The South Portland-based fuel company was honored by the U.S. Department of Labor for hiring and retaining veterans.
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Biological sciences industry on the rise in Maine, new report shows
Job growth in the sector has been 14% over the past 5 years, compared with only 4% for all industries combined, says the Bioscience Association of Maine.
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Lewiston job fair: Looking for the right fit
LEWISTON — Doug Stone is back where he started. Stone of Lewiston came to the Lewiston CareerCenter in search of a job during spring 2017. He was matched with a three-month course at Lewiston Adult Education. By July of that year, Stone was a certified nursing assistant and soon found employment at Russell Park Rehabilitation and […]
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US economy added 250,000 jobs in October; unemployment stays at 3.7 percent
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy added 250,000 jobs in October, federal economists reported Friday. The unemployment rate stayed at 3.7 percent. The latest job market snapshot from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is the last before the midterm elections, and it arrived three weeks after Hurricane Michael pummeled the Florida panhandle and Georgia, knocking some […]
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Job openings rise for 3rd straight month
U.S. job openings rose in August to a fresh record and the share of workers quitting their jobs held at the highest since 2001, underscoring signs of strength in the labor market that should help propel wages higher, Labor Department data showed Tuesday. Job postings exceeded the number of unemployed people by 902,000 in August, […]
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Maine unemployment rate ticked up slightly in August
Maine’s unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.2 percent in August from 3 percent in July, according to preliminary, seasonally adjusted estimates released Friday by the state Department of Labor. Still, August’s unemployment rate remained lower than a year earlier, when it was 3.4 percent, the department said. The number of unemployed job-seekers in Maine declined […]
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Marguerite H. Libby
RUMFORD — Marguerite H. White Libby of Fryeburg and Dixfield passed away peacefully Thursday, Sept. 6, at Rumford Community Home after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. She was born March 2, 1937, in Philadelphia, Pa., the daughter of William J. and Harriet V. (Regan) Barras. She was educated in the Catholic school system of Philadelphia, […]
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Report projects almost no job growth in Maine
A new state report says there will be fewer than 100 new jobs created in Maine through 2026. A report from the state Department of Labor’s Center for Workforce Research and Information says that while a significant number of jobs will be added in fields such as health care, food preparation and personal care, other […]
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Restaurant servers working out their job stress in their dreams
August is to restaurant servers what April is to tax accountants. The employees who bring you your lobster entrée so you can enjoy the Maine summer in style are working harder than they have all year. Being a conscientious server – and especially toiling away in a Maine restaurant this time of year – is […]
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Job-seeking immigrants describe cold reception from Maine employers
Angela Okafor studied law in Nigeria, and after emigrating to Maine she studied and passed the state’s bar exam on her first try. But Okafor, who speaks perfect English, said she couldn’t get a single Maine law firm to hire her. She ended up getting a job washing dishes. “I worked in a dish room, […]