Posted on March 8, 2015
New statistics point to finance jobs in Rhode Island growing slowly, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Job gains occurred in food services and drinking places, professional and business services, construction, health care, and in transportation and warehousing. Employment in mining was down over the month. Employment increased by 295,000 in February, and the […]
Posted on March 2, 2015
It may be a fact that seniors are delaying retirement for several reasons from Rhode Island jobs, according to a survey from Careerbuilder. According to the survey, the number of workers age 60 or older currently delaying retirement reached a post-recession low of 53 percent. This number is down from 58 percent last year and […]
Posted on February 21, 2015
Construction jobs in Rhode Island and other areas continue to show strong growth, according to an ADP report. The ADP Workforce Vitality Index, which measures the total wages paid to the U.S. private sector workforce, was 106.7 in the fourth quarter of 2014. Workforce vitality varies across industries. The strongest growth over the past year […]
Posted on February 6, 2015
A slew of labor grants are going to help people find Rhode Island jobs. With $37,814,386 in new U.S. Department of Labor grants, employers in 13 states will soon have a new tool that may help them avoid layoffs by helping states develop a new, or enhance an existing, Short-Time Compensation program. The states of […]
Posted on February 6, 2015
A new survey from global outplacement Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. shows that tech jobs in Rhode Island and other locations have been cut. Employers in the technology sector announced a total of 100,757 job cuts in 2014. The biggest increase in job-cut activity occurred in the electronics industry, where annual job cuts surged 120 […]
Posted on January 27, 2015
People who have creator director jobs in Rhode Island may be getting a salary increase at some point, according to a survey from Robert Half. The following six potentially high-paying jobs are expected to see the most substantial increases in average starting salary in 2015, according to the Robert Half Salary Guides*: Mobile applications developer: […]
Posted on January 8, 2015
For employers in healthcare, attracting new people to fill healthcare jobs in Rhode Island takes different tactics, according to a new survey from Careerbuilder. When recruiting new health care workers, employers may want to emphasize long-term potential, location and benefits, which are among the factors health care workers consider most important (outside of salary) when […]
Posted on January 5, 2015
A new survey from Careerbuilder points out that only 38 percent of employers continuously recruit throughout the year for positions that may open up down the line, which may affect jobs in Rhode Island. Among HR managers who don’t continuously recruit, the primary inhibitor is time (46 percent). Cost is only a prohibitive factor to […]
Posted on December 28, 2014
The latest employment statistics are in, and they show that manufacturing jobs in Rhode Island are climbing. In November, manufacturing added 28,000 jobs. Durable goods manufacturers accounted for 17,000 of the increase, with small gains in most of the component industries. Construction employment also continued to trend up in November (+20,000). Employment in specialty trade […]
Posted on December 8, 2014
Some people think the minimum wage should be hiked up for Rhode Island food service jobs, among other jobs, according to a Careerbuilder survey. The survey found that a strong majority of employers (62 percent) think the minimum wage in their state should be increased, including 58 percent of company senior leaders. While most employers […]
