Commonwealth Corporation

In case you missed it: Applications are now open for the Massachusetts Advancing Pathways for International Talent (MAP-IT) Initiative.

This funding opportunity is designed to help internationally trained professionals who are authorized to work in the United States secure employment aligned with their prior education and professional experience.

Funded programs will deliver coordinated career navigation, credentialing support, employer engagement, and partnership-driven services. This initiative will help address persistent staffing shortages while strengthening the ability of employers and workforce systems to recognize, value, and leverage international talent in Massachusetts.

Application submissions are due August 14, 2026. To learn more and apply, please visit: https://buff.ly/bme8IsF

Looking for work that connects purpose with real impact?

Commonwealth Corporation is hiring for three key roles that support workforce development across Massachusetts:

• Director of Financial Operations
• Workforce Pathways Specialist
• Senior Workforce Pathways Specialist

The Director of Financial Operations will help lead the fiscal systems that make our work possible, including budgeting, compliance, contracts, procurement, and financial monitoring.

The Workforce Pathways roles will help connect young people involved with the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services to training, apprenticeships, credentials, and employment opportunities through SkillUp. The senior role will also support team coordination, strategy, leadership, and statewide reporting.

Each of these roles plays a part in helping people access opportunity, supporting strong programs, and ensuring resources are used responsibly to advance CommCorp’s mission.

All three positions are full-time and hybrid, with comprehensive benefits and a generous employer retirement contribution.

Learn more and apply: commcorp.org/careers

Know someone who wants their work to make a meaningful difference across Massachusetts? Please share this opportunity with them.

Commonwealth Corporation is proud to support regional career pathways at Salem High School through the Career Technical Initiative.

Through CTI, Salem High School is helping students and adult learners gain hands-on skills for in-demand careers across the North Shore region, including electrical, HVAC, auto technology, and property maintenance.

We are also grateful for the partnership between the Commonwealth Corporation Foundation and the GE Vernova Foundation, with support from the Workforce Skills Cabinet, which is helping expand access to hands-on clean energy training equipment.

Thank you to Salem High School for hosting our team and partners and for showcasing these pathways in action.

It's a feather in our collective cap when we get to show off our Career Technical Education (CTE) facilities (and we appreciate the shoutout in the Common Thread Newsletter!).

In June, Salem High School hosted guests from the Commonwealth Corporation Foundation and the GE Vernova Foundation for a tour of the SHS CTE facilities and to meet with CTE administrators, HVAC and Electrical Career Technical Initiative (CTI) instructors, and students using the new, hands-on clean energy training equipment purchased with funding from the GE Vernova Foundation and the Workforce Skills Cabinet. They also enjoyed lunch prepared and served by students at the Black Cat Bistro.

Guests included Jennifer Edwards, Director of the GE Vernova Foundation & Company CSR; Kristen Rayne, Upskilling and Workforce System Director; Rainer Haarbusch, CTI Director; Matthew Pugsley, CTI Program Manager; and Natalie Mullen, Marketing Fellow.