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Executive Poll 07/05/2019

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...

Tips for aspiring IT pros

Advice 06/28/2019

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...

The right fit?

Executive Poll 05/03/2019

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...

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Executive Poll 04/19/2019

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...

THE ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE estimates that nearly 20,000 workers in Rhode Island will see their wages increase when the minimum wage in the Ocean State goes from $10.10 to $10.50 per hour on Jan. 1 / COURTESY ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE

Is the increase in Rhode Island’s minimum wage going to have...

Economic Activity 01/04/2019

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...

GRACIE’S TEAM: Gracie’s Ventures owner Ellen Slattery, second from right, with, from left, Melissa Denmark, executive pastry chef; Matt Varga, executive chef; Brian O’Connell; Griffin Vosbeck; Jordan Fleischer; Johnathan Maccini; Andres Rodriguez; and Josh Berman. Slattery said the biggest challenge has been hiring but the restaurant has had the same team for a year. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Gracie’s founder Ellen Slattery looks to bridge the divide between special-occasion...

Cover Story 12/14/2018

Gracie’s Ventures Inc. will have plenty to celebrate on New Year’s Eve, including a milestone not many restaurants can tout – a 20th anniversary. At...

Stop whining about ‘skills gap’

Economic Activity 05/25/2018

There are about 6.5 million job openings in the U.S., a record high. The number of people looking for work without success is falling...

Restaurant boom fizzles

Entrepreneurship 11/17/2017

Employment at food services and drinking places rebounded strongly in October as waiters, cooks and bartenders in hurricane-ravaged Florida and Texas went to work....