Tag: Real Jobs Ri
Beyond book learning: Training programs soaring at expanded Providence Public Library
Eric Khiev is looking to make a career change, and that’s why he was at the Providence Public Library last fall.
Khiev holds a bachelor’s...
SENEDIA gets $200K grant from Real Jobs RI
MIDDLETOWN – The Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance announced Thursday it received a $200,000 grant to continue its Defense Partnership Program.
The program, administered...
CCRI’s process technology program gives Rhode Islanders a new career option
PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024
EXCELLENCE IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTIVITY: Community College of Rhode Island
JUST BEFORE 2018, officials at the Community College of Rhode Island...
Babin receives 2024 Dave Hammis Employment Innovation Award
SUE BABIN, director of the Self-Employment Business Program at the Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council, was recently awarded the 2024 Dave Hammis Employment Innovation...
ROOM TO GROW: Marine trades offer jobs, training for all ages
Garrett McKinnon wanted to advance his career. He was working long hours at a boatyard and enjoyed it but wanted more.
As he researched educational...
State, chambers of commerce partner on worker training survey
PROVIDENCE – The McKee administration is partnering with local chambers of commerce to distribute an online survey that will help identify best practices and...
Five Questions With: Richard Soule
Richard Soule is the vice president of business development at the R.I. Commerce Corp. Soule believes that the state’s Real Jobs RI initiative, which...
Mental health providers are overwhelmed in R.I.
As COVID-19 began to creep into Rhode Island in early 2020, Michelle Crossley saw a steady increase in emails from people wondering whether they...
We Make RI will host first-ever Maker Fair Oct. 23 in...
CRANSTON – Manufacturing training and developing group We Make RI will host its first Maker Fair on Oct. 23.
The free event, with more than...
Stronger, eager to grow
The flexibility required of Rhode Island manufacturers to stay open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has made many of them stronger, says Kathie Mahoney, center...