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MakeIT Haverhill, a jobs-matching and career training program of Community Action targeted to the city’s Mount Washington neighborhood, is getting a $50,000 boost from the state.

Community Action, Inc.’s MakeIT Haverhill Program, and MassHire Merrimack Valley Career Center are delighted to announce a strategic partnership that leverages both organizations’ strengths to better serve businesses and job seekers in the workforce development industry.

Covenant Health, New England Solar Initiative, Atwood Memorial Co. and others are looking for new hires in nursing, sales and technician positions at today’s MakeIT Haverhill Job Fair.

Jobs such as “Budtender” for a cannabis business, certified personal trainers, police officers, drivers, mail carriers and others are among the many hiring during MakeIT Haverhill’s next job fair.

Public sector jobs such as police and animal control officers, teachers and mail carriers are among the positions featured during MakeIT Haverhill’s monthly job fair tomorrow.

Automotive technicians, mail carriers, home health aides and warehouse workers are among the jobs offered during this Thursday’s MakeIT Haverhill job fair.

Nurses, youth and overnight counselors, customer support representatives, operations technician and other open jobs are featured during this month’s MakeIT Haverhill Job Fair.

Community Action, chosen from more than 630 applicants during a competitive review process, will use the $90,000 grant to bolster its MakeIT Haverhill program with workforce development programming, including job fairs, digital literacy and equity workshops and English language learner courses and supports.

Haverhill Public Schools, Haverhill Police, U.S. Postal Service, area manufacturers, social service agencies and others are among those seeking to hire during MakeIT Haverhill’s March job fair this Thursday.

MakeIT Haverhill is welcoming employers to participate in its free, monthly job fairs.The organization, which provides tables and chairs and bilingual assistance, has scheduled in-person job fairs for each month of 2023. The first one is Thursday, Jan. 26, between 4 and 6 p.m., at MakeIT Haverhill, 301 Washington St., Haverhill...

Lisbeth Valdez was welcomed formally Friday as MakeIT Haverhill’s first paid employee.

Haverhill Public Schools, Reverie 73 and Healthy Families are among employers participating in MakeIT Haverhill’s next job fair this Thursday.

Root & Bloom, a cannabis cultivation and product manufacturer, is among those looking to recruit employees at MakeIT Haverhill’s August job fair this week.

MakeIT Haverhill, in partnership with UMass Lowell and the Massachusetts Broadband Institute, is offering two free Computer Basics courses over eight weeks beginning in July. Classes are available in both English and Spanish languages and take place Tuesdays, from July 2 to Aug. 20, from 4-6 p.m., at MakeIT Haverhill, 301 Washington St., Haverhill. There are only 15 seats for each course and registration is required. Those interested my signup Tuesday, June 11, from 4-5:30 p.m., at MakeIT Haverhill.

MakeIT Haverhill’s latest job fair showcases new offerings from such employers as Revise Energy, Anna Jaques Hospital, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, among many others.

This week’s observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day brought back memories for some and reinstilled long held values motivated by the slain civil rights leader.
Among them, Keith Boucher, founder of MakeIt Haverhill, who first became aware the concept of equity when he was a child.

MakeIT Haverhill at 301 Washington St. will host a Job Fair on Thursday, Nov. 16, from 4 to 6 p.m. This event is an opportunity for...

MakeIT Haverhill’s August Job Fair features these jobs and others from such companies and organizations as U.S. Postal Service, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Community Action, Vinfen, Joseph’s Pasta, Waystone Health & Human Services, NRT Bus, Silverio Insurance, Home Instead, A Better Life Homecare, All-At-Home Health Care and Opportunity Works.

A variety of jobs in the health care sector from certified nursing assistants to physical therapists are among those being showcased this Thursday at MakeIT Haverhill’s monthly job fair.

"We cannot predict the people that are going to walk through our door and what needs they'll have. It could be in immigration, or it could be documentation, or it could be the language barrier." MakeIT Haverhill's Program Director Lisbeth Valdez explains....

Positions at a bank and two nonprofits join the availability of manufacturing, warehouse, driving and other jobs showcased at the latest MakeIT Haverhill...

MakeIT Haverhill is being honored for its ability to provide Mount Washington residents with “hope for a better future through workforce development initiatives designed to meet each person where they are.” The organization, launched in 2019, is operated by volunteers.

MakeIt Haverhill will add a new cybersecurity certification course for young adults later this fall.

Community Action’s MakeIT Haverhill and MassHire Merrimack Valley Career Center are partnering to better serve businesses and job seekers.
The Haverhill office of MassHire Merrimack Valley Career Center, operated by Northern Essex Community College, will next week begin using MakeIT Haverhill’s space at 301 Washington St. As WHAV reported previously, MassHire Merrimack Valley closed its space in May at The Heights, 160 Merrimack St., Haverhill.

Lightspeed Manufacturing, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center and others are among those making hires during MakeIT Haverhill’s next monthly job fair May 23.

MakeIT Haverhill is registering those interested in taking free basic and intermediate computer classes during April and May.

MakeIT Haverhill is again offering free computer classes to help people obtain the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in today’s digital world.

Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Home Instead, the Massachusetts Trial Court, Coastal Industries Windows and Doors, L’Arche Boston North, Haverhill Public Schools, Cedar’s Mediterranean Foods, Opportunity Works and Department of Developmental Services are among the employers showcasing job opportunities when MakeIT Haverhill holds its November job fair next week.

Bored by the isolation he experienced during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, Haverhill’s Noah Greenstein looked online to connect with people who shared his passion for theater.

Employers will be interviewing for a variety of jobs—including those in the cannabis, offset printing, health care and social service sectors—at MakeIT Haverhill’s April 27 job fair.

Federal and state jobs, along with those in the private sector, are among those on tap this Thursday when MakeIT Haverhill offers its latest job fair and career training event...

 We  join in the V.I.P Haverhill Walk for Peace and meet MakeIT  Haverhill’s new Program Director, Lisbeth Valdez, all on October’s new Haverhill Journal!

Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School and Magellan Aerospace are among employers seeking to fill jobs when MakeIT Haverhill’s next job fair takes place.

Magellan Aerospace, Haverhill Pavilion Behavioral Health Hospital, state Health and Human Services Department and others will be showcasing available jobs during MakeIT Haverhill’s latest job fair tomorrow.

Taïna Mathurin Janvier — a Haitian migrant who moved to Haverhill in 2022 — has used the program to further her goal of working as an interpreter. So far, Mathurin Janvier has learned how to write a resume and cover letter in MakeIT Haverhill’s digital literacy programming, vital skills to have, she said “as the world is moving [forward] on technology. It is an obligation.”

The Massachusetts Army National Guard, Hilltop School and state Department of Developmental Services are some those participating in MakeIT Haverhill’s upcoming job fair.

Haverhill Promise and MakeIt Haverhill are among five nonprofits awarded grants by the Essex County Community Foundation to advance digital equity and bridge, what’s been called, “the digital divide.”

Employers conducting interviews and answering questions are Neptune Uniforms & Equipment, Cedar’s Mediterranean Foods, Waystone Health & Human Services, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, NRT Bus, Opportunity Works, state Department of Developmental Services, Vinfen, Amazon and U.S. Post Office.

MakeIT Haverhill’s June job fair is Thursday with openings highlighted at Greater Lawrence Family Health Care, Community Action, Penacook Place, Joseph’s Pasta, and others. The monthly fairs enable residents to meet local employers in a friendly environment where bilingual assistance is available for Spanish speakers.

"Haverhill, Mass., residents are getting help in the form of free computer classes, free computers and free Internet access from the nonprofit MakeIT Haverhill, with the support of a regional program".

MakeIT Haverhill’s latest job fair brings in a wide range of employers, including Community Action, L’Arche Boston North, Stericycle, A Better Life Homecare, Amazon, Monogram Foods, Opportunity Works, Haverhill Pavilion Hospital, U.S. Postal Service and Department of Developmental Services.

MakeIT Haverhill recently welcomed its first paid program director, Lisbeth Valdez, whose job as program director will be to help enhance and grow job training programs, help organize...