POWER OF JOBS
This website is under development. We are continuing to recruit to complete our Board of Directors and Board of Advisors. Research is also continuing to complete the content of our Programs section. The purpose of this preliminary version of the website is simply to explain the concept of the site and the way it functions. Watch for the complete site soon.
Want a job, a better job, a new career?
Or free training in job skills, or an apprenticeship?
Or free assistance in preparing for your job hunt?
Need to fill jobs?
Power of Jobs connects job-seekers and job-providers.
OUR MISSION
The mission of Power of Jobs is to help connect job seekers with job providers so that people can get the jobs they want and employers can fill vacant positions. We are a non-profit organization serving everyone in Boston who wants a job, with a special focus on communities of color, youth and returning citizens. Our website is the only single resource for information about all the free services available from the many job-related organizations in the Boston area.
Companies, schools, city/state/federal government, and many other organizations need to fill jobs. Unemployed people are seeking jobs; many employed people are seeking better jobs. But there is a disconnect. Job-providing organizations aren’t reaching enough of the people who want the jobs. And people seeking jobs aren’t aware of all the opportunities available to them. Hence, our mission to help make the connection.
We also have broader goals: reducing poverty, building wealth, fighting racism, and strengthening community. We believe focusing on jobs is essential to meeting these goals.
In executing our mission, we are encouraged that more and more employers are seeing the value of diversity, equity and inclusion, and are now hiring based on skills instead of depending mostly on college degrees.
Why jobs
Jobs have a distinctive power to build personal wealth and dignity, build a family, build community, build a business, and give the next generation a head start.
The job information we are providing
Places to go to find a job today
Apprenticeship programs - union, corporate and government
We provide five kinds of information to the community. The information is easy to access on your mobile phone or computer and easy to act on.
Current recruiting campaigns of major employers; upcoming job fairs
Local organizations that provide training in job skills
Programs that provide training and counsel in applying for a job
A vital dimension of our mission is that these are all free services and opportunities.
How you can benefit from our website
Consider what services you need to get the job you want:
Preparing your resume or honing your interview skills so you can put your best foot forward?
Developing new job skills?
Finding an apprenticeship?
Or are you ready to jump into the market and apply for the job you want right now?
Who We Are
Power of Jobs is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving communities of color in Boston. We are not an employment agency. We just want to get the information out there so job-seekers and job-providers can connect with each other.
We are inspired and led by volunteers from a range of communities in Boston. Our boards of directors and advisors include people from many types of jobs, business leaders, non-profit and union leaders, educators, and elected officials.
