Tag: Governor’s Workforce Board
Work Immersion program returns with expanded eligibility
PROVIDENCE — After spending much of the pandemic on hold, a long-running state program supporting paid internships is making a return with expanded eligibility...
High school internships offer employers advantages
There has never been a better time for employers to recruit and develop a broader, more diverse talent pool than now. The new reality...
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...
Training at heart of PPL’s new mission
The Providence Public Library, the grand dame of Rhode Island’s public libraries, is just a shell of its former self … literally.
Last fall the...
$2.6M to go toward jobs, training for youth
PROVIDENCE - A Rhode Island program aimed at helping young people build skills and experience in the work world has received $2.6 million in...
Five Questions With Frank D. Sanchez
Frank D. Sanchez | President, Rhode Island College
1. Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has proposed expanding the Rhode Island Promise program to RIC. How important...
RIMA’s Chenevert fixates on problem-solving in manufacturing sector
Dave Chenevert, Rhode Island Manufacturers Association
Manufacturing Champion | 2019 Manufacturing Awards
If there is one thing Dave Chenevert loves as much as solving problems...
RI Core Skills Partnership to cover full cost of English-literacy program
WARWICK – The Rhode Island Core Skills Partnership will now cover 100 percent of the cost to train employers’ incumbent workers in English-language literacy,...
R.I. manufacturers learn to manage a ‘good’ problem – training more...
In the last few years, manufacturing in Rhode Island is on a growth spurt of sales, productivity and plant modernization, and that’s led to...
Five Questions With: Karen Mellen
Karen Mellen began her health care career in radiology. She quickly developed a passion for teaching science and pursued a bachelor’s degree in health...