Human Resources

The days of the candy striper, those red-and-white-clad teenagers who became an iconic, pop-culture symbol, may be all but over but the need for what they did – serve as volunteers who helped ration the valuable time and attention of doctors and other staff – remains. May 19

Statewide exercise program Shape Up RI has announced its eight-week, 2012 summer exercise challenge. Participants will compete in four categories - pedometer steps, weight loss, exercise minutes, and fruit and vegetable consumption. May 16

Three employees from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport Division were selected as winners of the Rhode Island Federal Employees of the Year Award. May 16

Providence Business News and Best Companies Group announced Monday the 2012 winners of the annual Best Places To Work competition. May 14

Rhode Island earned a “C+” grade for supporting new parents in the workplace in a new report released Tuesday by the National Partnership for Women & Families, landing the Ocean State 11th place in the United States. May 8

Citizens Bank, and Shawmut Design and Construction were named to a list of the Best Places to Work in Massachusetts in the Boston Business Journal’s 10th annual awards program. May 2

Women in Rhode Island make 80 cents for every dollar paid to men, according to a new report released Tuesday by the National Partnership for Women and Families. Apr 17

As the U.S. economy continues its slow climb back from the brink, employers are preparing for one of the downsides of a recovery: turnover. Apr 7

Anthony H. Bliss is a numbers guy. He’s also a man with a heart. So when the numbers guy had to tell his bosses how to save money in ways that meant losses of jobs and lessening of services, it weighed heavily. Apr 7

In 1986, David V. DeVault left his Providence accounting job to work at a small, publicly traded bank in Westerly. Within a year of joining the company, he was named chief financial officer. Friends asked why he would go there. They warned he would be bored. Apr 7