SARANAC LAKE â With the ongoing labor gap, finding employees is a tough job.
âThis is our 75th year and hiring has never been harder,â said Rice Furnitureâs Clyde Baker.
Rice Furniture has advertised a job opening for over a month online, in print and on a sign out in front of the store, none of which has led to new applicants, Baker said.
As businesses struggle to find employees, theyâre adapting â offering higher pay, changing how they advertise and altering their operations to make up for the gap.
With plenty of job openings, hiring has become more competitive. Companies have to incentivize employees to either stay or to join their staff. Some businesses are offering competitive wages. Others have gotten creative. Stewartâs Shops and McDonaldâs are offering scholarships to part-time college employees and discounting meals on the job. The Best Western in Saranac Lake is offering signing bonuses in its contracts.
Businesses have to adapt to low staff: Competitive pay, shortened hours and exhausted employees
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PLATTSBURGH There is a new resource for youth looking for training and employment in the North Country. The OneWorkSource Center developed the Regional Youth Training and Education Program website to provide youth accessible information on training programs for certified nursing assistant, welding and other fields. The RYTE Program is intended to serve young adults who face barriers to employment and/or education, and who struggle to succeed in educational settings and need additional support to secure a livable wage. “This new website gives youth the opportunity to explore various training and employment programs which can help them develop good working habits early on and set them up for success in the workplace on a long-term basis,” North Country Workforce Development Board Executive Director Sylvie Nelson said in a statement.
Press-Republican PLATTSBURGH – North Country families with two kids under the age of 5 spend about $15,000 a year on childcare, according to a recent survey conducted by the Child Care Coordinating Council of the North Country. “We have an advocacy campaign that we have just launched this week called Stand Up for Child Care in the Adirondacks,” Jamie L. Basiliere, executive director of the Child Care Coordinating Council of the North Country, said. Stand Up for Child Care Adirondacks is a North Country child care advocacy coalition. It released three videos addressing challenges faced by the child care industry and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dec 12, 2020
Plattsburgh Rehab and Nursing Center Earns Award
PLATTSBURGH â The Plattsburgh Rehabilitation and Nursing Center (PRNC) was recognized as a 2020 Bronze â Achievement in Quality Award recipient by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL).
PRNC is an 89 bed skilled nursing facility specializing in sub acute rehab and long term care. It also has a medical model Adult Day Health program that serves the Clinton, Franklin and Essex counties.
AHCA/NCAL represents more than 13,000 non-profit and proprietary skilled nursing centers, assisted living communities, sub-acute centers and homes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The award is the first of three distinctions possible through the AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program, which was established in 1996 and spotlights providers across the nation that have demonstrated their commitment to
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