Full employment is not a 0% unemployment rate. In Rhode Island it's generally thought to be when the unemployment rate is 4% to 5% and people are able to find work not long after losing a job.

A Rhode Island defense technology consortium has received new state grant money to connect job seekers with opportunities. The Middletown-based Senedia runs the Defense Partnership Program.

(WPRI) — RI Bio is looking for employers to participate in a job fair, capping off a training program for a selective group of job seekers. RI Bio is hosting a Biotech Boot Camp in partnership ...