Tag: Workforce Development
Career setbacks: Are they helpful or hurtful in the long term?
How do early career setbacks affect our long-term success? Failures can help us learn and overcome our fears. But disasters can still wound us,...
Does new federal overtime rule go far enough for salaried workers?
An additional 1.3 million U.S. workers – including tens of thousands in Rhode Island – will be eligible for premium overtime pay now that...
This looks like the start of a great time for labor...
The tight labor market in the U.S. is leading to a shift in the balance of power between labor and capital, giving more leverage...
Q&A: Rebecca Slater
Rebecca Slater | Blakely Interior Design design project director
In 2015, Rebecca Slater left an MFA program at Suffolk University and discovered she could pursue...
Justin Sirotin OCTO Product Development founder
Justin Sirotin | OCTO Product Development founder
Justin Sirotin’s resume shows a large range of industrial design clients, from industrial equipment to sporting goods, pool...
Q&A: John Sinnott
John Sinnott | Gilbane Building Co. vice president and Rhode Island business unit leader
A college intern at Gilbane, John Sinnott took a short detour...
As more construction jobs open, finding workers continues to be difficult
Still wanted: Quality-control personnel, estimators, project managers, welders and many others for construction companies in Rhode Island.
There are simply not enough people to go...
Paths to manufacturing jobs grow
Perhaps it was an extraordinary run as a major manufacturer in a number of industries, one that kept the state looking backward instead of...
Building the workforce
Has your company’s workforce increased over the last five years?
Yes: 87.5%
No: 12.5%
What programs does your company use to find potential workers? (Select multiple)
Other: 75%
Local...
Responsive government helps develop workforce in way industry needs
Luke Ebersold | Blum, Shapiro & Co. PC Rhode Island managing partner
Even though I’ve spent the last several years living and working in Connecticut,...
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