Tag: Workforce
Prepping for a second wave
Is your business prepared for a second wave of COVID-19 cases?
Yes: 100%
No: 0%
In what ways has your business prepared for another wave? (Select any...
Phase II reopening
Is your company in alignment with the state’s Phase II guidelines for reopening?
Yes: 100%
No: 0%
Will your company be returning up to 33% of the...
IDD workers eager to learn
David C. Reiss | Fogarty Center CEO
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities are valuable members of the community. Many folks have paid employment. They...
How much has your job or business changed in response to...
Tens of thousands of Rhode Islanders have been suddenly forced out of the workforce, due largely to government restrictions on businesses and the size...
Old folks have all the top jobs, and it’s not good...
Why so many of America’s best and brightest college graduates go into management consulting, finance or law school is a perennial question. There are...
Skills R.I. receives $1.5 million grant
PROVIDENCE – Skills for Rhode Island’s Future has received a $1.5 million grant to help fund its mission of strengthening Rhode Island’s workforce by...
A stronger workforce
What attributes or skills do you most value in employees?
All of the above: 60%
Strong work ethic: 30%
Helping others: 10%
Meeting deadlines: 0%
Trying to better the...
Home sweet home
Why do you do business in southern New England?
I’m from here originally: 75%
There was a job opening: 25%
There is a market for my business:...
Should the state expand popular Wavemaker Fellowship tax credits beyond those...
The state recently announced that 153 college graduates working in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and design fields in Rhode Island will receive Wavemaker Fellowship...
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...
