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Springfield’s United Personnel Services sells to Worcester-based Masis Staffing Solutions Updated May 18, 2021; Facebook Share SPRINGFIELD — Worcester-based Masis Staffing Solutions, which does business in 18 states, has purchased United Personnel Services of Springfield. United Personnel’s President Patricia Canavan and Chief Financial Officer Dave Mazzucco will join the Masis executive team, the companies said Tuesday. Canavan, daughter of founders Mary Ellen Scott and the late Jay Can...

Massachusetts manufacturers struggle to fill critical jobs Updated Feb 15, 2021; Posted Feb 15, 2021 Springfield rail car manufacturer CRRC last fall hired 40 electrical engineers and 42 mechanical engineers to meet demands for the coming year and beyond. (Don Treeger / The Republican file photo) Facebook Share It has been one of the economic conundrums of the coronavirus pandemic: Unemployment rates rose to unprecedented levels, but some employers have been begging to fill jobs. With the on...