The Career Center will be closed on Friday, June 18th in observance of the Juneteenth Holiday.
We will re-open for remote services on Monday, June 21st at 8:30am.
We Are Open For Remote Services! MassHire Franklin Hampshire Career Centers in Greenfield, Orange, and Northampton Forbes Library are temporarily closed for IN-PERSON services to protect our customers and staff from potential exposure to Coronavirus (COVID-19). Our staff continue to work and serve customers by phone, email, or web. To contact a staff person, please call the Greenfield Career Center at 413-774-4361 or toll free at 800-457-2603. Our website is updated regularly. Please use these links for details about applying for unemployment benefits and other programs to assist during the Coronavirus state of emergency.
Click here for COVID-19 job seeker/employee information | Click here for COVID-19 employer information
July 2021 Virtual Job Fair
10:00am to 12:00pm Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Keep watching our website for more details!
Urban Agenda Grant
Summer Jobs for Greenfield Youth Ages 16-24
Click here to learn more and apply!
Click here for more information on our youth services
Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) and Mass Internet Connect (MIC)
A program for Massachusetts residents who are unemployed, looking for work and using MassHire job search services to provide:
Federal Emergency Broadband Benefit Program may offer $50 monthly subsidy to lower the cost of internet services and up to $100 toward the purchase of a computer: https:///getemergencybroadband.org
or
Mass Internet Connect may off a free Chromebook and if not eligible for the federal Emergency Broadband Benefit program, a Verizon hotspot device for internet access.
Please contact info@masshirefhcareers.org or call us at 413-774-4361 or 800-457-2603 toll-free
The program ends on December 31, 2021
The Franklin Regional Transit Authority (FRTA) is partnering with a team of non-profit service providers and local businesses to launch a taxi service specifically designed to help Franklin County residents obtain and keep late shift jobs. The taxi service will provide transportation to get to Franklin County businesses and home again including pickup/drop off at child care facilities.
Learn more about the program HERE (PDF)
50+ Job Seekers Program – Your AGE really is your EDGE!!
FREE online workshops and networking groups for seniors.
COVID-19 Resources
Click here for a PDF list of Community Resources to help during the Covid-19 Emergency
Public computer access resources
Franklin County FREE wifi hotspots
MassBroadband Inc. Free WiFi Hotspots in Western MA Hilltowns
Covid-19 Long Term Health Care Jobs Portal
There is an urgent need to hire Nurses, Certified Nursing Assistants, Patient Care Technicians, OTs, PTs, and many roles across our skilled nursing, assisted living and long-term care facilities statewide. This portal is now open to all long term care facilities across the Commonwealth as well as COVID-19 temporary care sites. Temporary and permanent positions available. Employers are offering hiring incentives. Click HERE to learn more about jobs at temporary care sites.
Click HERE to learn more about jobs at long term care facilities.
To apply for jobs or to post jobs to the portal please click HERE.
This link includes FAQ’s for employers and workers.
COVID-19 Contact Tracing Information and Jobs
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in partnership with Partners in Health, is reaching out to contacts of confirmed positive COVID-19 patients to help reduce the spread of the disease. Partners in Health is hiring Contact Tracers to support Massachusetts Department of Public Health and Local Boards of Health to perform COVID-19 contact tracing.
FRAUD ALERT! Protect Your Unemployment Insurance Benefits!
If you believe someone has applied for unemployment benefits falsely using your personal data, please report the fraud here: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/report-unemployment-benefits-fraud
Has your job been eliminated or hours reduced due to foreign competition or relocation outside the U.S.?
Click here to learn more about how the Trade Adjustment assistance Program can help.
About MassHire
MassHire Franklin Hampshire Career Center provides employment and training services at no charge to job seekers and employers in Franklin County, Hampshire County, and the North Quabbin area. We connect employers and job seekers through a statewide network of employment professionals and services designed to meet the unique needs of each customer.