Programs & Services: Job Training

Skills Training

Goodwill skills training program participants have an opportunity to enhance their skills training, gain real work experience, and earn a paycheck by working in one of the following Goodwill’s business enterprises:

Retail Training today continues a tradition that began with Reverend Helms at the turn of the twentieth century. Through work at Goodwill’s processing plant and retail stores, participants gain skills in both the back and front ends of a retail operation. Some participants sort, inspect and tag newly donated clothing and goods, while others work as sales associates in the Goodwill Stores.

Food Services Training provides a training experience in which participants learn at their own pace. Each component, such as dishwashing, salad preparation, grill cooking or deli preparation builds upon the others giving participants a solid background for employment in restaurants and cafeterias in the community.

The Outsource Resource Training consists of closely supervised and structured work for people with disabilities in light assembly, packaging and mailing services under contract to local industry. This work is performed in our modern job training center. Participants learn job skills and gain experience with real work at a competitive wage.

Building and Property Maintenance Services Training is designed to provide on-the-job training and instruction in basic techniques such as daily and periodic cleaning, floor and carpet care, meeting/banquet set-up, and grounds maintenance.

For more information, please contact Maureen Hudd, Manager of In-House Instruction at (617) 541-1229.