Tag: Workforce
NUWC has $1.2B impact on local economy
NEWPORT – The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport reported that its local spending in fiscal 2017 was $1.2 billion, an increase over the...
Companies in U.S. add more jobs than expected, ADP data show
WASHINGTON – Companies in the United States added more workers in February than expected, underscoring continued strengthening in the labor market, according to data...
Pointing way to better workforce
PBN’s inaugural Workforce Development Summit delivered a strong message: private industry, educators and government must communicate in a much more consistent and robust way...
Providence metro unemployment ticked down in Dec.
PROVIDENCE – The non-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area declined 0.1 percentage points year over year to 4.1 percent in December,...
U.S. adds 200,000 jobs; wages rise by most since recession
WASHINGTON – U.S. hiring picked up in January, and wages rose at the fastest annual pace since the recession ended, as the economy’s steady move...
BLS: R.I. Dec. unemployment rate 2nd highest in N.E.
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island unemployment rate was the second highest in New England in December at 4.4 percent, according to Bureau of Labor...
Progress has been made, more needed
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s Jan. 16 State of the State address was a chance to tout the advances made in the first three years...
Report: Most stressful jobs in U.S. are military, public safety officials
PROVIDENCE – Enlisted military personnel ranked No. 1 for most stressful job, according to CareerCast.com’s list of The Most Stressful Jobs of 2018.
According to...
R.I. government employment remains smaller than most of U.S.; compensation dominated...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island was the sixth-least productive government workforce in the United States when comparing government and national employment and compensation numbers in...
Providence metro Nov. unemployment ticks down while labor force grows
PROVIDENCE - The civilian labor force in the Providence metropolitan area grew year over year in November while the unemployment rate ticked down, according...
