SkillWorks

Join us LIVE on November 18, 2025, at 12:00 pm ET for the next episode of State of Our Workforce: Unpacked!

We’ll be joined by Andre Green from our Boston network partner, SkillWorks, to explore how embedding ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) into local workforce systems is creating more equitable outcomes for immigrant workers.

💬 Be part of this important conversation on inclusion, equity, and system design.
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Funding was the start – now we need to build out systems to help our immigrant workforce learn English - CommonWealth Beacon IN POLITICS, timing can be everything. When the Boston Foundation’s Latino Equity Fund released "The ROI of ESOL," documenting the economic returns of

Vocational ESOL is the key to unlocking economic opportunity and connecting more people to jobs as well as filling workforce gaps for employers. We need a playbook to ensure vocational ESOL is available to all who need it, and understand current gaps in vocational ESOL services so that we can directly invest in strengthening pathways to employment. That is why I filed S1326 “An Act to promote economic mobility through ESOL" to help realize the full potential of the economic and social benefits vocational ESOL programs bring to the Commonwealth. Thank you to SkillWorks and The Boston Foundation for inviting me to share an overview of the bill at the English for a Strong Economy (ESE) Coalition meeting this week and for their partnership in bolstering vocational ESOL in Massachusetts.

Earlier this month Andre Green joined the SPARK FM - Online Saucy and Friends Morning Show to discuss the monthly jobs report and the overall employment outlook for ! Building relationships, learning new skills, and making connections that matter. Thanks to the Spark FM team for the great convo!

SkillWorks' Executive Director, Andre Green had the honor this week to join the U.S. Department of Labor Regional Convening in Philadelphia focused on Expanding Access to Quality and Ensuring Job . Andre moderated a fascinating panel with Teresa Collins from District 1199c Training and Upgrading Fund and Derrick Henry from Excelcare at Egg Harbor discussing race, s*x, job quality, training, challenges, needs and opportunities in the Care Economy.

SkillWorks is proud to have supported new research with Eastern Bank from Jerry Rubin, Visiting Fellow at the Harvard University Project on Workforce, which reveals a staggering statistic on “untapped talent” in Massachusetts: over 400,000 individuals are either
🌟 Unemployed
🌟 Discouraged job seekers
🌟 Working fewer hours than they can or desire to work, or
🌟 Not working up to their skill capacity or ambitions

Read the full report here: https://www.pw.hks.harvard.edu/post/addressing-the-labor-shortage-in-massachusetts

Addressing the Labor Shortage in Massachusetts: Engaging Untapped Talent Addressing the Labor Shortage in Massachusetts: Engaging Untapped Talent Jerry Rubin and Ayanna Warrington September 2023 Preview or download the PDF version of this report: Contents Executive Summary Introduction Social and Demographic Trends in Massachusetts Untapped Talent Addressing The Barriers...

12th Annual Massachusetts Jobs & Workforce Summit: Rapid Reemployment for a Just and Equitable Recovery - Download the 2021 program book here

12th Annual Massachusetts Jobs & Workforce Summit: Rapid Reemployment for a Just and Equitable Recovery 2021 Program Book wsg_12thannualsummit21Download The Workforce Solutions Group is pleased to announce the 12th Annual Massachusetts Jobs and Workforce Summit, happening on Wednesday, October 27, 20…