POWER OF JOBS
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?
Power of Jobs is a non-profit organization that provides information you can use to make it happen.
OUR MISSION
Power of Jobs is dedicated to helping residents of Boston find a good job or get on the path to a good job. Our special focus is on communities of color, youth, and returning citizens.
We carry out our mission by maintaining a website that provides a guide to the wide array of locally available free job-related services: places that can help you find a job today, alerts to upcoming job fairs, organizations providing apprenticeships, job skills training, and job prep services
including career coaching, job search support and certifications. All of these are focused on helping people secure good jobs in a range of industries and trades, as well as in city, state or federal organizations. There are more than 100 outstanding organizations providing these services. The Power of Jobs website summarizes them in a single guide
so that it is easy for you to identify and connect with the organization or program that works best for you.
We also have broader goals: reducing poverty, building wealth, fighting racism, and strengthening community. We believe jobs are fundamental to achieving these goals. And that is why our organization’s name is Power of Jobs.
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 job readiness
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
We are inspired and informed by people from a range of communities in Boston. As a new organization, we are actively recruiting to complete our board of directors and board of advisors, working to include people from different types of jobs, business leaders, non-profit and union leaders, educators, and city officials
