Tag: Workforce
Innovation’s cost is real: disruption
Innovation is a requirement of commerce. And right now, one of the industries being most stressed by innovation is health care. Surgery by robot...
Oct. unemployment in Providence metro falls as labor force grows marginally
PROVIDENCE – Employment on nonfarm payrolls in the Providence metropolitan area in October increased 0.5 percent year over year – not seasonally adjusted -...
Infosys bringing 500 jobs to R.I.
Updated at Noon, Nov. 27
PROVIDENCE – Infosys Ltd., the India-based technology services and consulting giant, with nearly 200,000 employees across the globe, is building...
Providence takes center stage in Virgin Pulse move and shines
In an interesting juxtaposition of Providence’s business past and future, Virgin Pulse CEO David Osborne took the opportunity of the Greater Providence Chamber of...
Year Up trains for a ‘middle-skill’ future
Excellence at Nonprofit | Year Up Providence
On a Wednesday afternoon, Year Up Providence’s offices are buzzing. Students – mostly minority from families with low...
Do you think Gov. Gina M. Raimondo is doing a good...
With nearly a year to go before the next election for governor, the contenders in the race are coming to the fore. Republicans House...
R.I. percentage growth for construction jobs second highest in U.S. in...
WASHINGTON – With 13.7 percent growth in construction jobs for the year ended Sept. 30, Rhode Island ranked second in the nation, beaten out...
R.I. among national leaders in year-over-year jobless rate change
WASHINGTON – Rhode Island had the third-largest year-over-year decline in its unemployment rate in the nation (and the largest in New England) in September,...
Summer shipbuilding program a great idea, but needs follow-up
In a world in which jobs dominate nearly all economic-development discussions, it’s heartening to see industries take it upon themselves to help develop the...
Report: R.I. recovery hindered by poor education and health services employment...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s employment growth has lagged behind the rest of the nation following the Great Recession and, according to the Bureau of Labor...
