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Featured Job: Sailing Sales Representative

12 Meter Charters is looking for an outgoing individual who is interested in constant interaction with the public. Our representative/agent will be hosting our ticketing booth on Bowen’s Wharf and promoting our daily sails aboard our former America’s Cup 12 Meter Yachts. Our services are very well regarded, and sailing on our yachts combines visual […]

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Infrastructure investment at Quonset to support accelerated hiring of 1,300 at Electric Boat

Standing outside Electric Boat’s Quonset Point facility and flanked by manufacturing workers, tradesmen and members of the Rhode Island Congressional Delegation, Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced a new infrastructure investment that will allow Electric Boat to accelerate the hiring of 1,300 new employees. Additionally, Electric Boat will begin construction to significantly increase the size of […]

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Featured Job: Customer Experience Representative

What you should know about ARS… Culture matters to ARS. We value collaboration, open workplaces, flexible schedules, team based goals. Our growth is driven by ideas, intelligence and ability. You’ll need to be a great communicator, an ambassador for us and our partners. You’ll have to ride the wave with us every day, finding ways […]

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Podcast: A conversation with Brian Howard about Electric Boat’s employment opportunities

Electric Boat in Quonset is looking for hundreds of new employees, many as a result of new work, and many to replace employees leaving for retirement or other reasons. Brian Howard, EB’s human resource manager at Quonset, joins What’sUpNewp’s Frank Prosnitz on this edition of The Open Forum on AM 1540 WADK Newport. Brian talks […]

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SENEDIA receives Real Jobs RI grant to help veterans explore and find career opportunities

The Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance (SENEDIA) has received a Real Jobs RI grant through the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training (RIDLT) to help veterans explore and find career opportunities through meaningful civilian internships.  By working together with the Rhode Island Office of Veterans Affairs, SENEDIA will help ensure that veterans have an […]

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Newport Mental Health seeks employers for new Employment Services program

Newport, RI – People with mental health conditions make up the largest group of recipients receiving disability today, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Rhode Island has about 83 percent unemployment for those with mental health needs, which is higher than Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Vermont, according to the 2012 Substance Abuse and Mental […]

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