Tag: Workforce Development Summit
On the workforce development front, headwinds persist
In 2022, excitement surged in the state after Breeze Airways announced plans to establish a permanent base at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport...
DLT urges employers to use Real Jobs RI amid uncertain federal...
Rhode Island has built what Matthew Weldon, director of the R.I. Department of Labor and Training, calls one of the most replicated workforce systems...
Utilize workforce training
The state’s Real Jobs Rhode Island workforce-training program has made a difference, serving 50,000 workers and roughly 7,000 employers since its inception in 2015.
Despite...
DEI support still strong in Ocean State
As disheartening as the national rollback in diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives is for local advocates, the commitment remains strong in the Ocean State.
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PBN workforce summit: Flexibility ‘the best asset you can have at...
PROVIDENCE – With Rhode Island now having regained more than 90% of jobs lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic, employers may feel that the...
PBN summit panel: Companies need to fine-tune their perks
In today’s job market, companies that hold strictly to pre-pandemic work expectations, such as rigid schedules and full-time office hours, tend to struggle to...
Yes, ‘it’s an employees’ market’
“It’s an employees’ market,” said Lisa Abbott, Lifespan Corp.’s senior vice president of human relations and community affairs, at PBN’s March 8 Workforce Development...
Pointing way to better workforce
PBN’s inaugural Workforce Development Summit delivered a strong message: private industry, educators and government must communicate in a much more consistent and robust way...
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