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What's New
Skip to regional economy content box.Emerging Role of Workforce Boards -- Click here to read a brief entitled ""The Critical and Emerging Role of Workforce Investment Boards: How Federal Policy Can Incite Workforce Innovation", based on experiences of Executive Directors from local Workforce Investment Boards across the country, including our Bill Ward, as convened by the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce.
Hasbro Summer Learning Initiative Joins the REB -- Click here to read our press release to announce that the Hasbro Summer Learning Initiative and its staff have joined the REB! Read more!!
Upcoming Events! -- Click here for info on Feb. 10th event where Dr. Tim Black will speak and to save date for March 26th REB 3rd Annual Employer Outreach Breakfast -- support a youth through mentoring or a summer job!! We are also holding a legislative breakfast on March 5th to introduce the broad collaboration represented in the Healthcare Workforce Partnership of Western Mass.
Precision Manufacturing in The News! -- Click here to read about the REB's newest project, the Precision Manufacturing Regional Alliance Project and read about it in Business West editorial and article!!
Final Literacy Column by Marie P. Grady -- Marie P. Grady reflects on the role of individuals and community programs to improve literacy in Hampden County. Features a profile of Holyoke's Homework House -- Read more!!
Developing Early Childhood Educators, Year 1 in Review and Other News! -- Click here to download a presentation to Partners on the Year 1 results of this program. Also read two articles, one on Holyoke Community College's Early Childhood Education programs and another on importance of early childhood education with Springfield and New Bedford MA cited.
Hampden County FY10 Annual Plan and Executive Summary -- Click here to read!
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act -- Click here for updates on local Workforce Investment Act "stimulus" money planning.
Final Springfield Workforce Development Plan
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Regional Economy
Skip to relevant links content box.The Regional Employment Board will update this website with information and reports on our local economy, labor force, projected areas for job growth, and links to many other web sites with valuable economic and labor statistics.
- Critical Vacancy Data updated with Interactive Map -- click on link to Commonwealth Corporation website!
- New data report on youth indicators were prepared for our region and added as a link on this page -- click here!
- New sets of labor market development reports, as unveiled at our June 18th regional workforce conference, have been prepared for the region -- click here!
- For the State's two-page report that is published monthly for five geographic regions of MA and includes the latest labor force, claimant, and jobs data for the State and by Workforce Area, click here!
- For link to get a Community Economic Development "hot report" on Hampden County, click here!
- For an updated 2008 Hampden County Labor Market report, click here!
- To see updated 2008 specific job descriptions, their education and training requirements, wages and salaries, and more, click here!