Tag: Hiring
TERPS Cannabis Dispensary Announces Additions to Management Team
TERPS, a Rhode Island cannabis company headquartered in Warwick, developing retail marijuana stores and cultivation facilities in Massachusetts, has announced the following additions to...
Hutchinson’s focused on lifting her colleagues
PBN 2021 Business Women Awards
Financial Services Woman to Watch: Jess Hutchinson, Bank of America Corp.
Jess Hutchinson keeps a sticky note on her desk with...
Eateries look for recipe to solve staff shortage
While many iconic restaurants on Providence’s Federal Hill are starting to see a revival, the lights at Siena on Atwells Avenue remain off, tables...
Diversity and inclusion
Does your company offer any formal diversity and inclusion programs?
No: 57%
Yes: 43%
What programs does your business offer its employees? (Select any that apply)
Professional-development workshops:...
Q&A Debra Bedrosian
Debra Bedrosian | Cooley Group vice president, human resources and social responsibility
Technical textile and geomembrane manufacturer Cooley Group has worked throughout the pandemic, including...
Q&A: Jim Deslandes
Jim Deslandes | Deslandes Construction owner and president
Deslandes Construction owner and President Jim Deslandes has spent 40 years in his family business. The Warwick-based...
Hiring as an indicator
Has your company hired any new workers since May?
Yes: 71%
No: 29%
How many new hires have you added during that timeframe?
Less than 10 employees: 29%
We...
Amid COVID-19, employers need to change hiring approach
As Rhode Island begins kick-starting recovery efforts, employers need to start thinking about their hiring plans.
More than 230,000 Rhode Islanders have filed for unemployment...
In banking industry, tasty perks part of recruitment
Amid record-low unemployment levels, competition posed by Boston and New York, and a rapidly aging workforce, Rhode Island financial institutions are searching for the...
Age discrimination is bad for bottom line
Of all the kinds of employment discrimination, hiring younger workers in preference to older ones earns the least public condemnation. That’s a growing problem,...
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