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BEING COMPASSIONATE: Bob Selle, chief human resources officer for Ocean State Job Lot, prioritizes the importance of treating workers as whole persons with families and communities. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Selle aligns Job Lot’s purpose with employees’ needs

PBN Award Winners 04/29/2022

2022 C-Suite Awards: Enterprise company | Bob Selle, Ocean State Job Lot chief human resources officer The job rewards for part-time workers are typically not...

Ocean State Job Lot provides supplies to Ukraine

Nonprofit 04/12/2022

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Ocean State Job Lot announced March 30 that the discount retailer’s “Relief for Ukraine” program resulted in six tractor trailer loads...

Ocean State Job Lot collects 47K winter coats for military veterans

Community Service 04/01/2022

PROVIDING WARMTH: Ocean State Job Lot collected 47,500 winter coats for military veterans in need this past winter through its 2021 “Buy, Give, Get”...

PROVIDENCE BUSINESS NEWS has named 16 honorees for its 2022 C-Suite Awards program.

Lifespan’s Duquette named 2022 Career Achiever for PBN’s C-Suite Awards program

Capital Goods 03/25/2022

PROVIDENCE – Cathy Duquette, executive vice president of quality and safety and chief nursing executive for Lifespan Corp., has been named the 2022 Career...

Job Lot customers donate 47,500 winter coats to local veterans

Nonprofit 01/18/2022

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Ocean State Job Lot’s annual “Buy, Give, Get” program saw more winter coats collected for veterans this year than last year. The...

UNEASY FEELING: While Therese Sloane, a store leader for Ocean State Job Lot in North Kingstown, has gotten several raises during her time there, she is seeing expenses such as gas and utilities increase. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Economic forecast: Inflation putting squeeze on companies, workers

Economic Activity 01/07/2022

Daniel Shedd has always made it a point to offer competitive wages to the workers of his Warren manufacturing company, but what he used...

WELCOME WAGON: Ocean State Job Lot employees recently donated small household appliances and food to refugees from Afghanistan relocating to Rhode Island. From left are: Ruby Costa, human resources manager and human resources business partner; Alex Arroyo, director of organizational effectiveness and learning; and Sarah O’Neil, organizational effectiveness consultant. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Diversity a part of Job Lot DNA

PBN Award Winners 12/10/2021

PBN Diversity and Inclusion Awards 2021 Retail: Ocean State Job Lot Afghan refugees resettling in Rhode Island are the latest beneficiaries of Ocean State Job...

Ocean State Job Lot to host largest rooftop solar portfolio in...

Economic Activity 12/02/2021

NORTH KINGSTOWN – A Rhode Island retailer known for its closeout deals on brand-name products is expanding its reputation in a new direction: solar...

KEVIN MATTA, center of the stage, head of diversity and inclusion for Thielsch Engineering Inc., leads the discussion among panelists at Providence Business News' 2021 Diversity & Inclusion Summit and Award program at Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick on Thursday. The other panel members are, from left, Dorca M. Paulino, diversity director for the R.I. Judiciary; Peter Rodriquez, executive director/plant manager for Amgen Rhode Island in West Greenwich; Neil D. Steinberg, CEO and president of the Rhode Island Foundation; and Lawrence E. Wilson, managing director at The Wilson Organization. PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit: ‘Every conversation is crucial’ in diversity efforts

PBN Summit 12/02/2021

WARWICK – Top-down leadership, organizational involvement, empathy and persistent efforts are essential to increasing diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace, according to business...