Tag: Workforce
Much work to be done to bring more high-wage jobs to...
It’s never a bad thing to have a job. But an analysis of data for Rhode Island and the nation shows that which job...
Providence metro unemployment declines to 3.1% in Oct.
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area was 3.1 percent in October, not seasonally adjusted, a 0.9 percentage point decline year over...
Hasbro’s silence is not golden. State, local officials must unite to...
Could iconic toymaker Hasbro Inc. really move its headquarters out of Rhode Island? Sure it can, especially if the move wouldn’t cost it much...
In an industry coming up short on workers, opportunities await
The construction industry (along with many other sectors of the region’s economy) is falling short of filling job openings. Some firms find themselves turning...
Available Staffing investments in clients, people paying off
Fastest Growing Companies | $250,000-$5M | 4th place
CEO (or equivalent): Danilo Reyes, CEO
2017 Revenue: $4,218,955
2015 Revenue: $2,414,991
Revenue growth: 74.7%Back in 2013, after helping other...
Has your company added employees in the last three-and-a-half years?
Since Gov. Gina M. Raimondo took office in January 2015, the unemployment rate in Rhode Island has gone from 6.6 percent to 4 percent...
R.I. Aug. construction employment rises 3.8%, No. 28 in U.S.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island construction employment increased 3.8 percent year over year in August, the No. 28 fastest rate in the country, and the...
R.I. has 2nd-highest N.E. joblessness in Aug., but largest Y/Y decline
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted 4 percent unemployment rate in August was the second highest in New England, ahead of Connecticut’s 4.3 percent, according...
BLS: Providence metro July unemployment drops to 4.2%
PROVIDENCE – The non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area was 4.2 percent in July, a 0.5 percentage point decline year...
BLS: Providence Co. employment grows 0.8% over year, while wages grow...
PROVIDENCE – All of the three local counties included in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2018 first-quarter employment and wage report released Wednesday...
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