Tag: Workforce Development
New Woonsocket training center grand idea but needs more detail
Building on the success of the Westerly Education Center, which through industry partnerships (and funding) has helped train more than 1,000 postsecondary students for...
RIDE awards $6.9M for adult education programs
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education has awarded $6.9 million in grants to support 21 adult education programs in Rhode Island, the department...
PBN on WJAR-TV, May 14, 2018
Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to discuss the newspaper’s most recent cover story and other...
People – the greatest challenge and reward
Robert Goodwin | Goodwin-Bradley Pattern Co. president
As the current steward of this 106-year-old family business, I am often asked what has been the most...
Healthy small businesses mean a healthy R.I. economy
We are near the end of National Small Business Week, a celebration of those businesses that form an important, one might say essential, backbone...
Leave UI fund alone, fund Real Jobs RI
Good intentions do not transform bad choices into good ones. Exhibit A now on display is the Raimondo administration’s proposal to take money from...
Professional Women’s Leadership Association, Nexus, Opens RI Chapter
PROVIDENCE - For the past year, the Women in Leadership Nexus has united powerhouse women committed to launching their leadership journey and co-creating a...
Summit: Growing talent pool collaborative effort
“No matter where you are – California, Dallas, Chicago – finding talent is one of the biggest challenges” to successfully running a business, said...
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...
What is the most important takeaway from the Brookings report that...
The Raimondo administration has made a point of trying to upgrade the educational attainment of the state’s college-age students, the better to take part...
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