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The workforce development program offers on-site training packages to businesses whose workforce is comprised of Latino and immigrant workers. Through language and skills training, the program provides a pathway for the sustained progress of these workers so that they may be more productive and valuable to their employers.
Our Team
Our bilingual/bicultural teaching staff uses innovative approaches to integrating education and training services. The instructors possess the experience required to guide any learner through the process of achieving their goals.
Our Experience
We have fifteen years of experience supporting the needs of the community and collaborating with other organizations and business. Centro Latino has offered training programs to companies with employees who speak primarily Spanish. However, our courses are designed for any multicultural workforce.
Our Methodology
We assess the needs of each particular workplace and design a contextualized training program that addresses specific issues. We offer classes on-site at your company and/or at Centro Latino’s facility.
Contextualized Workforce Solutions
For the Employer…
Centro Latino is committed to building a skilled workforce to keep Massachusetts thriving. By conducting a needs assessment, we identify the challenges that companies face in order to remain competitive in the current economy. We design training programs that minimize production disruptions. Among the benefits for the employers are:
- Increased efficiency in processes, and overall productivity, resulting in financial gain
- Increased capacity to adopt new technologies and methods
- Reduced employee turnover
- Increased retention of good workers
- Enhanced company image
- Reduction of absenteeism
For the Employee…
We offer solutions for the most important workplace issues that hinder optimal work performance and limit productivity of Hispanic workers. Our training results in:
- Improved communication
- Resolution of immigration issues
- Increased technology skills
- Increased understanding of cultural differences
We Offer
- Workforce English as a second language
- Computer Operations (offered in either English or Spanish)
- Leadership (for managers and supervisors of Latino employees)
- Workplace Cultural Competency
- Native Language Literacy
- Elementary Spanish for supervisors of Spanish speaking workers
Free Consultation
Contact us for a free consultation with our program team to assess your needs and explore how working with Centro can benefit your company.
Additional Workforce Resources
MassInc [http://www.massinc.org/]
Metro North Regional Employment Board [http://www.mnreb.org/]
Commonwealth Corporation [http://www.commcorp.org/]
Commonwealth Workforce Coalition [http://cwc.cedac.org/]
Massachusetts Department of Labor and Workforce Development [http://www.mass.gov/eolwd]