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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
Maine's 'new space’ industry members strategize how to meet workforce demand
Updated: October 28, 2024It will take a village to meet the workforce demand from manufacturers and other stakeholders in Maine’s “new space” industry. Work is underway to help students understand that there’s already a lot of opportunity.
Updated: October 28, 2024
Kennebunk HR company acquires Portland payroll services provider
Updated: October 25, 2024Paper Trails will provide services to Local Economy’s clients, bringing the total number of clients to about 1,050 businesses that together employ about 14,400 people.
Updated: October 25, 2024
Succession planning top of mind for employee-owned firms
October 23, 2024A hot-tub retailer, a staffing firm and a construction company are just some of the Maine employers that have adopted an ESOP as they make plans for the next generation of ownership.
October 23, 2024
Many jobs at Maine nonprofits don't pay a living wage, new study says
October 16, 2024Wage growth at Maine nonprofits outpaced inflation. But for many workers in the sector, the pay still doesn't represent a living wage, according to the study.
October 16, 2024Here are this year's 'best places to work in Maine' — by ranking
October 15, 2024The 'Best Places' program, in its 19th year, honored 134 organizations. Some of the top-ranked employers are repeat winners.
October 15, 2024
Bates College names new VP for student affairs
Updated: October 11, 2024Rosanna Ferro, a champion of inclusivity in higher education with more than two decades of experience, will start her new role at the Lewiston liberal arts school on Dec. 2.
Updated: October 11, 2024
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