Tag: Workforce Development
CCRI is building the future workforce and statewide economy
PBN 2023 Manufacturing Awards
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTIVITY: Community College of Rhode Island
FOR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND, workforce development is a key part...
Finding workforce is labor intensive for local nonprofits
The COVID-19 pandemic’s cascading aftereffects have been complicated and hard to shake for Rhode Island’s nonprofits, which employ 67,000 Rhode Islanders. That number represents...
AccessPoint RI building a workforce through an access point
PBN Innovative Companies 2023
Nonprofit/Social Services: AccessPoint RI
For more than a half century AccessPoint RI has taken an innovative approach to helping individuals prepare for...
‘Still so many barriers’ for women in the trades
Given the difficult life circumstances Elizabeth “Ellie” Navarro has had to deal with, it’s a wonder she’s so upbeat.
Growing up, the 19-year-old Pawtucket native...
Daniela Fairchild-Frydryk
PBN 40 Under Forty 2023 Awards
Daniela Fairchild-Frydryk | 35 | Chief strategy officer, R.I. Commerce Corp.
What have been the most significant changes in...
Johnson & Wales University launches ‘JWUpro’ employee training initiative
PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University is launching a new program in which the university will partner with local companies and organizations and help...
Pilot program gives lift to hopeful health workers
Lori-Anne Wunschel has logged more than 15 years working in social services and addiction counseling, helping countless clients, many with major traumas and minimal...
Big Brothers Big Sisters of RI’s community service extends to the...
PBN Best Places To Work Awards 2023
SMALL COMPANIES #1: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island
Employees in R.I. 36
CEO Katje Afonseca
WHEN BIG BROTHERS BIG...
Building up a healthy, valuable culture at Shawmut Design and Construction
PBN Best Places To Work Awards 2023
MIDSIZE COMPANIES #1: Shawmut Design and Construction
Employees in R.I. 75
CEO Les Hiscoe
BEING IN THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND...
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