MassHire Franklin Hampshire Career Center hosts a job fair at Greenfield Community College on Feb. 15, 2023. The event included 29 employers offering 120 jobs. About 100 job seekers attended. Massachusetts business leaders have been ramping up their warnings that a workforce shortage poses a long-term threat to the state’s competitiveness. This includes western Mass, where companies say they need employees. "We are hiring for a whole bunch of nurses, nurse resident and apprenticeship roles. We also have patient care technician positions, security officer roles, plumbers, electricians, transportation type roles. So a whole gamut of positions," Cole Courtemanche, a recruiter with Baystate Health, said at a recent job fair in Greenfield. Baystate is not alone. There are jobs open at nearly any company you can name. AIM, Associated Industries of Massachusetts, is Massachusetts’ largest business association, serving more than 3,500 businesses across 150 different industries. Chris Geehern is the group’s executive vice president. Chris Geehern, AIM: Health care is one of those specific cases where the the shortage of employees is really acute. A lot of complex reasons, but we’re seeing that across the state. So Baystate’s experience is not unusual. Carrie Healy, NEPM: Now, how was the labor […]
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