THE PANEL at Providence Business News' 2023 Workforce Development Summit on Thursday includes, from left, Julie Matthew, Amgen Inc. manufacturing director; Nina Pande, Skills for Rhode Island's Future executive director; Bill Schmiedeknecht, Lifespan Corp. interim senior vice president of human resources and chief human resources officer; Doug Sherman, New England Institute of Technology senior vice president and provost; and Matthew Weldon, R.I. Department of Labor and Training director. Moderating is PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing at right. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI
PROVIDENCE – As Rhode Island’s largest private employer, Lifespan Corp. hires about 100 new employees each month. While that’s an improvement on earlier COVID-19-induced hiring difficulties – last year, the health system hired around 500 nurses and lost 600 – it’s still not enough to meet the organization’s staffing needs, said Bill Schmiedeknecht, interim senior…
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