50+ Job Seeker & Networking Massachusetts

Resumes and Cover Letters (Springfield)
2026-06-24 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | MassHire Springfield Career Center, 95 Liberty St 3rd Floor, Springfield, MA, 01103, United States
Join 50+ Job Seekers Professional Career Coach and Recruiter Melody Beach who will outline for you what to have in your resume and cover letter — and what not to have.
📅 Wednesday June 24th
🕑 2:00
📍Masshire Springfield Career Center
📞 (413) 858-2800 to Sign Up!

Budgeting, Credit and Saving Strategies During Unemployment (Online)
2026-06-24 11:00 - 12:00 | Microsoft Teams, United States
Join Operation Hope’s Qassim Darawsheh for practical advice on budgeting, maintaining savings, and managing expenditures while unemployed. PLEASE NOTE: This online workshop takes place on Microsoft Teams. Sign up is through the Operation Hope website.
📅 Wednesday June 24th
🕚 11:00
📍 On Microsoft Teams – Sign Up with Operation Hope Here!

Job Hunting Without Baggage: Seeking Forgiveness & Healing from Yourself and Others (Online)
2026-06-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Daniel Lumera, The Biology of Kindness co-author, states that “To forgive is not to forget… but to give new meaning.” In this session, participants will consider ways to develop self-forgiveness, ask forgiveness of others, and have productive healing conversations while on the job hunt. If you are navigating a significant career transition later in life, this session with Dr. Miriam Diamond is designed to validate your years of professional experience and build resilience for your next chapter. This program, open to all, was requested by participants as a follow-up to the “Ready to Move on: Forgiveness & Healing for Jobseekers” workshop.
📅 Wednesday June 17th
🕚 11:00
📍 On Zoom, Sign Up Here!

Is this Ageism? What Now? (Southbridge)
2026-06-16 13:30 - 15:00 | MassHire Southbridge Career Center, 14 Mechanic Street, Suite 330, Offices of the Wellsworth Hotel, Southbridge, MA, 01550, United States
What’s the reality of Ageism and what strategies can you use to combat it? Join 50+ Job Seekers Career Counselor Professor Melody Beach as she delves into the best practices in managing age related bias.
📅 Tuesday June 16th
🕜 1:30
🏫 MassHire Southbridge 14 Mechanic Street, Suite 330, Southbridge 01550
📞 Call (508) 765-6430 to Sign Up!

Labor Market Information – Research and Data (Online)
2026-06-16 10:00 - 11:30 | Zoom
Where are the holes in the Labor Market and where do you fit in? Join 50+ Job Seekers Melody Beach for this masterclass on how to locate, and then effectively utilize this information.
📅 Tuesday June 16th
🕙 10:00
📍 On Zoom, Sign Up Here!

Is this Ageism? What If It Is? (Franklin)
2026-06-15 13:30 - 15:30 | Franklin Senior Center, 10 Daniel McCahill St, Franklin, MA, 02038, United States
What’s the reality of Ageism and what strategies can you use to combat it? Join 50+ Job Seekers Career Counselor George Armstrong as he delves into the best practices in managing age related bias.
📅 Monday June 15th
🕜 1:30
🏫 Franklin Senior Center
📞 Call (508) 520-4945 to Sign Up!

Practice Interviewing (Online)
2026-06-15 10:00 - 11:30 | Zoom
Sign up to sharpen your interviewing skills with 50+ Job Seekers experienced Career Coach Melody Beach.
📅 Monday June 15th
🕙 10:00
📍 On Zoom, Sign Up Here!

Resume Lab - With Help from AI
2026-06-10 14:00 - 16:00 | MassHire Springfield Career Center, 95 Liberty St 3rd Floor, Springfield, MA, 01103, United States
Join 50+ Job Seekers in the Computer lab at Masshire Springfield where we’ll help you create or tune up your resume with some assistance from AI. You can use the computers at the Career Center, or bring your laptop.
📅 Wednesday June 10th
🕑 2:00
📍 MassHire Springfield call (413) 858-2800 to Sign Up!

How to Find a Job in 2026 (Ludlow)
2026-06-09 17:00 - 18:00 | Ludlow Senior Center, 228 State Street, Ludlow, MA, 01056, United States
If you’ve been unexpectantly layed off, just looking to supplement your income, or interested in working again after retiring, this workshop will help you get prepared for the journey ahead.
📅 Tuesday June 9th
🕔 5:00
📍 Ludlow Senior Center 228 State Street 01056

Cultivate Courage for Job Hunt Success (Online)
2026-06-09 11:00 - 12:30 | Zoom
Job hunting requires a lot of courage. We face unknowns, take risks, and become vulnerable. Reaching out to strangers and people we don’t know well, putting ourselves out there to be evaluated, as well as reassessing our professional identity and lifestyle all call for fortitude and trust under uncertainty. Join Dr. Miriam Roslayn Diamond to to claim personal strengths, gain inspiration from brave role models, and identify steps to feel and act more confidently courageous during the search (and elsewhere in your life).
📅 Tuesday June 9th
🕚 11:00
🔗 On Zoom, Sign Up Here!

Pitalls of AI in the Workplace
2026-06-09 08:00 - 17:00
The AI universe is continuously changing rapidly. Join Myra Quick of fastforwardlearn.com as she walks you through the AI minefield!
📅 Tuesday July 14th
🕙 10:00
📍 On Zoom, Sign Up Here!

Career Reinvention – You Have Options (Bellingham)
2026-06-08 14:15 - 15:45 | Bellingham Senior Center, 40 Blackstone Street, Bellingham, MA, 02019, United States
There’s a lot of options out there for job seekers. Career Reinvention includes what happens inside you; how you think and behave. So what could your next career look like? Explore your own self with the help of 50+ Job Seekers experienced Career Coach George Armstrong.
📅 Monday June 8th
🕑 2:15
📍 Bellingham Senior Center
📞 (508) 966-0398

Networking Workshop (Online)
2026-06-08 10:00 - 11:30 | Zoom
Networking is a key element in finding the right job for you! In this workshop, you get to practice networking with 50+ Job Seekers Career Coach, George Armstrong.
📅 Monday June 8th
🕙 10:00
📍 On Zoom, Sign Up Here!

Unlocking the LinkedIn Kingdom (Southbridge)
2026-06-03 13:30 - 15:30 | MassHire Southbridge Career Center, 14 Mechanic Street, Suite 330, Offices of the Wellsworth Hotel, Southbridge, MA, 01550, United States
Unlock the secrets of LinkedIn… establishing your profile, making connections and using their powerful job searching engine. Join 50+ Job Seekers Career Coach Melody Beach as she gives you the keys to the LinkedIn kingdom!
📅 Wednesday June 3rd
🕜 1:30
📍 MassHire Southbridge Career Center
📞 (508) 765-6430 to sign up!

Critical Thinking (online)
2026-06-02 10:00 - 11:30 | Zoom
Critical Thinking is defined as the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment. Join Career Coach George Armstrong in this Master class as he reviews the power of gathering information, thinking open mindedly, and communicating effectively.
📅 Tuesday June 2nd
🕙 10:00
📍 On Zoom, Sign Up Here!

Take Control of Your Job Search Loneliness (Online)
2026-06-01 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
Paul Cecala is a Career Coach, Job Search Strategist & Tactician, and Professional Speaker. His expertise includes Networking, Interviewing, and Resume Writing. Paul is the author of the best-selling “Take Control of Your Job Search” available on Amazon.
📆 Monday June 1st
🕙 10:00
🔗Sign Up Here!

The Basics of Networking (Springfield)
2026-05-27 14:00 - 16:00 | MassHire Springfield Career Center, 95 Liberty St 3rd Floor, Springfield, MA, 01103, United States
You rarely get a second chance to make a first impression. Whether you’re at a networking event or a job interview, how you present yourself can have a major impact on the relationship. Join 50+ Job Seekers as we walk through the principles of networking, how to introduce yourself at networking events and convey your interests concisely.
📅 Wednesday May 27th
🕑 2:00
📍 MassHire Springfield Career Center, 95 Liberty Street Springfield 01104
📞 (413) 858-2800 to Sign Up – or just walk-in!
🔗 Register on MassHire Springfield

AI for Small Business, Freelancing & Entrepreneurship
2026-05-27 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
In the final session of 50+ Job Seekers Six Part Series on AI, join our Guest Presenter Zara Massoud as she continues to build your foundational knowledge and help you broaden imagination and empower confident participation in the modern economy.

Micro-entrepreneurship possibilities (examples of successful launches using AI)
Freelance and consulting
Business planning & research
Business incubator process (Ideation, MVP, iteration, and validation)
Marketing content creation
Customer support scripts
Competitive analysis
Branding aids
Pricing & proposal drafting

📆 Wednesday May 27th
🕙 10:00
🔗 On Zoom, Sign Up Here!

Adaptive Communication: How to read the room and respond appropriately when interviewing (online)
2026-05-20 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
Experience matters—but how you communicate matters more.
Your years of expertise are your greatest asset. The key to unlocking a new role is ensuring your message resonates perfectly with the person sitting across from you. Whether you are speaking to a visionary CEO, a data-driven Department Head, or a process-oriented HR Manager, every interviewer listens through a different lens.
Join 50+ Job Seekers for Adaptive Communications, a high-impact session designed specifically for experienced professionals looking to sharpen their interviewing edge.
What You’ll Discover:
➡️ Identify Your Style: Uncover your own predominant communication style and learn how it influences your storytelling.
➡️ Decode the Interviewer: Learn to identify various communication styles and predict which roles—from technical leads to executive leaders—are most likely to use them.
➡️ Bridge the Gap: Master the technique of “mirroring and adapting” your answers so they land with maximum impact and build immediate rapport.
➡️ The Power of Resonance: Learn to pivot your delivery in real-time to match the listener’s expectations and values.
Don’t just answer the questions—connect with the person asking them.
As part of this workshop, there is an assessment participants may complete prior to the start time. The link to the assessment is:
https://www.fastforwardlearn.com/communicationstyles
Turn your decades of experience into your most persuasive pitch yet. Join Myra Quick of Fast Forward Learning and Development and learn how to “read the room”! We look forward to seeing you!
📅 Wednesday, May 20th
🕙 10:00
🔗 On Zoom, Sign up Here!

Is this Ageism? What Now? (Southbridge)
2026-05-19 13:30 - 15:00 | MassHire Southbridge Career Center, 14 Mechanic Street, Suite 330, Offices of the Wellsworth Hotel, Southbridge, MA, 01550, United States
What’s the reality of Ageism and what strategies can you use to combat it? Join 50+ Job Seekers Career Counselor Professor Melody Beach as she delves into the best practices in managing age related bias.
📅 Tuesday May 19th
🕜 1:30
🏫 MassHire Southbridge 14 Mechanic Street, Suite 330, Southbridge 01550
📞 Call (508) 765-6430 to Sign Up!
🔗 Register on JobQuest

Interviewing - Know Thyself (online)
2026-05-19 10:00 - 11:30 | Zoom
Filled with tips and handy online references including AI, join Melody Beach for a masterclass in articulating your unique skills and experiences during job interviews. Move beyond the the generic answers and communicate what makes you distinctly valuable to an employer.
📅 Tuesday May 19th
🕙 10:00
🔗 On Zoom, Sign Up Here!

Closing The Deal -- Preparing for Success (Franklin)
2026-05-18 13:30 - 15:30 | Franklin Senior Center, 10 Daniel McCahill St, Franklin, MA, 02038, United States
50+ Job Seekers Career Coach George Armstrong has been there – negotiating for salary, benefits, hours, parking… and in this workshop he’ll walk through all the steps to help you out when that time comes – when you land the job!
📅 Monday May 18th
🕜 1:30
📍 Franklin Senior Center
📞 (508) 520-4945

Practice Interviewing (Online)
2026-05-18 10:00 - 11:30 | Zoom
Sign up to sharpen your interviewing skills with 50+ Job Seekers experienced Career Coach Melody Beach.
📅 Monday May 18th
🕙 10:00
📍 On Zoom, Sign Up Here!

Hands On Resume Workshop (Springfield)
2026-05-12 14:00 - 16:00 | MassHire Springfield Career Center, 95 Liberty St 3rd Floor, Springfield, MA, 01103, United States
50+ Job Seekers will be in the Computer Lab at MassHire Springfield to help you create, update, or makeover your resume. Bring your resume and we’ll get started! For all ages and abilities.
📅 Tuesday May 12th
🕑 2:00
📍 MassHire Springfield Career Center
📞 (413) 858-2800 to sign up!

Easy Steps to Enhance Well-Being and Resilience During Your Job Hunt (online)
2026-05-12 11:00 - 12:30 | Zoom
Nurturing yourself during the job search can decrease stress levels, increase energy and optimism around the process, plus help you project a calmer and more empowered persona. Join Dr. Miriam Rosalyn Diamond to learn easy techniques to relieve pressure and generate a more hopeful attitude about yourself and the future.
📆 Tuesday May 12th
🕚 11:00
🔗 On Zoom, Sign Up Here!

Interviewing - Delivering your differentiators (Bellingham)
2026-05-11 14:15 - 15:45 | Zoom
Join 50+ Job Seekers George Armstrong at the Bellingham Senior Center for a master class in articulating your unique skills and experiences during job interviews. Move beyond the the generic answers and communicate what makes you distinctly valuable to an employer.
📅 Monday, May 11th
🕑 2:15
📍 Bellingham Senior Center
📞 (508) 966-0398

Budgeting, Credit and Saving Strategies During Unemployment (Online)
2026-05-11 11:00 - 12:00 | Microsoft Teams, United States
Join Operation Hope’s Qassim Darawsheh for practical advice on budgeting, maintaining savings, and managing expenditures while unemployed. PLEASE NOTE: This online workshop takes place on Microsoft Teams. Sign up is through the Operation Hope website.
📅 Thursday May 14th
🕚 11:00
📍On Microsoft Teams – Sign Up Here!

Networking Workshop (online)
2026-05-11 10:00 - 11:30 | Zoom
Networking is a key element in finding the right job for you! In this workshop, you get to practice networking with 50+ Job Seekers Career Coach, George Armstrong.
📅 Monday May 11th
🕙 10:00
📍 On Zoom, Sign Up Here!

Unlocking the Secrets of LinkedIn - Southbridge
2026-05-06 13:30 - 15:00 | MassHire Southbridge Career Center, 14 Mechanic Street, Suite 330, Offices of the Wellsworth Hotel, Southbridge, MA, 01550, United States
LinkedIn seems like a mystery. Establishing your profile, making connections and using their powerful job searching engine – where to start? Join 50+ Job Seekers Career Coach Melody Beach as she gives you the keys to the LinkedIn kingdom!
📆 Wednesday May 6th
🕜 1:30
📞 (508) 765-6430 to sign up!

Unlocking the LinkedIn Kingdom (Online)
2026-05-05 10:00 - 11:30 | Zoom
Unlock the secrets of LinkedIn… establishing your profile, making connections and using their powerful job searching engine. Join 50+ Job Seekers Career Coach George Armstrong as he gives you the keys to the LinkedIn kingdom!
📆 Tuesday May 5th
🕙 10:00
🔗 On Zoom, Sign Up Here!
