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CULTURE CONSULTANT: Stephanie Chamberlin specializes in talent recruitment, retention and workplace culture issues for smaller- to medium-sized companies that don’t have their own human resources ­department.  
 / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

She’s versed at easing clients’ HR pain points

Stephanie Chamberlin’s strengths lie in recruiting talent, keeping talent and building cultures for companies via her Providence-based talent acquisition and human-resources consulting group, PINCH...
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Q&A: Orlando A. Correa

Orlando A. Correa is a 2012 graduate of the Building Futures program of Apprenticeship Rhode Island, part of the American Apprenticeship Initiative. The program...
Thanks to digital imaging, more work for construction projects can be done in house. In this case Arden Building pipefitter/welder Andy Guimond can weld and grind 30 of the 40 connections needed for this pipe at the company’s Pawtucket facility before taking the piece to the building site. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

As more construction jobs open, finding workers continues to be difficult

Still wanted: Quality-control personnel, estimators, project managers, welders and many others for construction companies in Rhode Island. There are simply not enough people to go...
LONG-TERM CAREER: Kevin Bloyed, a CNC machining instructor at We Make RI and a machinist at Dean Machine in Cranston, said he tries to impart to his students that manufacturing can put them on a long-term career path. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Q&A: Kevin Bloyed

Kevin Bloyed | Dean Machine Inc. machinist, instructor in We Make RI program Kevin Bloyed of South Kingstown has spent time working in retail, restaurants...
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Q&A: Kyle Daniels

Kyle Daniels | Clarke Valve CEO and president Kyle Daniels is the founder, CEO and president of Clarke Valve in North Kingstown. He had three...
UPDATING THE PATH A new collaboration between the Westerly Education Center, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training, the R.I. Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner and businesses across the state, with support from the Real Jobs Rhode Island initiative, is training the next generation of process technicians and chemical operators, positions needed in the brewing, medical research and consumer products industries, among others. The program requires a high school diploma or GED to begin, takes eight weeks of both classroom learning and hands-on training, 
and is free. Here, Clarke Richmond makes circuits to control fluids at the WEC. / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD


Paths to manufacturing jobs grow

Perhaps it was an extraordinary run as a major manufacturer in a number of industries, one that kept the state looking backward instead of...

Uber introduces new RideCheck feature

PROVIDENCE – About a year in the making, Uber Technologies Inc. announced that it has rolled out its RideCheck feature, which presents tools that...

2 NUWC members win Women of Color tech achievement awards

NEWPORT – Diana Rivera-Rodriguez and Kendra Spencer, members of the Electromagnetic Systems Department at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, have each won...

Five Questions With: Doris Blanchard

The Connect & Grow Together Supplier Diversity Event is Thursday, Oct. 3, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. It’s hosted by SupplyRI, a public-private...

Study: Verizon ranks highly in customer satisfaction among U.S. wireline service...

PROVIDENCE – Verizon Communications Inc. was ranked highest in customer satisfaction in the small/medium business and very small-business segments in the latest U.S. Business...
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