News & Updates: MassHire Lowell Career Center

Letter from the Executive Director

The MassHire Lowell Career Center staff have been working hard, helping job seekers connect to new opportunities and connecting businesses to candidates for their open positions. Since the pandemic began we have seen:

Shannon Norton-Calles

Executive Director

MassHire Lowell Career Center

Over 1,200 customers for their re-employment review
Over 1,700 job seekers have attended our orientations to become new members
Over 3,700 job seekers attending our webinars
Over 377 businesses served

We welcomed new staff members Sivkheng Sar and Tharvith Thao this spring. We have been busy getting our new Young Adult Career Center open while gearing up for our Summer Work Experience. Madeline Colon-Rivera has been promoted to work on the Job Plus program, working with residents in the Lowell Housing Authority’s North Common Village. Finally, we have had a successful recruiting and case management of our participants in Nashoba Valley’s Career Technical Initiative (CTI) programs. Our plumbing group has finished and they are looking forward to furthering their career in that field. We have just wrapped recruiting for Nashoba Tech and Greater Lowell Tech’s CTI programs in plumbing and welding.

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MassHire Lowell Career Center News & Updates

Summer Youth 2021

Applications for the Summer Work Experience program are now open. We are expecting to offer summer employment to between 260 and 290 young adults. Starting date for the summer jobs is July 6th.

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JobsPLUS

We are now providing career services to the Lowell Housing Authority's JobsPLUS program. Staff member Madeline Colon-Rivera will be on-site at LHA's Mercier Center assisting residents in their job search.

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Hands-on Plumbing

Nine students have completed the Hands-on Plumbing program at Nashoba Valley's Career Technical Institute in Westford. The students completed the 200 hour program and will now being their job search.

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New Technologies

With our doors closing to the public due to the pandemic, our staff had explore the use of new technologies to continue offering services to our customers.

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Staff Profile: Janet O'Brien

Janet O'Brien has been serving career center customers for over 25 years. Starting as a database administration, she became a trainer and workshop facilitator. She is now a coordinator of the Competitive Integrated Employment Services program.

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Abisi Adult Education Center

In May, staff members Daphne Nichols and Stacey Thompson started delivering career readiness classes to students of Abisi Adult Education.

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Training Opportunities

In a push to hire 500 new unemployment representatives, the Department of Unemployment Assistance has been utilizing staff member Bob McIntosh to conduct interviews.

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New Staff: Sivkheng

Sivkheng Sar has joined the career center as a career advisor. Sivkheng will be assisting customer in finding jobs or obtaining training.

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New Staff: Thavrith

Thavrith Thao joined the career center in May. With a background in recruiting, he will be joining us a Business Services Rep working with employers.

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