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Skills for Rhode Island`s Future is a public-private partnership working to match businesses that have current, unmet hiring needs with qualified, unemployed or underemployed job seekers in the state of Rhode Island. Skills for Rhode Island’s Future will serve as a business intermediary dedicated to returning the unemployed and underemployed to work by focusing on the hiring needs of local employers. This unique demand-driven approach allows Skills for Rhode Island’s Future to serve both the business and job seeker communities creating economic opportunity and regional progress. Skills for Rhode Island’s Future is modeled after Skills for Chicagoland’s Future, a successful demand-driven intermediary based in Chicago. Skills for Chicagoland’s Future has placed over 2,700 job seekers back to work with more than 50 employer partners since its inception in 2012. Skills for Rhode Island’s Future is being launched with support from the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training and in partnership with the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce.
Neeb Kearney is a New Orleans, LA-based company in the Non-profit sector.
The Produce Marketing Association is a trade organization representing companies from every segment of the global fresh produce and floral supply chain. PMA helps members grow by providing connections that expand business opportunities and increase sales and consumption.
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VGR fosters regional prosperity through business growth, powerful partnerships and delivering innovative resources to its communities.