Skip to Content

MJQ Bank

State Jobs

Jobs for 55+

Career and Job Search
Services

DTA Programs

Hiring and Training Options

Get Credit for Hiring the Right Person for the Job
(617) 626-5363 www.doleta.gov/business/incentives/opptax/

Work Opportunity Tax Credits (WOTC) are available to employers hiring from one or more targeted groups. The tax credit is equal to 40% of the qualified wages for those employed 400 or more hours; 25% for those employed at least 120 hours. NEW : The consolidated WOTC for hiring most target group members can be as much as $2,400 for each new adult hire; $1,200 for each new summer youth hire; and $9,000 for each new long-term family assistance recipient hired over a two-year period . Your business services representative can help you take advantage of this program.

Hiring Incentive Training Grant (HITG) assists in paying training costs up to $2,000 per employee for newly hired employees who have been unemployed over a year and those that do not have a call back date from their last employer. Employers can be awarded up to $30,000 a year.

Programs to Help Your Company Stay Competitive

Insurance Partnership for Business
1-800-399-8285 www.4ip.org
The Insurance Partnership also helps the self-employed. This program helps pay for the health insurance small businesses offer to qualified employees. It will pay an employer as much as $1,000 a year per qualified employee, including the employee himself, provided the qualifications are met. The amount depends on the tier of coverage chosen by the employee.

Workforce Training Fund
(508) 775-5900 www.ciwib.org
A matching grant program up to $250,000 for large employers funded by the DCS/DUA for the purpose of training your workforce so you can remain competitive.

Workforce Training Fund Express
(508) 775-5900 www.ciwib.org
A matching grant program up to $15,000 funded by the DCS/DUA for businesses with 50 or fewer employees. The money is to assist businesses with workforce training.

Participate in Worksharing
(617) 626-5510 www.detma.org
Participating in Massachusetts ' WorkSharing Program is your alternative to layoffs. WorkSharing allows workers in an entire company, a company department, or even a small unit within the company, to share reduced work hours while also collecting unemployment insurance benefits to supplement their reduced wages.

USDOL: Apprenticeship Program
(617) 626-5409 dwallace@detma.org
Registered Apprenticeship is a post secondary education, training and employment option. It offers immediate employment for the apprentice and a combination of on-the-job training and related technical and theoretical instruction through a training provider. It is business and industry driven, targeting the high-growth industries that face critical skilled worker shortages now and in the foreseeable future.

Events:

Information Sessions

VIRTUAL JOB FAIR
- For Job Seekers
- For Employers
- Become Sponsor

Home