Programs

I will aspire: Goodwill's job training, career services, and youth programs help people achieve independence.

• Job Training and Placement Services
• Career Services - Boston Career Link
• Beyond Jobs
• Clothing Collaborative for Job Trainees
• Services for Individuals with Disabilities/Ability One
• Youth Programs
• Fresh Air Camp

Beyond Jobs

The Beyond Jobs program assists single mothers with job training and placement, and also helps them plan for continued success. Goodwill works with each woman to create an individualized plan that outlines how she will gain and retain a job, advance in her career, and ensure long-term financial stability for her family.

Each participant in the Beyond Jobs program receives a complete career assessment, individualized career planning, job skills training, and assistance with job placement. Recognizing that landing a job is only one step on the road to success, Beyond Jobs also provides mothers with continued financial education, family strengthening services, early education and child care assistance, and connections to healthy food and nutrition initiatives.

One participant is already seeing success after entering the Beyond Jobs program. Shanika Reynolds is a 32-year-old mother who came to Goodwill twice. The first time she came, she did not, in her on words, take full advantage of the opportunity. As a result, she was unsuccessful in meeting her employment goals. When she came back in August 2010, Shanika had a new attitude. Her attendance was nearly perfect and she came in every day prepared to work. In less than one month, Shanika was offered and accepted a full-time position as a research assistant at Massachusetts General Hospital earning $13 an hour. She loves her work and is now looking ahead to September 2011. That is when she plans to begin college classes leveraging tuition reimbursement benefits while at the same time strengthening her family.

Through Beyond Jobs, Goodwill will offer:

• Individualized Assessment and Career Planning
• Ongoing Case Management Support
• Career Readiness/Skill Training
• Job Placement
• Access to Internships and Specialized Training
• Employment Retention and Career Advancement Services
• Assistance with Budgeting and Financial Literacy
• Family Strengthening Services including Workshops, Referrals, and Support

For more information, please contact Michelle Botus at (617) 541-1276 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Beyond Jobs is funded by the Walmart Foundation.