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‘Soft’ skills are again sought by employers
What do you do if your cellphone rings while at a business dinner? more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 11/19/12

Manufacturers eye increased training
It’s a recipe for economic stagnation business leaders in Rhode Island know only too well – companies with jobs open, a lack of skilled workers to fill them and a stubbornly high unemployment rate, currently at 10.4 percent. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 12/17/12

Success thanks to lifelong need to build a business
The blood of an entrepreneur has always coursed through Michael Nula’s veins. more

By John A. Lahtinen
PBN Staff Writer | 12/17/12

Soft-skill investments create technology-service ROI
Just about any company operating in a recession might be lucky to break even, soldiering on doing level business, waiting for the light at the end of the tunnel. more
By Paul E. Kandarian
Contributing Writer | 12/17/12
JWU entrepreneurial pool attracts sharks
Options have become an early career necessity, says John Robitaille, executive director of Johnson & Wales University’s Center for Entrepreneurship, whose charge after taking on the position about 18 months ago was to further the school’s position as an entrepreneurial incubator. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 1/7/13

PASA helping students earn credits for work
Kerri Lemoie has her eye on the future. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 1/7/13

State officials to seize Sawyer student records
State higher education officials will enter facilities of the closed Sawyer School over the weekend, accompanied by state police, to take custody of student academic and financial records, Mike Trainor, spokesman for the state Office of Higher Education, said at a press conference on Friday. more
Mass. provides $6.84M for workforce training
BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick last week announced $6.84 million in Workforce Training Fund grants to 87 Massachusetts companies, including several in Bristol County. The grants, which support up to two years of training, will create 682 new jobs and train more than 6,300 workers, Patrick said. more
1/14/13
Sawyer students left in limbo
The sudden closure of the Sawyer School has left 302 Rhode Island students in academic and financial limbo. With education officials last week still unsure even of who was in charge of the shuttered school, the shutdown has also raised questions regarding oversight of for-profit education in the Ocean State. more

BY RHONDA MILLER
PBN Staff Writer | 1/14/13

RICE scholarships awarded to students
The Rhode Island Consulting Engineers recently awarded four scholarships to college students pursuing engineering degrees. more
1/28/13
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