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On MDI, new Jackson Lab workforce housing set for September occupancy
May 18, 2022Housing availability on Mount Desert Island ranks as a top issue for employees, faculty, postdocs and graduate students.
May 18, 2022
To replace Cummings, USM turns to Penn State for next president
May 14, 2022Jacqueline Edmondson comes to USM from Penn State, where she was a tenured full professor in the College of Education and most recently led a regional campus.
May 14, 2022
Dead River Co. CEO will step down next month
Updated: May 13, 2022Deanna Sherman will retire as president and CEO at the end of June and be succeeded by the company's chief operating officer.
Updated: May 13, 2022
How to develop a skills inventory and talent development plan
Updated: September 26, 2022A former Unum executive and chairman of the Maine International Trade Center writes about why businesses of all types need to take stock of talent and plan accordingly. In cybersecurity and elsewhere, it's important to know what you know.
Updated: September 26, 2022
How to improve your hiring — and bolster the overall candidate experience
Updated: September 27, 2022The current hiring market makes it critical for employers to improve the job-seeking experience, writes a recruitment expert, who also explains how.
Updated: September 27, 2022
Federal action needed as MDI workforce housing proposal advances in US Senate
May 6, 2022Lack of affordable housing has contributed to workforce shortages and created significant hardships for employees who commute from off-island.
May 6, 2022
Telecom provider Otelco rebrands, with plans to expand in Maine
Updated: May 2, 2022After its acquisition by a Connecticut private equity firm, Otelco has rebranded within a larger portfolio under the name GoNetspeed. In Maine, construction and hiring are underway.
Updated: May 2, 2022
To aid recruits moving to Maine, Benchmark launches relocation service
Updated: May 2, 2022The Portland-based firm says its program responds to a need in the marketplace for assistance when new employees are relocating or out-of-town recruits are interviewing.
Updated: May 2, 2022
WEX names new CFO on eve of Q1 report
April 26, 2022Jagtar Narula joins WEX from South Carolina-based 3D Systems Corp., where he currently serves as chief financial officer. He will take up the similar role at WEX on May 25.
April 26, 2022
SMCC offers two years of free tuition to qualified students
Updated: April 25, 2022“This is a generational opportunity for students to receive the education and training they need to build bright futures,” SMCC President Joe Cassidy said of the Free Community College initiative.
Updated: April 25, 2022
Mainers will receive $850 relief checks under new state budget, ready for Mills' signature
April 20, 2022More than 857,000 eligible working families and older Mainers are expected to receive payments under the state's supplemental budget, scheduled to be signed into law Wednesday.
April 20, 2022
Maine nonprofits hit hard by labor shortage, face staggering job vacancies
April 18, 2022“What we initially considered a challenge has now become a crisis,” said the executive director of the Maine Association of Nonprofits. Roughly half of the Maine nonprofits in a survey reported that at least 10% of their jobs were empty.
April 18, 2022
Maine's unemployment rate falls to lowest level in two years
Updated: April 18, 2022Maine's unemployment rate fell to 3.6% in March amid job increases across sectors including professional and business services.
Updated: April 18, 2022
Mills vows to solve Maine's tourism, hospitality workforce shortage
Updated: April 15, 2022The state is focused on addressing root causes of the labor crunch, Gov. Janet Mills told members of the tourism and hospitality industry at a conference on Thursday. The conference released new data showing tourist visits to Maine grew 29% last
Updated: April 15, 2022
With summer tourism season coming up, the industry is hunkering down
Updated: April 18, 2022A roundup of news from around the hospitality industry, including the sale of a special-events island, workforce solutions and a drive-in theater that's on the move.
Updated: April 18, 2022
$21M effort by state, higher ed will boost training for health care jobs
Updated: April 14, 2022A new website called Healthcare Training for ME, funded by $21 million from the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan, aims to help employers and individuals find the right adult education programs, community colleges and universities as well as apply for
Updated: April 14, 2022
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