Posted on April 7, 2017
More Boston education jobs have been added, according to recent labor statistics. Employment in the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Mass.-N.H. Metropolitan New England City and Town Area stood at 2,690,900 in January 2017, up 59,100 from one year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Regional Commissioner Deborah A. Brown noted that nonfarm employment rose 2.2 percent […]
Posted on March 30, 2017
Several trends may affect Boston jobs in the future, according to a report from Boston Consulting Group. The report, Twelve Forces That Will Radically Change How Organizations Work, is the first in a series on the New New Way of Working. As part of the analysis, the author team looked at 60 major trends, grouping […]
Posted on March 24, 2017
New funding will go towards creating more Boston transportation jobs. The governor’s office has filed “An Act Financing Improvements to Municipal Roads and Bridges,” which requests $200 million in Chapter 90 funds for local transportation infrastructure projects across Massachusetts. “We are proud to once again file for $200 million for Chapter 90 funds for cities and […]
Posted on March 24, 2017
A slew of grants will go towards expanding career programs for Boston jobs. The governor’s office has awarded $11.8 million in Workforce Skills Capital Grants to 32 vocational schools, community colleges, and traditional public high schools, which will use the funds to purchase vocational technical equipment and expand skills training programs for careers in growing industries. […]
Posted on March 24, 2017
A number of employers are planning a hiring spree for Boston jobs, according to a recent Bank of America small business report. Thirty-six percent of Boston small business owners plan to hire more employees in the year ahead, compared with only 23 percent who said they planned to hire in the spring. Boston entrepreneurs’ confidence […]
Posted on March 24, 2017
A number of new job trends cited in a report may affect Boston jobs. A survey of job seekers around the world who found new work in 2015 reveals that 64% were interested in working abroad, while 7% had already moved to a different country to work. Some 76% expressed an interest in working on […]
Posted on March 24, 2017
Recent labor statistics show that education jobs in Boston are burgeoning. Employment in the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Mass.-N.H. Metropolitan New England City and Town Area stood at 2,690,900 in January 2017, up 59,100 from one year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Education and health services, the largest industry in the Boston area, had the […]
Posted on April 8, 2016
There is a new business plan for Boston jobs. The development of the plan was aided by the Mayor’s Small Business Advisory Council, which was comprised of 34 small business community members representing diverse sectors including industrial, women and minority owned businesses, and startups. One of the critical outputs of the plan is the “State […]
Posted on April 5, 2016
A new workshop is helping people negotiate pay for Boston jobs. Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s Office of Women’s Advancement and the American Association of University Women (AAUW) will kick off a blitz of free salary negotiation workshops to train over 350 women in honor of Equal Pay Day on April 12. The following workshops will […]
Posted on March 28, 2016
A new Careerbuilder survey posits that sleep deprivation may be affecting Boston jobs. According to the survey, over half of workers (58 percent) feel they don’t get enough sleep, and 61 percent say lack of sleep has a negative impact on their work. More than 3,200 workers across industries in the private sector participated in the […]