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Health care and hospitality hiring in Maine highlight otherwise ho-hum November unemployment report
Updated: December 24, 2024Private sector jobs increased mainly in health care and social assistance and in leisure and hospitality, continuing the recent pattern.
Updated: December 24, 2024
Workforce development expert to lead Maine’s newly formed Office of New Americans
December 19, 2024Gov. Janet Mills appointed Tarlan Ahmadov as the first director of Maine’s newly formed Office of New Americans.
December 19, 2024Burden of care still largely falls on women, Maine Women's Commission report says
Updated: December 16, 2024Maine women are still trying to catch up with men on their earning potential, a situation partly exacerbated by the persistence of women as primary child and family caregivers.
Updated: December 16, 2024
BIW is building a workforce via apprenticeships, other initiatives
December 11, 2024Bath Iron Works’ ability to be a major driver in the state’s manufacturing economy depends on attracting, training and retaining workers. Paid training programs and child care, housing and transportation initiative are underway.
December 11, 2024Mission accomplished: Maine leaders win approval to extend work permits
December 11, 2024Maine leaders got quick results from their push to extend work authorizations for immigrants and asylum seekers as the federal government works through a backlog.
December 11, 2024Maine leaders push to extend immigrant, asylum seeker work permits
December 10, 2024Maine has nearly two jobs open for every job seeker. A backlog in federal work permit processing puts immigrants and asylum seekers at risk of losing their ability to work.
December 10, 2024
Sun Life donates $50k to Roux Institute for health care training
December 6, 2024The money is going to Roux’s gap year program, which places recent college graduates from schools around the country in clinical support positions throughout Maine.
December 6, 2024
Workforce program aims to energize lagging dairy farm growth
Updated: December 3, 2024Like many Maine businesses, dairy farms are dealing with "a lack of interested and qualified employees." The sector shrank from 602 farms in 1994 to 140 today.
Updated: December 3, 2024
University of New England will offer free tuition to qualified students
Updated: November 26, 2024UNE will begin covering tuition costs for high-achieving students whose families earn less than $100,000.
Updated: November 26, 2024
Stop posting job descriptions. Sell the opportunity instead
Updated: November 22, 2024Guest columnist John Lewis of Synergy Workforce Solutions offers ideas about how employers can rethink the standard job description.
Updated: November 22, 2024
Good news for Maine's seasonal businesses: US may issue more guest worker visas
Updated: November 19, 2024The release of over 64,000 additional H-2B visas could come as a welcome relief for small businesses throughout Maine that continue to face employee shortages.
Updated: November 19, 2024
Ask ACE: We haven’t rejected remote work, but are losing company culture. What do you suggest?
Updated: November 18, 2024With so many workplaces offering remote options, ACE offers advice on how to improve office culture and employee engagement.
Updated: November 18, 2024
UMA tackles dental workforce shortage with expanded clinic in Lewiston
Updated: November 5, 2024The expanded facility will double the number of dental students who can train at the Lewiston Center, part of the University of Maine at Augusta.
Updated: November 5, 2024
Ask ACE: Employees balked about coming back to the workplace. What can we do?
Updated: November 4, 2024As an expert from ACE advises, communicating about such topics is complicated by today's workplace communication channels. And each of the five generations now working manages information differently.
Updated: November 4, 2024
Biddeford Regional Center of Technology’s $7M expansion aims to boost career 'pathways'
Updated: October 31, 2024The addition provides students with a broader array of career pathways, including a new program in sports medicine — the first of its kind in the state.
Updated: October 31, 2024
Inaugural apprenticeship summit looks to promote new programs for Maine employers
Updated: October 29, 2024Most apprentices are still working with their employers after one year. In 2022, several thousand Maine apprentices were working on industry-recognized skill certification.
Updated: October 29, 2024
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