Tag: Workforce
R.I. tops nation in yearly growth rate for construction employment
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island ranked No. 1 for largest percentage gain in state construction employment year over year in June according to the Associated...
McTiernan wins Patricia M. Flynn Distinguished Woman in Business Education Award
SUSAN MCTIERNAN, dean of the Mario J. Gabelli School of Business at Roger Williams University, has won the Patricia M. Flynn Distinguished Woman in...
R.I. receives high marks for green-energy jobs, ‘solar-energy friendliness’
PROVIDENCE – Renewable-energy jobs, led by solar energy, has increased 66 percent in two years in Rhode Island, according to a recent report from...
Local action on climate accord is smart move for R.I. to...
Despite President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord, there is much that can be done on...
Would you hire someone who has a felony conviction?
With the U.S. unemployment rate falling below what the Federal Reserve considers full employment, many companies are finding it difficult to fill job openings...
Raimondo approach doing one thing Chafee’s didn’t: create jobs
One thing about former Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee – he’s consistent. Sort of like how he described himself during the presidential campaign, a “block...
Are New England wages reverting to the mean, thus growing jobs?
At least in terms of unemployment statistics, New England must be doing something right. By more than a full percentage point at the end...
Partnering to close workforce skills gap
At the March Federal Open Market Committee meeting, I voted in favor of raising the federal funds rate. The U.S. economy is getting stronger...
Growing business in R.I. is not an insurmountable task
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has made creating jobs in Rhode Island a centerpiece of her administration, and to that end has built or modified...
BLS: Providence metro unemployment rate drops in February to 5.1%
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment rates were lower in February than a year earlier in 274 of the nation's 388 metropolitan areas, including in the Providence-Warwick-Fall...
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