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Cool Stuff 2022: A Guide to Career Opportunities in Central Mass.

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C O O L S T U F F 2 0 2 2 • A Guide to Career Opportunities in Central Mass. 3 Editor, Brad Kane, bkane@wbjournal.com Staff Writers Timothy Doyle tdoyle@wbjournal.com (Real estate, higher education) Kevin Koczwara kkoczwara@wbjournal.com (Manufacturing, energy & environment)) Contributors Giselle Rivera-Flores, Laura Finaldi, Monica Benevides, Susan Shalhoub, Livia Gershon, Katherine Hamilton Photgraphers Matt Wright, Edd Cote Research Director, Stephanie Meagher, smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com Research Assistant, Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com Production Director, Kira Beaudoin, kbeaudoin@wbjournal.com Art Director, Mitchell Hayes, mhayes@wbjournal.com Senior Accounts Manager Christine Juetten, cjuetten@wbjournal.com Senior Special Accounts Manager Mary Lynn Bosiak, mlbosiak@wbjournal.com Marketing & Events Manager Kris Prosser, kprosser@wbjournal.com COO, Mary Rogers, mrogers@nebusinessmedia.com Accountant, Sarah Ward, sward@nebusinessmedia.com Accounting Assistant, Rae Rogers, rrogers@nebusinessmedia.com Account Receivable Specialist, Patty Harris, pharris@ nebusinessmedia.com Operations Assistant, Leah Allen, lallen@nebusinessmedia.com Publisher, CEO, Peter Stanton pstanton@nebusinessmedia.com Associate Publisher, Mark Murray mmurray@wbjournal.com President, Tom Curtin tcurtin@hartfordbusinessjournal.com C O N T E N T S Worcester Business Journal 172 Shrewsbury Street, Worcester, MA 01604 508-755-8004 tel. • 508-755-8860 fax www.wbjournal.com A division of: 4 12 18 24 A W B J P u b l i c a t i o n COOL STUFF 2022 SECTIONS Picking a career Taking the first steps How should you start exploring potential career paths? ................................................................... 4 How I went from the bottom of my high school class, to being homeless, to running my own nonprofit Ronald B. Waddell Jr., the executive director of Legendary Legacies, dives into the ups and downs of his career path ....................................................... 9 Health care Flexibility & security From traditional provider roles to IT and support staff, health care provides a wide variety of career options in a relatively stable industry .................... 12 Manufacturing Passion for the product Although physically demanding, the tangibility and omnipresence of manufacturing work can be rewarding ............................................................. 18 Human services nonprofits Driven by purpose In an industry not known for his high pay, workers at human services nonprofits find they are fulfilled by knowing their work is helping people and affecting change ................................................................ 24 Employment & wages ..........................................30 SPONSORED PROFILES ON COMPANIES Webster Five ........................................................ 10 AdCare Hospital .................................................... 16 Kinefac Corporation .............................................22 MassMEP .............................................................. 23 Seven Hills Foundation .........................................28 Guild of St. Agnes of Worcester, Inc. .....................29

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