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Tips on keeping employees healthy, safe and productive from the Mainebiz Health Care Forum
June 4, 2025From reducing injuries to ensuring impactful and inclusive wellness strategies, panelists offered several actionable steps for employers.
June 4, 2025
UMaine program aims to train rural educators
May 31, 2025Riding a trend of rural workforce recruitment and retention programs in multiple industries, an educator support program expands training and career advancement.
May 31, 2025
Ask ACE: We’re hiring, but no one seems like the right fit. What can we do differently?
Updated: June 2, 2025The issue may not be the talent pool, but the process leading to the hire. Without a well-structured hiring process, you’re likely to attract and hire the wrong candidates.
Updated: June 2, 2025
Maine manufacturers tackle workforce, economic hurdles at annual summit
Updated: May 19, 2025Around 185 people attended the South Portland gathering hosted by the Manufacturers Association of Maine, whose membership has grown 12% over the past year.
Updated: May 19, 2025
Why the business community must lead the movement for education reform
May 12, 2025The future of our workforce — and our economy — depends on deeper, more intentional collaboration between education and industry.
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Recruit and retain: Rural hospitals’ creative strategies to secure talent
May 12, 2025In an effort to attract top talent to rural areas, hospital systems are deviating from traditional hiring methods and offering creative perks and opportunities.
May 12, 2025
A helping hand: MaineWorks provides jobs to people in recovery and out of prison
May 12, 2025MaineWorks is a for-profit business with a social mission to compassionately support people in recovery or who were recently incarcerated.
May 12, 2025
Puritan Medical Products bucks tariff talk with ‘Made in USA’ brand
Updated: May 12, 2025With orders up 25% through the first quarter, the manufacturer, which has sites in Guilford and Pittsfield, says tariffs will have a "negligible" effect on operations.
Updated: May 12, 2025
How to turn local talent into the next wave of Maine entrepreneurs
Updated: May 8, 2025Maine has built a surprisingly robust startup support system — but too few people know where to begin.
Updated: May 8, 2025
UMF nursing 'sim lab' aims to prepare future health care workforce
Updated: April 28, 2025Simulation laboratories provide animatronic mannequins, virtual reality trainers and replicated hospital rooms. They also help address Maine's shortage of nurses.
Updated: April 28, 2025
How to counter workplace stress? Try using the other half of your brain
April 27, 2025Mindful movement and art breaks are some of the ways to weave right-brain activity into daily life to counteract left-brain stress.
April 27, 2025
Rules of engagement: How to build rapport with your employees
Updated: April 20, 2025Workforce engagement is a game of mutuality. Each side needs to feel heard and respected.
Updated: April 20, 2025
Portland city and chamber team up on networking program
April 16, 2025The Professional Connections Program will get a jumpstart thanks to a $60,000 donation from the John T. Gorman Foundation.
April 16, 2025
Required reading for employers: How to avoid common mistakes in your employee handbook
Updated: April 4, 2025An employee handbook could constitute a contract between the employer and its employees even if the employer does not intend to create an employment contract.
Updated: April 4, 2025
How to inspire young Mainers to build their careers here
Updated: April 1, 2025If we want to retain talent and strengthen our workforce, we all need to lean in, writes guest columnist Katie Shorey of Live + Work in Maine.
Updated: April 1, 2025
The art of conversation: Why talking to strangers is good for business
Updated: March 19, 2025In an age where technology has made it easier to connect with anyone via social media or instant messaging, we often overlook the simple yet profound value of face-to-face interactions, writes guest columnist Nancy Marshall.
Updated: March 19, 2025
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