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Goodwill provides job training and related services.
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Independence and dignity through work.
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Goodwill programs for youth enrich lives.
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Goodwill helps individuals with disabilities and other barriers.
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Not charity, but a chance.
Programs
Goodwill provides job training, related career services, and youth enrichment programs.
Programs
For more a century, Goodwill has been a leading Massachusetts provider of job training, career development, and youth programs that help equip individuals with the tools necessary to sharpen their skills, meet new challenges, and create more rewarding and independent lives.
Job Training and Placement Services, both short- and long-term, help individuals with disabilities and other barriers to self-sufficiency to develop the skills to take advantage of opportunities in the job market and meet the workforce needs of a range of employers. Career Services in Boston Career Link, the one-stop career center operated by Goodwill, gives job seekers – individuals who are looking to advance or change careers – universal access to a broad range of career services. The career center also offers employers good candidates for their job openings. In addition, Goodwill offers Youth Programs for young people with great potential but limited opportunities through a range of academic, recreational and career-oriented programs.
Each year, thousands of individuals participate in Goodwill programs, and hundreds of businesses and other organizations partner with Goodwill to help ensure that everyone who enrolls in a Goodwill program gets the best chance for achieving their goals and being successful.
Did you know?
Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries annually collects more than 18 million pounds of donated goods from 400,000 individual donors.
Rugenia Zimmerman: The Career-Course Connection
For Rugenia Zimmerman, the recession was a wake-up call. She had been working in the healthcare field for 25 years and knew that caring for people was her passion. But she also knew that losing her job as a patient observer at a local hospital was a very real possibility due to cutbacks and layoffs. Wisely, Rugenia sensed it was time to look into job training options that would help her transition to a better job with more security. She found out about Goodwill’s Human Services Employment Ladder Program (HELP) and enrolled. For Rugenia, this eight-week class that prepares individuals to work in the human services industry was just the ticket she needed to advance in a line of work she already loved.
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