REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT BOARD OF HAMPDEN COUNTY, INC.
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What's New

New RFP Posted for a Pilot Family Centerd Literacy Program for Springfield Parents & Children in Pre-K - Click on link to get more info & RFP document.  Attendee List and Q&As from 11/14/08 Information Session added.

New Grant Announced to Support Precision Machining

Precision Machining Interim Report on Business Impacts - Click on link to get to this report as part of our Workforce Competetive Trust Fund grant for precision machining training,  as well as others.

October Article on Literacy and Citizenship - Click on link to this and other news articles on literacy.

FY'09 Hampden County Workforce Development Plan Summary Link

Final Springfield Workforce Development Plan

Read more news and events.

Regional Economy

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.

  • 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 new 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!

Read more about the regional economy.