Rebecca Keister, Author at Providence Business News

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HORSE POWER: Crystal Taylor, director of riding, assistant professor, and dressage team coach, conducts a class at the Johnson & Wales Equestrian Center. / PBN PHOTO/ STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

JWU students learn to get back up in saddle

Education 04/13/2013

When Johnson & Wales University senior Julia McNellis was just 7 years old, she fell off a horse and, as the saying goes, got...

SOMETHING COOKING: According to the Amos House, its Culinary Education Program has provided 318 people with training over the last 11 years. Pictured above are program students, from left, Nathan Williams, Emily Calderon and Tilmon Evans. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Training programs feed R.I. eateries

Education 04/13/2013

Just a year ago, Stephanie Hebert was a long-term unemployed woman in her mid-20s without a college education or high school diploma – exactly...

AT THE PBN Summit on Employers and Education, held Wednesday, panelists agreed on the problems in the Ocean State but not the potential solutions facing the Rhode Island community.

Panelists focus on the issues at Employers & Education Summit

Economic Activity 11/07/2012

WARWICK – In a frank discussion of the education and skills gap facing Rhode Island’s workforce, participants in the Providence Business News Employers &...

SECURITY TEST: U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat, points to his efforts to keep Social Security out of deficit-reductions talk as evidence that he is working to help the middle class. / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Targeted tax breaks encourage firms to grow jobs

Economic Activity 10/26/2012

PBN: To you, is there any one issue defining your race against Barry Hinckley? WHITEHOUSE: I think the most basic issue is the focus on...

TURNING THE PAGE: A former aspiring journalist, Jessica Ricci has had her jewelry featured in several magazines, including Home Journal, Travel and Leisure and Real Simple. / PBN PHOTO/NATALJA KENT

In jewelry, former reporter found her true calling

Capital Goods 09/01/2012

Living in Italy was a dream come true for Jessica Ricci, even if the dream she ended up with was different than the one...

HIRE GROUND: Bill Juaire, co-owner of New England Copper, at work in his Smithfield company’s workshop. With revenue up, Bill and his wife, Susanne Juaire, are considering additional hires. / PBN PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

Sales up, but still hesitant to hire

Economic Activity 09/01/2012

Business is busy at New England Copper Works. Susanne Juaire, who runs the Smithfield manufacturing company, launched in 2001, with her husband, Bill, said...

DRESSING THE PART: Sheri Ispir, JWU director of experiential education and career services, tells students to “go formal first.” She's pictured above, center, with office assistant Marquis Cooper and education coordinator Ashley Evans. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Dressing for success not always easy to define

Personnel 09/01/2012

There’s an old adage that professionals should dress for the job they want, not the job they have. If that holds true, it could...

STAYING ON BOARD: Sullivan & Co. employees, from left: manager Jacqueline Waldon and principals Timothy J. Sullivan and Michael Hanna. / PBN PHOTO/FRANK MULLIN

Retention programs still pay off

Personnel 06/19/2012

A 25-year stay at the same company is becoming a rarity in these challenging economic times, but not at firms like Providence accounting agency...

Pilot promotes healthy lifestyles

Entrepreneurship 06/16/2012

Remember the good, old days when children biked or walked to school? The Rhode Island Department of Health does and while certain societal conditions...