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07/03/2009

State offers free online job training, education
The state is providing free online job training and remedial education courses through its netWORKri career centers, which are run by the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training.

R.I. gets federal grant to help unemployed
The $98,193 grant will be used to help put unemployed workers in apprenticeship programs.

06/23/2009

R.I.’s jobless rate now tied for third in nation
We’re number three. Rhode Island’s unemployment rate of 12.1 percent for May puts the state in a tie for the third highest in the country. Highest is Michigan, at 14.1 percent, followed by Oregon at 12.4 percent, then Rhode Island and South Carolina, both at 12.1 percent. The national unemployment rate for May was 9.4 percent.

06/05/2009

Workers see the upside in downside
Some laid-off workers are pursuing long-delayed goals: opening their own businesses or finding more spiritually fulfilling work.

Weighing college major, job outlook and debt
Question: My daughter is going to college next fall, and I worry about how we are going to pay for it. We didn’t get any financial aid because we have good jobs. But I’m in a profession with a lot of layoffs, and I could lose my job while she’s in school. I suppose there is nothing I can do now, except encourage her to consider nursing. She seems to like the idea. I figure she will at least get a job.

06/07/2009

Summer jobs available
Last week Governor Carcieri and Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline announced the details of summer jobs programs that will provide employment for 1,700 Rhode Island youths who come from low-income families and have other barriers to employment. Funding for the programs comes from $4 million in federal stimulus money targeted for summer employment.

05/30/2009

Warwick’s NYLO Hotel holds Apprentice-style contest
At Warwick’s NYLO Hotel, candidates must complete a series of challenges, with the winner receiving a paid internship.

05/24/2009

Graduates of Minn. college tell tales of job-search woes
Just 19.7 percent of 2009 grads nationwide who applied for a job have found one so far.