Tag: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Clam cakes and chowder? Pulling out stops to attract workers
With the COVID-19 pandemic upending Rhode Island’s job market, employers are desperate to fill positions, utilizing creative tactics to draw new employees.
Due to high...
BLS: Boston area workers see 2.9% annual earnings increase
PROVIDENCE – Workers in the Greater Boston-Providence-Worcester area saw pay and benefits increase 2.9% from March 2020 to March 2021, according to new data...
R.I.’s ‘she-cession’: Pandemic knocks many women out of workforce, and some...
After a three-month maternity leave, Jill Boni was eager to return to her job as director of Bright Start Academy, a Smithfield preschool.
That never...
Study finds Providence No. 3 in U.S. for health care jobs
PROVIDENCE – A new study rates Providence as the third-best city in the nation for working in the health care industry.
The Creative Capital scored...
Providence metro unemployment rate hits 18.2% in April
PROVIDENCE – The nonseasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area in April was 18.2%, an increase from 3.3% one year prior,...
Before COVID-19 shutdown, Providence metro unemployment rate rises to 4.9% in...
PROVIDENCE – The nonseasonally adjusted jobless rate in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area increased 0.9 percentage points year over year to 4.9% in March, ...
Compensation costs in Boston-Worcester-Providence area increase 2.7% Y/Y in Sept.
PROVIDENCE – Total compensation for private-industry workers, including wages, salaries and employer costs for employee benefits, increased 2.7% year over year in September in...
Growing projects, added industries seeking workers leave construction pool thin
Four months after the state’s voting public approved two statewide and eight local bond measures investing hundreds of millions of dollars into Rhode Island...
Providence metro unemployment declines to 3.8% in June
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area was 3.8 percent in June, a 0.5 percentage point drop from 4.3 percent in June...
How to make meetings more efficient
Have you ever left a meeting feeling equally or more confused than when it began? If so, you’re not alone.
Consider the following statistics:
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