Tag: Building Futures
Brown University launches Workforce Lab to track job training programs
PROVIDENCE – Brown University’s Watson School of International and Public Affairs launched a new Workforce Development Policy Lab on Thursday to identify which job...
Surgical technologist pilot turned apprenticeship helping hospitals fill vacancies
In the operating rooms of Rhode Island hospitals, the work moves fast. Scalpels are handed off, instrument trays are counted and procedures unfold with...
Citizens commits $1.65M to workforce development and financial education programs in...
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. is investing more than $1.65 million in Rhode Island programs focused on workforce development and financial education, part...
R.I.’s first apprenticeship program for surgical technologists launches
EAST GREENWICH – New England Institute of Technology and Brown University Health, in partnership with Building Futures, on Thursday celebrated the signing day for...
CCRI steps into apprenticeship gap
Rhode Island reached a record number of jobs in 2025 – with the count exceeding 515,000 last April – but industry leaders warn that...
DiPrete Engineering, Building Futures launch R.I.’s first land surveyor apprenticeship
CRANSTON – In recent times, it’s been difficult to find qualified field surveyors – both at DiPrete Engineering Associates Inc. and throughout the U.S.
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‘Demand for skilled workers is … exceptionally high.’
Construction careers are lucrative and rewarding, but recent trends suggest fewer people are pursuing these careers. In our experience, however, demand for access into...
BUILDING SUPPORT: Women growing in the trades
Catherine Pena was working two jobswith three little boys at home trying to make ends meet when a friend suggested working in the trades....
Costigan appointed CCRI’s new full-time president
CRANSTON – After two years leading the Community College of Rhode Island on an interim basis, Rosemary A. Costigan now has the president’s job...
CCRI partners with Building Futures on new apprenticeship readiness program
WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island is partnering with local apprenticeship support organization Building Futures on a new apprenticeship readiness program for...
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