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 […]
Posted on May 6, 2013
More and more healthcare workers are searching for additional healthcare jobs in Rhode Island, for various reasons. More than a third (34 percent) of health care workers plan to look for a new job in 2013, up from 24 percent last year. Nearly half (45 percent) plan to look for a new job over the […]
Posted on April 29, 2013
The state’s labor department has shown the differences between men and women, their career selections, and how they’ve selected Rhode Island jobs. According to the labor department, US Census data show there is often a clear difference between the career choices of men and women. While women dominate the occupations in Healthcare Support, men represent […]
Posted on April 14, 2013
The number of accounting jobs in Rhode Island is getting larger, according to recent stats from the labor department. Employment edged up in March (+88,000), and the unemployment rate was little changed at 7.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last week. Professional and business services added 51,000 jobs in March. Over the […]
