Posted on August 18, 2013
Two organizations, the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH) and the RI Department of Labor and Training’s Business Workforce Center, are collaborating to recruit for CNA jobs in Rhode Island. CNA jobs are in high demand all across the United States. The assistant jobs are needed for Eleanor Slater Hospital’s Zambarano Unit […]
Posted on August 6, 2013
The pace of Rhode Island jobs is growing at a faster pace than expected, according to the state’s labor department. Currently there are 1,700 more jobs than first estimated in March 2013. The latest estimates, released by the RI Department of Labor and Training, are based upon employment information from the state’s 32,000 private-sector employers, […]
Posted on July 26, 2013
Rhode Island’s unemployment hasn’t changed at 8.9 percent, according to the department of labor. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June 2013 remained at 8.9 percent, unchanged from the May 2013 rate and down 1.7 percentage points from the June 2012 rate. Payroll in Rhode Island totaled 467,200 in June, reflecting a gain of […]
Posted on July 16, 2013
Indeed’s job search site allows people to post reviews and feedback about Rhode Island jobs and other jobs and industries across the nation. These job seekers are posting feedback about employers that indicate a good of poor work-life balance. According to Indeed, reviewers grade employer performance overall and in five additional categories: compensation/benefits, culture/values, job […]
Posted on July 7, 2013
It looks like Rhode Island employers, among many others across the nation, are taking social media into consideration when hiring employees. What they find is impacting their decision to hire, according to a new study from CareerBuilder. Nationwide more than two in five (43 percent) hiring managers who currently research candidates via social media said […]
Posted on June 24, 2013
Unfortunately it looks like Rhode Island unemployment has increased slightly. The RI Department of Labor and Training announced today that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May 2013 rose to 8.9 percent, up one-tenth of a percentage point from the April 2013 rate and down 1.7 percentage points from the May 2012 rate. payroll […]
Posted on June 17, 2013
Industry job counts are always up and down, but healthcare jobs in Rhode Island grow. Health care employment continued to trend up in May (+11,000). Job gains in home health care services (+7,000) and outpatient care centers (+4,000) more than offset a loss in hospitals (-6,000). Over the prior 12 months, job growth in health […]
Posted on June 4, 2013
Looking back and analyzing numbers more carefully after fresh data, the Rhode Island Labor Dept. has released new figures pertaining to December 2011-2012 and Rhode Island jobs. This is often the case, that figures are revised and refreshed as new data comes in. In March 2013, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released revised job […]
Posted on May 26, 2013
A dept of labor estimate shows that the number of Rhode Island jobs are growing. A Department of Labor and Training analysis of tax data from 32,000 businesses now estimates the number of Rhode Island-based jobs in December to be 466,800—1,200 more jobs than were originally estimated. The fourth quarter 2012 estimates released by DLT […]
Posted on May 17, 2013
Rhode Island unemployment ticked down in April, according to the state labor department. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April 2013 dropped to 8.8 percent, down three-tenths of a percentage point from the March 2013 rate and 1.8 percentage points from the April 2012 rate. This represents the 10th consecutive over-the-month drop in the […]
