Wicked Local
Patriot Place held a job fair last month featuring 250 open positions at its retail, restaurant and entertainment businesses and barely 100 people showed up, said Jack Lank, president of the United Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Rolf C. Hagen, a pet products manufacturer and distributor in Mansfield, held a drive-through job fair, said Kara Griffin, executive director of the Tri-Town Chamber of Commerce.
Plainridge Casino in Plainville scheduled its third hiring fair this week to attract food and beverage workers, Lank said.
Karin Newman, program director at the Easton Chamber of Commerce, said restaurants like Leandro’s and the Ninety Nine have also had problem finding workers.
FINANCIAL FOCUS: Which retirement plan is right for your business
Submitted by Mike Kerrigan
If you’re a business owner, you’ve got a lot on your mind – cash flow, competition, marketing, and so on. However, you may also want to think about tomorrow – if you don’t already have one, you might want to consider establishing a retirement plan.
Beyond helping you and your employees build assets, a retirement plan is a good way to attract those employees in the first place – and to keep them.
Several states now require business owners without their own plans to offer one and charge significant fines to those who refuse to comply. Some other states are considering requiring such plans. If your state offers one now, or will in the future, look at all the plan’s features – contribution limits, potential tax credits, overall cost, and number and type of investment options – to determine if this plan makes sense for your needs, or if you’d be better off with one of your
Submitted by Mike Kerrigan
If you’re close to retirement, you’ll have several financial issues to consider. But you’ll want to pay attention to one of the most important of these issues: health care costs. How can you prepare yourself for these expenses?
First, get an early start on estimating health care costs. More than two-thirds of those planning to retire in the next 10 years say they have no idea what their health and long-term care costs will be in retirement, according to the Edward Jones/Age Wave Four Pillars of the New Retirement study. And some people don’t worry much about these costs, which may be considerable, thinking that Medicare will pay for most of them.