Exam dates for Mass Trial Court Officer and Probation Officer

The Massachusetts Trial Court has posted the exam dates for the above positions...see link below


http://www.mass.gov/courts/news-pubs/tc/04-16-14-court-officer-probation-officer-exam.html

Working for the Federal Government

We had an excellent presentation recently by Kim Ainsworth, Executive Director of the Greater Boston Federal Executive Board - a government organization looking to promote federal employment.  Check out the following link for more information:

http://www.boston.feb.gov/

Also, see my "job announcement" page for valuable websites

 

 

 

New Urban Mechanics Fellowship Programs

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh encourages graduate students to apply to the

New  Urban Mechanics Fellowship Programs  

The Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics (MONUM) Fellowships were created to attract the next generation of leaders to careers in public service. Candidates are recent graduates of master’s degree programs in public policy, public administration, urban planning and related fields who have a strong interest in public service. Fellowship opportunities include a one year post graduate full time fellowship as well as an eight week Summer Fellowship in the Office of
Martin J. Walsh, Mayor of Boston.   In addition to generating new ideas, fellows will learn about the mission and work of City departments working alongside Cabinet Chiefs, Department Heads and senior staff, while participating in professional development and educational seminars.

Deadlines are approaching:

               New Urban Mechanics Fellowship Program:  May 2, 2014

               New Urban Mechanics Summer Fellowship:  April 25, 2014

If you have any questions, please contact

Patricia Boyle-McKenna, Program Director

New Urban Mechanics, Boston

P: 617-635-1413

www.boston.gov/NewUrbanMechanics

New Job Announcements

Be sure to check out the "Job Announcements" page to see what has been posted this week!

Happy Spring!!!

Professional Development Resources

For anyone interested in perusing a career in government and/or emergency management, here are a few resources:

 

This is the web site for federal employment: https://www.usajobs.gov/

Here is the link for state positions: https://jobs.hrd.state.ma.us/recruit/public/3111/index.do

The Mass Municipal Assoc keeps a list of open positions at the municipal level: http://www.mma.org/municipal-jobs

 

For anyone interested in the emergency management and response field the Red Cross and the Medical Reserve Corps have many opportunities. 

This is the Red Cross, Eastern MA Chapter: http://www.redcross.org/ma/boston

 
This is the Region 4B website and includes information for the MRC for the communities surrounding Boston: http://www.region4b.org/Region4bCommunities.aspx

This is for the Boston MRC: http://www.bphc.org/whatwedo/emergency-services-preparedness/public-health-preparedness/boston-medical-reserve-corps/Pages/bostonmrc.aspx

 

And here is information on Psychological First Aid training sponsored by the Commonwealth:

http://cmmh-cmtp.org/dbhptrain.php

Calling All MPA Suffolk Grads!

The Institute for Public Service and Sawyer Business School are involved in an unprecedented challenge and we need your help!

It’s been a great year for the Sawyer Business School (SBS) and the MPA program at Suffolk. Our new president, James McCarthy, is very innovative, creating a lot of offerings for students and alumni: http://suffolk.edu/alumni.php .

I'm excited to tell you about the $50,000 Alumni Participation Challenge. From now until June 30, SBS is competing with the Law School (LAW) and the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) to see which school can increase its alumni giving the most. What matters in this competition is the number of donations we get, not their size. If the percentage of SBS alumni giving increases more than the percentage of LAW or CAS alumni giving, SBS wins $50,000 from a group of anonymous donors. In order to win the Challenge, we need your help!

To be perfectly honest, we need the money to do great things, to make us all proud of the Sawyer Business School and Suffolk overall, to enhance our reputation. The size of your gift does not matter. Seriously. What matters is that you make a donation.

Just take a quick look at the endowments at various universities in the Boston area (source: Wikipedia):

·         Harvard: $32.3 billion

·         MIT: $11 billion

·         BC: $1.8 billion

·         BU: $1.4 billion

·         Northeastern: $567 million

·         Babson: $275.5 million

·         Bentley: $217.9 million

·         Suffolk: $121.9 million

By donating today, your gift not only helps us win the Challenge, but it also greatly impacts the lives of our students and the SBS community. The power of your gift enables us to provide a high-quality, well-rounded, practical and innovative education to our students and alumni. Increasing the University’s alumni participation helps to attract top students, employers and other partners in the community.

I hope you can attribute some of your success to what you learned at SBS and that you would like to give back.
Here is the link to make a donation: https://www.suffolk.edu/business/alumni/30490.php .

Finally, remember that your donation is tax deductible. Please give today.

THANK YOU!

Brenda