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The competitive landscape for recruiting, retaining & rewarding talented employees.
The pandemic has added even more strain to an already challenging recruitment landscape. Whether hiring front line workers or keeping remote workforces engaged, organizations are scrambling to find new strategies that work for their unique industries and business operations. So what comes next? Jobs are plentiful, talent is scarce, and current employees now have rapidly evolving expectations around flexibility in the workplace. How do we need to adapt to keep Maine running?
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Business Unusual: The Quest for Talent
By Catie Joyce Bulay
Over the past few years Maine has sent a clear message to the tech industry that it is open for business. With new companies moving to the state and older companies growing and expanding along with this year’s downtown Portland opening of the Roux Institute, Maine is poised to take on a leading role in technology.
The Roux Institute, part of Northeastern University’s graduate studies program focused on artificial intelligence, biotechnology, computer and data sciences and digital engineering, saw its first cohort of students last fall in space it shares with WEX Inc. Not only do they share a home but the Roux Institute has a partnership with the financial tech company along with a startup residency of its own that helps Maine-based tech companies grow and attracts new startup businesses from out-of-state.
Central Maine business briefs: Hight Ford recognized, expands brand
People & Places: All Maine birthing hospitals Safe Sleep Certified.
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Hight Ford and Hight Family of Dealerships was awarded the 2020 Ford President’s Award and One Ford Elite Award for the second year in a row. To celebrate, they broke ground on a new building to expand its services. From left are Bryan Belliveau, Skowhegan code enforcement officer; Sam Hight, dealer principal at Hight Ford; Jeff Hewitt, Skowhegan director of economic & community development; Greg Dore, Skowhegan road commissioner; David Becknam, Skowhegan police chief; Christine Almond, Skowhegan town manager; and Corey Hight, dealer principal at Hight Chevrolet.
Maine employers navigate complexities of office reopening
Companies would like to start bringing more workers back to the office, but the process is fraught with legal, ethical and health concerns.
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Tyler Carr, a senior finance director for Wex Inc. in Portland, has worked remotely for most of the pandemic but started coming into the office a few days per week. Many Maine employers would like to start bringing more workers back to the office, but the process is fraught with legal, ethical and health concerns. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer
After months of working from home, Tyler Carr leapt at the chance to come back to the office when Wex Inc. tentatively started allowing some employees to return in the fall.
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