Tag: Skills for Rhode Island’s Future
Unchartered training: How does region build workforce for new wind sector?
Toiling hundreds of feet above the open ocean, sometimes amid stormy weather and battering waves, technicians in the offshore wind industry need not only...
R.I. Foundation launches initiative to develop recommendations for state on stimulus...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation announced Wednesday that, with the support of the Economic Progress Institute and the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council,...
SkillsRI receives $100,000 Microsoft grant to expand digital training
PROVIDENCE – Skills for Rhode Island’s Future on Tuesday announced a $100,000 grant from Microsoft Corp. to help Rhode Islanders develop and enhance skills...
SkillsRI, Fidelity team up to create new online portal connecting students...
PROVIDENCE – Skills for Rhode Island’s Future has teamed up with Fidelity Investments Inc. to launch a new online portal aimed at connecting elementary...
Nursing homes struggle to fill staffing positions
While attending a nursing home industry event more than a year ago, Jamie Sanford came to a startling realization: Sanford, 37, was the youngest...
Crisis not holding back R.I. internship initiative
Rida Jawed’s summer job was not the standard summer-before-college gig.
Rather than slinging burgers or lifeguarding at a community pool, the 19-year-old Lincoln High School...
Building a future in construction
R.I. Department of Labor and Training Director Scott Jensen says the decision by Gov. Gina M. Raimondo to allow the construction industry to remain...
Skills for Rhode Island’s Future
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SMALL COMPANIES 14. Skills for Rhode Island’s Future
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Executive Director Nina Pande
Questions answered by: Senior Recruiter Hernan...
Five Questions With Nina Pande
Nina Pande | Executive director, Skills for Rhode Island’s Future
1. Skills for Rhode Island’s Future is partnering with the state on its new workforce-training...
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...