Regional Workforce Authorities

• The Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc. 
• The Franklin Hampshire Regional Employment Board Inc.

Career Training and Placement

• The Hampden County Sherriffs Department has a wide variety of education and vocational training programs designed to prepare a person to re-enter the community, secure full time employment and live a law abiding lifestyle.
• Human Resources Unlimited (HRU) provides individuals who are disadvantaged or disabled with vocational training, skill building and employment opportunities in their community.
• The Massachusetts Career Development Institute (MCDI) is a comprehensive, one-stop educational and vocational training center that provides a myriad of support service, including job readiness, job placement assistance and supportive counseling. (413) 781-5640

Career Centers

• CareerPoint 
• FutureWorks provides labor exchange services to employers and job seekers including job postings, skills workshops, career specialists, job fairs, training, resume services and more.
• Franklin Hampshire Career Centers  assist job seekers to secure employment and/or education to enhance their economic situation and to help employers find workers with skills and abilities who will be productive on the job.
• The Westover Job Corporation is a federally-funded technical training facility that provides participants, young adults ages 16-24, with educational and personal advancement, work internships, and job placement.

Staffing Agencies

• Advantage Staffing Associates (413) 737-3801
• Career Group
• Direct Success (413) 519-3399
• Dunhill Staffing
• FIT Solutions provides Information Technology Resources and industry professionals to companies throughout Western MA and CT on a permanent, contingent or right-to-hire basis.
• Johnson & Hill Staffing specializes in administrative, professional and financial placements including temporary, temp-to-hire, direct hire placements and contingent staffing management services.
• Manpower
• Paratemps provides legal and corporate staffing for direct hire and temporary placement throughout Western MA and Northern CT.
• Premierre Staffing (413) 552-3333
• Reliable Temps 
• Robert Half Technology
• Solutions for Staffing
• Spherion
• Staffing Now
• United Personnel specializes in placing qualified candidates in temporary, temp to hire and direct hire positions in the administrative, clerical, medical, manufacturing and accounting fields. Offices are located in Springfield, Easthampton and Hartford, Ct.

Employer Resources

• The Employers Association of the NorthEast (EANE) provides training and services that ensure compliant and effective personnel policies and practices to help organizations recruit, develop and retain a powerful workforce.

Media

• Masslive is the Knowledge Corridor's primary online venue for connecting qualified, skilled employees with local employers.