Women shape the future — in our workplaces, our communities, & in everyday steps that create opportunity.

At #SkillsRI, we’re committed to helping women in the workforce and expanding career pathways & small business support across #RhodeIsland — year-round.

#WomensHistoryMonth

March 5 | 📍 Woonsocket

This is where new careers begin. ✨

Not a traditional job fair — real conversations, real pathways, real next steps.

Ready.Set.Work! Career Activation Event

🔗 Register: https://skillsforri.tfaforms.net/wfQ0Gdb

#SkillsRI #ReadySetWork #RhodeIsland

America’s defense depends on people who show up prepared. #ReadySetWork! builds the confidence and workplace skills needed for Defense & Trades careers — including at General Dynamics Electric Boat.

🗓️ Starts February 23
👉 https://ow.ly/YJhT50YeuTq

#SkillsRI #ElectricBoat #RhodeIsland

🎬 Citizens on Springpod

Citizens is helping bring virtual, career-connected learning to students in #RhodeIsland—introducing real roles and skills across today’s financial world.

Get involved: https://skillsforri.tfaforms.net/wfqnogn

#Springpod #SkillsRI #CareerConnectedLearning

⚙️#ReadySetWork! | Defense & Trades

Hands-on career readiness for Defense & Trades, including roles supporting employers like Electric Boat.
🗓 Class starts Feb 23

💼 Banking & Finance is also enrolling — class starts Feb 9.

Apply: skillsforri.com/rsw

#SkillsRI #CareerTraining #RhodeIsland

It is also a reminder of our shared responsibility to advance equity, uplift Black voices, and create spaces where opportunity and talent can thrive.

Black History Month is both a time to reflect and a call forward. It honors the resilience, brilliance, and leadership of Black Americans whose contributions continue to shape our past, present, and future.

What if one week could change the direction of your career?

February #ReadySetWork! classes are now accepting applications:

• Banking & Finance (Feb 9)
• Defense – Electric Boat (Feb 23)

👉 skillsforri.com/rsw

#SkillsRI #RIJobs #RhodeIsland

💼 Ready.Set.Work! | Banking & Finance

Build skills for careers in banking, finance, IT, and customer service.

🗓 Starts Feb 9
👉 skillsforri.com/rsw

#ReadySetWork #SkillsRI #RhodeIsland

Care can be your career. 💙

#ReadySetWork! helps you build confidence and workplace skills for roles in healthcare, home care, and community support.

🗓 Starts Feb 2 - apply now!
👉 https://skillsforri.com/rsw

#SkillsRI #CareerTraining #RhodeIsland

⏰ Deadline approaching.
🎓 More than tuition support.

The Fidelity Scholars Program helps close the financial gap so you can stay on track with college.

👉 Apply by Jan 29: uncf.org/fidelityscholars

#FidelityScholars #RhodeIslandStudents

❄️ Inclement Weather Update

While our office will be closed on Monday due to the weather, SkillsRI will still be open and supporting Rhode Islanders remotely.

📞 Questions? Call 401-680-5960.

Students don’t always see how classroom learning connects to real careers—#Springpod is changing that.

🎬Johnson & Wales University Hospitality Management spotlight w/ Bryan Lavin on tourism, marketing & sustainability.

Get involved: https://skillsforri.tfaforms.net/wfqnogn

#RhodeIsland

How do endurance athletes keep going mile after mile?

Check out the trailer for Springpod’s Exercise & Sports Science subject spotlight, created in partnership w/ Johnson & Wales University.

Learn more & get involved: https://skillsforri.tfaforms.net/wfqnogn

#Springpod #SkillsRI #JWU #RhodeIsland

Welding is behind more of the world than you might think.

🎬 Hear from Ashley Britton, lead instructor for New England Tech's structural welding program, in NEIT’s subject spotlight on welding with #Springpod in #RhodeIsland.

Get involved: https://skillsforri.tfaforms.net/wfqnogn

#SkillsRI #NEIT

For years, Electric Boat has invested in #RhodeIsland’s future workforce. Now, as an inaugural partner of #Springpod + #SkillsRI, they’re expanding virtual career experiences—giving students a real look at defense careers & submarine building.

👉 https://skillsforri.tfaforms.net/wfqnogn

Thank you to New England Institute for Technology for being an inaugural partner in launching #Springpod's virtual career-connected learning platform in #RhodeIsland!

🎬 Hear from NEIT Adjunct Faculty member Chris Velleca.

Get involved: https://skillsforri.tfaforms.net/wfqnogn

#SkillsRI #NEIT

Continuing our series spotlighting our inaugural partners for the launch of #Springpod's experiential learning platform in #RhodeIsland, today we’re recognizing #Gilbane.

Students can now explore real careers in construction & trades.

Get involved: https://skillsforri.tfaforms.net/wfqnogn

We’re proud to highlight #RhodeIslandCollege as one of our inaugural Springpod partners. Thank you to Dr. Tim Henry for championing earlier, clearer career exploration for #RhodeIsland students.

Get involved: https://skillsforri.tfaforms.net/wfqnogn

#CareerConnectedLearning #Springpod #SkillsRI

Happy Holidays from Skills for Rhode Island’s Future! ❄️💙

We’re grateful for our incredible partners, job seekers, employers, and community who make our work possible every day. Here’s to a joyful season and a bright year ahead!

For too many students, career exploration comes too late. Through SkillsRI and Springpod, Citizens Bank is helping bring earlier, career-connected learning to RI students—expanding access, confidence, and opportunity at scale.

Learn more: https://skillsforri.tfaforms.net/wfqnogn

#PrepareRI

Ready to change the direction of your career in just one week?

Ready.Set.Work! helps you build confidence, sharpen your skills, and get ready for real opportunities.

💰 Banking & Finance — Jan 12
⚙️ Electric Boat — Jan 26

Apply 👉 https://skillsforri.tfaforms.net/wf3QLJa

#ReadySetWork #SkillsRI

We officially launched Springpod in #RhodeIsland—helping students connect learning to real careers. Employers, educators, funders & civic leaders: we need you.

Open letter: https://skillsforri.com/uncategorized/open-letter-a-new-way-forward-for-career-connected-learning-in-rhode-island

The auto industry is evolving—so can your career.

Join AMTech, a free 17-week training program at #NEIT in Warwick.

🔧 Learn diagnostics, repairs, & more
📅 Aug 25–Dec 12 | M–Th, 3–8PM
🎓 Earn a certificate + 27 college credits

Apply by Aug 15: skillsforri.com/automotive

#SkillsRI #AMTech #RIJobs

🎬What was #PrepareRI25 Ready.Set.Work! Bootcamp really like?

High school interns explored their strengths, built friendships, & gained real-world skills through hands-on sessions & career chats.

Hear their biggest takeaways in our recap reel.

#PrepareRI #SkillsRI #CareerReady #RhodeIsland

Career-ready and confident! 💼💡

These students participated in the 2025 PrepareRI Ready.Set.Work! Bootcamp & are ready to take on paid summer internships.

🎥 Hear how this experience has set them up for success!

#PrepareRI #PrepareRI25 #SkillsRI #ReadySetWorkBootcamp #InternshipProgram #RhodeIsland

Enjoy a safe and happy Fourth of July from all of us at Skills for Rhode Island’s Future and the RI Small Business HUB!

Our offices will be closed tomorrow in observance of the holiday and will reopen on Monday, July 7.

As funding shrinks, focus on training goes local In response to unpredictable federal funding and constrained state budgets, officials at the nonprofit organization Skills for Rhode Island’s Future say they’re adapting their approach by improving pa...

SkillsRI is teaming up with leaders like East Providence Mayor @bobdasilva.bsky.social and Woonsocket Mayor Christopher Beauchamp to build job pipelines and keep workforce training accessible and effective.

Thanks to Providence Business News for highlighting this shift: bit.ly/3HKgFX5

Today, we honor Juneteenth—a powerful reminder of the long fight for freedom and the enduring strength of African Americans. This day invites reflection, remembrance, and celebration of the resilience, culture, and countless contributions of Black communities throughout history.

Happy Juneteenth!🖤