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First lady Jill Biden touts vocational training, job creation during Maine visit
April 5, 2023Biden toured the automotive technology and precision machining workshops at Southern Maine Community College as part of a 40-state series of appearances to promote her husband’s employment-boosting and vocational training policies.
April 5, 2023
How to create a financial wellness program for your employees
April 4, 2023Guest columnist Kelleen N. Longfellow of KeyBank says company financial wellness programs can help relieve employee stress and prepare them for what's ahead. She offers several steps for companies looking to offer financial wellness programs.
April 4, 2023
Friends of Acadia buys inn to provide housing for park employees
March 30, 2023Acadia National Park has fewer than 100 beds for the 160 seasonal positions the park wants to fill. “By expanding housing options, the Kingsleigh property will increase our capacity to recruit and retain seasonal staff members,” said Acadia
March 30, 2023
Appetite for growth: FocusMaine helped create 215 food-related jobs in 2022
Updated: March 30, 2023FocusMaine is statewide economic development organization that works to create quality jobs and build a thriving workforce.
Updated: March 30, 2023
Shortage of skilled preservation trade workers delaying historic preservation projects
March 29, 2023Maine Preservation has partnered with other like-minded organizations for apprenticeship and fellowship programs for youth and new professionals, but more needs to be done to address rehabilitation projects for historic structures and revitalization
March 29, 2023
New Maine College of Engineering and Computing gets green light
March 29, 2023Giovanna Guidoboni, formerly associate dean for research and an engineering professor at the University of Missouri, has been named inaugural dean of the Maine College of Engineering and Computing.
March 29, 2023
Goodwill's regional CEO stepping down after 20 years at the nonprofit
March 28, 2023Rich Cantz said while the decision to leave Goodwill Northern New England is "bittersweet," he does so knowing that the organization is "really strong" in terms of its people, finances and culture, "and all the things that make this social
March 28, 2023
STEM jobs make up more than a third of Maine's workforce, BLS stats show
March 28, 2023Maine is considered fertile ground for the development of science, technology, engineering and math, which generated $6.5 billion in state and local tax revenue in 2021.
March 28, 2023
Chipotle to pay $240K to former Augusta workers who formed union
Updated: March 28, 2023The settlement, announced by the Maine AFL-CIO and confirmed by the Newport Beach, Calif.-based restaurant chain, follows a finding by the National Labor Relations Board. Chipotle denies any wrongdoing.
Updated: March 28, 2023
King and small businesses balk at proposed increase in fees for worker visas
March 27, 2023Employers currently have to pay a $460 petition fee per guest worker when applying for an H-2A or H-2B visa. The proposed rule would increase this to $1,080 and $1,090 for H2A and H-2B visa petitions.
March 27, 2023
Business Leaders: Leigh Saufley leads Maine Law with an entrepreneurial bent
Updated: March 20, 2023The dean of Maine's only law school is forging new ties with the business community in Portland and expanding experiential learning opportunities for students across the state.
Updated: March 20, 2023
Hospitality hiring pushes Maine unemployment rate below 3% in January
Updated: March 13, 2023Maine's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 2.9% in January from 3.1% in December, the Maine Department of Labor said Monday.
Updated: March 13, 2023
HospitalityMaine CEO resigns; ops director takes interim role
Updated: March 6, 2023Becky Jacobson, Hospitality Maine's director of operations, will lead in an interim capacity until a replacement is found.
Updated: March 6, 2023
$15M in state funds to expand career, technical education in Maine
Updated: February 28, 2023Career and technical education schools in Norway, Biddeford, Lincoln and Mexico will share $15 million in funding to build new facilities or add to existing ones.
Updated: February 28, 2023
Bates professor receives $582K grant from National Science Foundation
February 15, 2023Assistant Professor Geneva Laurita received a grant that will help study alternatives to the use of heavy metals used in phones and other technology products.
February 15, 2023
Maine State Chamber names first woman president
February 10, 2023Julia Munsey, currently at the Maine International Trade Center, will succeed Dana Connors in the role.
February 10, 2023
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