlink.org

Training programs include: • Human Services Employment Ladder Program -

Businesses such as Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Communities for People, Delta Air Lines, Pine Street Inn, Spaulding Rehabilitation Network, and others have reaped the many benefits of being Goodwill/Boston Career Link business partners, including pre-screened candidates, reduced recruiting costs, trained and dedicated workers, increased employee retention, and access to tax credits.

These benefits and more contribute to a healthier bottom line for business partners.

CAREERS AT GOODWILL At Goodwill, the mission is the driving force. Goodwill maintains high service standards by hiring talented, team-oriented, and compassionate employees.

Everyone is treated with dignity and respect and diversity and inclusion are embraced and recognized.

AbilityOne

Goodwill offers diverse career experiences and has

Goodwill’s AbilityOne program provides custodial and housekeeping services for more than seven million square feet of government office buildings. AbilityOne is a federal initiative to help people with disabilities find employment by delivering services to the U.S. government.

positions in programs and services, career services,

Computer Recycling Program Goodwill’s computer recycling program creates job opportunities and allows residential donors to dispose of old computer equipment in a way that is easy, convenient, and doesn’t harm the environment. The program operates in partnership with Dell Reconnect.

retail, and administrative fields.