State Workforce Investment Board

Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board
Tamika Correia, Executive Director
One Ashburton Place, Suite 2112
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-626-1772
Fax: 617-727-1090
Email: tamika.correia@state.ma.us

Key Workforce Priorities

1. Raise the overall capacity of the Massachusetts Workforce system to respond to the labor market needs of our economy.
2. Close the skills gap that exists between available workers and employers through a strategic use of resources and full engagement of business.
3. Enhance the youth pipeline to meet the labor demand for the 21st Century economy.

Fast Facts

• Massachusetts offers its workforce various training and employment opportunities through its network of 37 One-Stop Career Centers in 16 Local Workforce Investment Areas.
• In Fiscal Year 2010 Massachusetts One-Stop Career Centers served over 210,000 job seekers and over 12,000 employers.
• The unemployment rate in Massachusetts was 8.2% in December 2010 down from its peak of 9.5% a year earlier.

Local Workforce Investment Boards – find local Workforce Investment Boards in this state.

Local One-Stop Career Centers – find local Career Centers in this state.

Workforce Success Stories – find workforce success stories in this state.