Tag: Real Jobs Ri
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...
Gov. Raimondo: Job creation in R.I. will be ‘blueprint for how...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo said she plans to use programs that have led to job creation in Rhode Island as a blueprint...
Finding opportunity in a crisis
Coming into 2020, Rhode Island’s manufacturing industry was doing well, with many companies experiencing banner years. Hiring was active, so much so that the...
A WORK IN PROGRESS: $45M program aims to reemploy Rhode Islanders,...
Scott R. Jensen watched helplessly as the number of out-of-work Rhode Islanders soared when COVID-19 hit in March.
For months, unemployment claims climbed higher. And...
Shutdown of R.I. training programs could have lingering effect
You can’t learn to drive a tractor-trailer over Zoom.
Which is why the Teamsters Local 251 Driving School, which offers commercial driver’s license certification training...
SEG announces Impact Accelerator cohort
PROVIDENCE – Social Enterprise Greenhouse on Thursday announced a cohort of 11 ventures for its 2020 Impact Accelerator.
The program is designed to help create...
As more construction jobs open, finding workers continues to be difficult
Still wanted: Quality-control personnel, estimators, project managers, welders and many others for construction companies in Rhode Island.
There are simply not enough people to go...
