December 13, 2021 EditionEdition

🔒Newsworthy people and performances for Dec. 13, 2021

The Mainebiz roundup of businesses and businesspeople that have been making changes in recent weeks. Check out our compilation of new hires, promotions, accomplishments and more.

🔒‘Every small business is a big deal’: Notable quotables from 2021 ‘On the Record’ interviews

Read highlights from a year's worth of interviews with Maine business and nonprofit leaders.

🔒With wages going up, Maine businesses hurdle higher to hire

Maine's minimum wage has been increasing, and Maine employers are increasing their own minimums. But attracting and retaining workers remains tough in the tight labor market.

🔒Planting roots: Roux Institute shows early impact of aligning STEM education with jobs

The Portland research and education hub, focused on growth areas such as artificial intelligence and life sciences, is less than two years old. Aiming to meet the needs of employers, the institute has multiplied its business partnerships five-fold.
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🔒The Great Resignation, Maine-style: 5 professional reinventions during the pandemic

As many workers leave their jobs and rethink life priorities during the pandemic, Mainebiz checked in with five Mainers who have reinvented themselves professionally to find out how the COVID economic upheaval is playing out in Maine.

🔒Ask ACE: Are there any leadership training resources in Maine?

Two organizational consultants advise a reader on where Maine businesspeople can find help when they want to hone their leadership skills.

🔒From the Editor: Digging deeper into how the workforce has changed

The past two years have brought on all kinds of changes. The worker shortage that existed before...
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