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Haverhill committee backs voluntary portal to connect students with training and jobs
Summary
The Haverhill City Council Planning and Development Committee heard plans to build a voluntary online portal to match students and early leavers with education, training and job opportunities, while partners raised privacy, outreach and short-term steps including an asset inventory.
Haverhill City Councilor John Mitchison, chair of the council’s Planning and Development Committee, outlined a proposal on a voluntary online portal designed to connect students, recent graduates and early high‑school leavers with education, career training and local job opportunities.
Mitchison said the group would start by linking existing tools and information and aim to ‘‘collectively match students' passions and purpose with flexible opportunities across organizational boundaries in three key areas — education, career training, and job opportunities.’’
The proposal matters because local education and workforce providers told the committee they currently operate overlapping but uneven systems for referring students to services and internships. A single, searchable resource could centralize internship lists, summer training programs and career‑exploration tools and make openings easier…
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