Tag: Workforce
Report: Clean energy sector employs more than 16K in 2019
PROVIDENCE – The clean-energy sector in Rhode Island employed 16,021 at the beginning of 2019, according to the 2019 Clean Energy Industry Report released...
Average tech salary in the Providence metro was $90K in 2018
PROVIDENCE – The average technology sector salary in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area in 2018 was $90,035, 67.6% higher than the average salary of...
BLS: R.I. unemployment rate second highest in N.E.
PROVIDENCE – The 3.6% unemployment rate in Rhode Island in May was the second highest in New England, ahead of Connecticut, according to the...
N.E. hourly compensation costs in March were $41.13
PROVIDENCE – Private employer compensation costs were $41.13 per hour in New England in March, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics this...
Providence metro unemployment rate was 3.1% in April
PROVIDENCE – The nonseasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area was 3.1% in April, a 0.8 percentage point decline year over year,...
Report: Clinical laboratories sector has $191.3M direct economic impact in 2018
PROVIDENCE – The clinical laboratories sector had a $191.3 million direct economic impact in Rhode Island in 2018, according to a new report from...
Government, nonprofits, companies help veterans surmount employment hurdles
When Elexious Dasilva was discharged from the U.S. Army last November after serving for two years, she knew she needed to find a job...
Lincoln Public Housing Authority to receive $239K from HUD
LINCOLN – The Lincoln Public Housing Authority will receive $239,250 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to hire or retain service...
Why I (still) work here
Every month, my organization picks one of our 26,000 outstanding or just plain interesting employees to profile in our internal newsletter. I took pride...
America’s got talent, not just in the Ivies
It’s a powerful myth that our college admissions process has superhuman predictive powers. If you make the cut, you’re the talented 1 percent; miss...
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