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Maine State Chamber launches work-based learning programs with $95K grant
December 14, 2018The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation selected the Maine State Chamber of Commerce to participate in its Career Readiness Lab, and receive $95,000 to implement a work-based learning program to better connect students with academic and experiential
December 14, 2018Addressing workforce challenge 'No. 1 priority' for Maine nonprofits
December 11, 2018Jennifer Hutchins, executive director of the Maine Association of Nonprofits, today called on the state's nonprofit organizations to address the workforce challenge as a matter of urgency.
December 11, 2018Focusing on the three P's is the best way to improve customer outcomes and profit
December 10, 2018Q: Where should I spend my time and money to improve customer outcomes and profit?
December 10, 2018
Hiring pressures push companies to unprecedented lengths to find workers
December 10, 2018With unemployment remaining below 4%, Maine employers are facing an ever greater scarcity of job-seekers. Around the state, employers are stepping up their hiring efforts, offering signing bonuses, a wider range of benefits, flexible work
December 10, 2018
What do millennials want? How a younger generation is influencing the workplace
December 10, 2018In researching job opportunities, millennials are seeking firms that offer flexible scheduling and workplace options, a focus on work-life balance, plus interesting challenges, career advancement opportunities and community engagement.
December 10, 2018
Able to work: Disability is not a handicap at some Maine employers
December 10, 2018From 2012-16, fewer than a third of working-age Mainers with a disability were employed, compared to 80% employment for others, according to the Maine Department of Labor. But a number of Maine employers are countering that trend by offering jobs to
December 10, 2018
Businesses partner with community colleges to meet workforce shortage head-on
December 10, 2018Dead River Co., Central Maine Power and Appalachian Mountain Club are among the Maine employers that are partnering with the Maine Community College System to develop short-term training programs in response to the state's workforce crisis.
December 10, 2018North, south, east and west: Businesses continue to struggle to find workers
December 10, 2018A topic that has dominated business talk in the past year has been companies' challenges in finding qualified workers.As we wrap up 2018 and look toward 2019, that has been the discussion we've replayed over and over.
December 10, 2018Crowdfunding campaign helps South Berwick cafe stay open
December 7, 2018Madison's Café, a South Berwick restaurant that employs intellectually disabled young people and was scheduled to close Nov. 30, plans to remain open after a community-led crowdfunding campaign raised $13,000 to help pay the bills.
December 7, 2018
Report highlights Maine's 'hidden talent pool'
December 6, 2018The hidden talents and skills of Maine's foreign trained professionals are highlighted in a new report by the New Mainers Resource Center that includes recommendations for tweaking licensing requirements for several key professions.
December 6, 2018
Aroostook County sets workforce development as key goal
December 4, 2018New Aroostook Partnership President and CEO Paul Towle has identified workforce development as a major goal in 2019.
December 4, 2018
Maine college graduates struggle to pay down school debt as state battles with lenders
December 3, 2018A new poll shows that student loan debt and predatory practices by some lenders that make paying loans back increasingly expensive prevents a majority of borrowers in the state from buying a home, a car or paying for necessities. Many leave the
December 3, 2018Nonprofits buy property for affordable housing in Bar Harbor
December 3, 2018Island Housing Trust and Maine Coast Heritage Trust have jointly acquired 60 acres on Mount Desert Island, with half to be used to build workforce-affordable housing.
December 3, 2018Tips on helping someone choose to change their unproductive work behavior
November 26, 2018Managers don't have to accept unproductive work behavior by employees as "unchangeable." Here are some tips on ways you can help that unproductive employee choose to change and begin improving their work performance.
November 26, 2018
Vets First Choice names top execs for finance, HR
November 16, 2018Vets First Choice, the Portland-based animal pharmacy services company merging with the animal health business of Henry Schein Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC), has named a new chief financial officer and a chief human resources officer.
November 16, 2018
2018 Hire-A-Vet Campaign going strong at halfway point
November 14, 2018More than 175 employers have joined 2018's Maine Hire-A-Vet Campaign through the halfway point, with 62 reported hires by the end of October. The campaign's goal is for at least 100 employers to hire at least 100 veterans and military family members
November 14, 2018
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