Tag: Hiring

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...

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...

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,...

Given the competitive and intense environment of attracting and retaining high-quality talent, the onus is on business leaders to improve. Usually, when we talk “talent”...

John Sinnott | Gilbane Building Co. vice president and Rhode Island business unit leader A college intern at Gilbane, John Sinnott took a short detour...

Have potential employees declined offers to work at your company recently? Yes: 58.3% No: 41.7% Have potential employees disclosed why they declined the offer? Yes: 80% No: 20% What were...

Looking for a full-time professional job, interviewing and evaluating your options can be daunting for recent college graduates. But with the proper preparation and...

What percentage of applicants that you have reviewed were underqualified for the position you were hiring for? 30 to 50%: 50% Our company does not consider...

Has your company in the past rehired a former employee? Yes: 78.6% No: 21.4% If your company has not, would you consider rehiring a former employee? Our company...

Rhode Island is one of 20 states that will increase its minimum wage in the new year, going from $10.10 an hour to $10.50...