50+ Job Seeker & Networking Massachusetts

Navigate the Unexpected During Your Job Hunt (Part II): More Easy Improvisation Practice for Job-Seekers (Online)
2026-02-10 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Have you ever been stumped by an interview question? Are you unsure what to do when a networking opportunity suddenly presents itself in an unlikely setting? Job hunt surprises happen frequently. Join Dr. Miriam Rosalyn Diamond (whether or not you attended the previous session) to participate in more easy exercises and practice responding to unexpected situations. These non-competitive games can help hone skills in presenting and marketing yourself, conveying a positive attitude, and thinking on your feet while expanding flexibility and creativity. Everyone is welcome – no special experience, abilities, or talent needed – just a willingness to jump in, support others, and have a good time. Be prepared to turn on your video and audio so you can benefit from this program!
📆 Tuesday February 10th
🕚 11:00
▶️ On Zoom, Sign Up Here!

Your Career Brand: Stand Out for Success (Bellingham)
2026-02-09 14:15 - 15:45 | Bellingham Senior Center, 40 Blackstone Street, Bellingham, MA, 02019, United States
Join 50+ Job Seekers Experienced Career Coach George Armstrong for great ideas on presenting yourself in a manner that employers find attractive.
📆 Monday February 9th
🕑 2:15
📍 Bellingham Senior Center 40 Blackstone St. Bellingham 02019
📞 (508) 966-0398 or just walk in! 🙂

Networking Workshop
2026-02-09 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 Coaches.
📆 Monday February 9th
🕙 10:00
🔗 Sign Up Here!

Unlock the LinkedIn Kingdom (Southbridge)
2026-02-04 13:30 - 15:00 | 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 Professor Melody Beach as she gives you the keys to the LinkedIn kingdom!
📆 Wednesday February 4th
🕜 1:30
📞 (508) 765-6430 to Sign Up!

Should I Stay or Should I Go? (online)
2026-02-03 10:00 - 11:30 | Zoom
50+ Job Seekers George Armstrong explores how to determine your next career move.
📆 Tuesday February 3rd
🕙 10:00
🔗 Sign Up Here!

Is this Ageism? What Now? (Springfield)
2026-01-28 14:00 - 15:30 | MassHire Springfield Career Center, 95 Liberty St 3rd Floor, Springfield, MA, 01103, 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.
🏫 MassHire Springfield 95 Liberty Street Suite 3, Springfield 01103
📞 Call 413.858.2800 to Sign Up!

Budget and Saving Strategies During Unemployment (Online)
2026-01-28 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.
📆 January 28th
🕚 11:00
🔗 Sign Up through Operation Hope

Creative Ways to Manage Transitions in the New Year (online)
2026-01-27 11:00 - 12:30 | Zoom
Our lives are always changing, whether we made resolutions to pursue new pathways, or they emerge from causes beyond our control. Jobs, income, health, relationships and other transitions affect our career directions and experiences. How can we cope with shifts, upheavals, unknowns, and the unexpected? Join Dr. Miriam Rosalyn Diamond to develop insights and tools for riding currents that the new year may bring your way.
📆 Tuesday January 27th
🕚 11:00
🔗 Sign Up Here!

Own It! Thinking Through Opening a Business (online)
2026-01-26 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
When it comes to work, being your own boss is an option that you may want to consider. However, it is best to know what you are getting into. The excitement of entrepreneurship can and probably will fade as things become challenging. In this one hour session we will discuss what you need to explore prior to moving into the planning stages of a new venture.
What You Will Gain:
✔️ An honest assessment that will tell you if you are suited for entrepreneurship.
✔️A plan to critically assess your business idea.
✔️Resources to move your idea forward.
📆 Monday January 26th
🕙 10:00
▶️ On Zoom, Sign Up Here!

Is this Ageism? What Now? (Online)
2026-01-24 08:00 - 17:00
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.
🏫 MassHire Springfield, 95 Liberty Street, Springfield
📞 Call 413.858.2800 to Sign Up!

Practice Interviewing (Online)
2026-01-22 10:00 - 11:30 | Zoom
Practice Interviewing is an interactive online workshop designed to you build your confidence and sharpen interviewing skills. Practice Interviewing offers a supportive space to discuss, rehearse, refine, and feel more prepared for your next interview.
📆 Thursday January 22nd
🕙 10:00
💻 On Zoom, Sign Up Here!

Is this Ageism? What Now? (Southbridge)
2026-01-20 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.
🏫 15 Mechanic Street 3rd Floor Southbridge 01550
📞 Call (508) 765-6430 or Sign Up on JobQuest

Your Career Brand: Stand Out for Success (Franklin)
2026-01-20 13:30 - 15:00 | Franklin Senior Center, 10 Daniel McCahill St, Franklin, MA, 02038, United States
Join 50+ Job Seekers Experienced Career Coach George Armstrong for great ideas on presenting yourself in a manner that employers find attractive.
📆 Tuesday January 20th
🕜 1:30
📍 Franklin Senior Center 10 Daniel McCahill St, Franklin, MA 02038
📞 (508) 520-4945 to Sign Up!

Your Career Brand: Stand Out for Success (Online)
2026-01-20 10:00 - 11:30 | Zoom
“The traditional career plan is dead.” It’s time to train yourself, invest in yourself and market yourself. Join 50+ Job Seekers Career Coach Melody Beach as she hits upon marketing yourself. It’s an eye opening online master class!
📆 Tuesday January 20th
🕙 10:00
▶️ On Zoom, Sign Up Here!

50+ Job Seekers Program Information Session (online)
2026-01-14 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
Our Program Information Session is a great way to become familiar with 50+ Job Seekers and what we do. Join our Program Manager Eric Elmendorf for a quick tour of our program, our coming events, and our website. After a quick presentation, you can ask Eric anything about job seeking and best practices to find meaningful employment.
📆 Wednesday January 14th
🕙 10:00
💻 On Zoom, Sign Up Here!

Entrepreneurship Roundtable (Online)
2026-01-13 10:00 - 11:30 | Zoom
Meet real entrepreneurs in a live discussion with stories of getting their business started, what worked, what didn’t work and everything in between! The discussion will include:

Quentin Murray, Business Services Representative, MassHire Springfield
Paula Cohen, Principal, B Local Boston and Knowledge for Impact
Melody Beach, Founder, Melody Beach Consulting
Kelly Phillips, Founder and Senior Fitness Director, Totally Adaptive
Sarah Phillips, Partner, Totally Adaptive

📆 Tuesday January 13th
🕙 10:00
💻 On Zoom, Sign Up Here!

Unlock the Secrets of LinkedIn (Bellingham)
2026-01-12 14:15 - 15:45 | Bellingham Senior Center, 40 Blackstone Street, Bellingham, MA, 02019, United States
Join 50+ Job Seekers George Armstrong as he open you eyes about LinkedIn, and it’s importance in your job search.
📆 Monday January 12th
🕑 2:15
🏢 Bellingham Senior Center
📞 (508) 966-0398 to sign up (or just walk in.)

Networking Workshop
2026-01-12 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 a 50+ Job Seekers Career Coach!
📆 Monday January 12th
🕙 10:00
🔗 Sign Up Here!

LinkedIn Profile and Job Search (Southbridge)
2026-01-07 09:30 - 11:00 | Zoom
Unlock the secrets of LinkedIn… establishing your profile, making connections and using their powerful job searching engine. Join 50+ Job Seekers Career Coach Professor Melody Beach as she gives you the keys to the LinkedIn kingdom!
📆 Wednesday January 7th
🕤 9:30
📞 (508) 765-6430 to Sign Up!

LinkedIn Profile and Job Search (Online)
2026-01-06 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 Professor Melody Beach as she gives you the keys to the LinkedIn kingdom!

📆 Tuesday January 6th
🕙 10:00
💻 On Zoom, Sign Up Here!

Creative Ways to Manage Transitions in the New Year (Online)
2025-12-19 08:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Our lives are always changing, whether we made resolutions to pursue new pathways, or they emerge from causes beyond our control. Jobs, income, health, relationships and other transitions affect our career directions and experiences. How can we cope with shifts, upheavals, unknowns, and the unexpected? Join Dr. Miriam Rosalyn Diamond to develop insights and tools for riding currents that the new year may bring your way.

📆 Tuesday January 27th
🕚 11:00
▶️ On Zoom, Sign Up Here!

50+ Job Seekers Program Orientation and "Go Ahead and Ask" - (Online)
2025-12-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
Our 50+ Job Seekers Information/Orientation Session is a great way to become familiar with 50+ Job Seekers and what we do. Join our Program Manager Eric Elmendorf for a quick tour of our program, our coming events, and our website. After a quick presentation, you can ask Eric anything about job seeking and best practices to find meaningful employment.
📆 Wednesday, December 17th
🕙 10:00
🔗 Sign Up Here!

Is this Ageism? What Now? (Southbridge)
2025-12-16 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.
🏫 15 Mechanic Street 3rd Floor Southbridge 01550
👉 Sign Up on JobQuest
📞 Call (508) 765-6430

The ABC's of Career Planning (Online)
2025-12-16 10:00 - 11:30 | Zoom
It’s not as simple as ABC — but having a plan and backup plans are important… along with just having a plan. Join our 50+ Job Seekers Melody Beach for a Master Class in planning and furthering your career.
📆 Tuesday, December 16th
🕙 10:00
🔗 Sign Up Here!

Holiday Motivation (Franklin)
2025-12-15 13:30 - 15:00 | Franklin Senior Center, 10 Daniel McCahill St, Franklin, MA, 02038, United States
Don’t be ghosted by the Holidays. Sometimes great opportunities are discovered when most people least expect it. Join to get or share tips on staying active.
📆 Monday, December 15th
🕜 1:30
🏫 Franklin Senior Center 10 Daniel McCahill Street Franklin 02038
📞 508-520-4945

Practice Interviewing (Online)
2025-12-15 10:00 - 11:30 | Zoom
It’s like a conversation in your living room — great discussions in this open ended online session that’ll help you sharpen your interviewing skills! It’s with 50+ Job Seekers experienced Career Coach and Recruiter, Melody Beach.
📆 Monday, December 15th
🕙 10:00
🔗 Sign Up Here!

Build Well-Being and Resilience to Get Through the Holidays While Job Hunting (Online)
2025-12-11 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Join Dr. Miriam Roslyn Diamond for this interactive session!
📆 Thursday December 11th
🕚 11:00
🔗 Sign Up Here!

Is This Ageism? What Now? (East Longmeadow)
2025-12-10 10:30 - 11:30 | East Longmeadow Council on Aging, 328 N. Main St., East Longmeadow, MA, 01028-2442, United States
What’s the reality of Ageism and what strategies can you use to combat it? Join 50+ Job Seekers as we delves into a Master Class in the best practices in managing age- related bias.
🏫 328 North Main Street East Longmeadow 01028
📞 Call (413) 525-5436 to sign up!

Is This Ageism? What Now?
2025-12-10 10:30 - 11:30 | East Longmeadow Council on Aging, 328 N. Main St., East Longmeadow, MA, 01028-2442, United States
What’s the reality of Ageism and what strategies can you use to combat it? Join 50+ Job Seekers Program Manager Eric Elmendorf as he delves into the best practices in managing age related bias.at the Pleasantview Senior Center, 328 North Main Street East Longmeadow, from 10:30-11:30. Call the Pleasantview Senior Center at 413-525-5436 to register. Walk ins are always welcomed.

Program Information @ MassHire Springfield
2025-12-09 10:00 - 11:30 | MassHire Springfield Career Center, 95 Liberty St 3rd Floor, Springfield, MA, 01103, United States
Each month, MassHire Springfield invites non profit community partners to showcase their programs and services at their Community Buzz” event. Join 50+ Job Seekers to find out more about our no cost services.
📆 Tuesday December 9th
🕙 10:00
🔗 MassHire Springfield 95 Liberty St. Suite 3 Springfield 01104
