workforce development
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PublishedDecember 6, 2019
Symposium explores ways to close widening gap in Maine’s workforce
The state will have to add an estimated 158,000 trained people to its workforce by 2025 to maintain economic growth, Educate Maine tells participants at its annual symposium.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2019
Commentary: There’s no reason that workers can’t be corporate owners
Employee-controlled companies could be the antidote to the less-appealing aspects of shareholder capitalism.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2019
Student-trustee: Change from ‘USM’ to ‘UMaine Portland’ will help our state grow, prosper
Leveraging the city's name recognition and image could draw new students to all UMaine System campuses and fill jobs statewide.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2019
The View From Here: Behind USM’s name change plan
Attracting working-age people to the state is more important than soothing municipal rivalries.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2019
Maine Voices: Legislature missed opportunity by failing to propose bills supporting asylum seekers
Helping new Mainers make a life here would both address workforce needs and diversify our communities.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2019
Schools, businesses expand career connections
A new collective will help students gain access and real-world experience.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2019
Commentary: Helping diverse students thrive is an economic imperative for Maine
Ensuring that 60 percent of Mainers obtain a post-high school credential of value can't be accomplished without involving everyone here.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2019
Maine Voices: Community investment could be our state’s growth engine
Colby College is one major employer that has attracted workers by investing in making the surrounding community a place where families want to live.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2019
Program to defray cost of IT training seeks applicants
TechHire Maine to use federal grant to help private businesses get upgraded IT training for their employees.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2019
Our View: Proposed asylum rules are deliberately cruel
Denying people the ability to earn a living is the wrong way to treat those escaping persecution.
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