Tag: Workforce Development
Workforce can’t afford to lose more women
In March, I wrote about how COVID-19 is a gender and equity issue; pundits have coined the term “she-cession” in relation to the disproportionate...
Skills for Rhode Island’s Future
PBN Best Places to Work 2020
SMALL COMPANIES 14. Skills for Rhode Island’s Future
Employees in R.I.: 41
Executive Director Nina Pande
Questions answered by: Senior Recruiter Hernan...
Five Questions With Nina Pande
Nina Pande | Executive director, Skills for Rhode Island’s Future
1. Skills for Rhode Island’s Future is partnering with the state on its new workforce-training...
SENEDIA receives $18.6M defense contract to help build submarine shipbuilding pipeline
MIDDLETOWN – The Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance has secured an $18.6 million defense contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to help...
SENEDIA receives $18.6M defense contract to help build submarine shipbuilding pipeline
MIDDLETOWN – The Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance announced Wednesday that it has secured an $18.6 million defense contract from the U.S. Department...
R.I. launching $45M ‘back to work’ program
PROVIDENCE – The state will use $45 million of its federal stimulus funds to create a workforce development initiative to provide training and coaching...
New England Tech’s SAMI program infuses local economy with trained machinists
PBN MANUFACTURING AWARDS 2020 | Workforce Development & Productivity: New England Institute of Technology Shipbuilding/Marine and Advanced Manufacturing Institute
IT’S THE TYPE of program that...
Rhode Island Foundation promotes Claudia Cornejo to lead economic security
Claudia Cornejo has been appointed a strategic initiative officer at the Rhode Island Foundation, where she will lead the Foundation’s activities and grant-making for...
Amid COVID-19, employers need to change hiring approach
As Rhode Island begins kick-starting recovery efforts, employers need to start thinking about their hiring plans.
More than 230,000 Rhode Islanders have filed for unemployment...
COVID-19 will change how states compete for jobs
COVID-19 has triggered an economic contraction unlike any other. States that adopt a strategic vision to address the crisis will have a better chance...

















