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V O L . X X V N O. X X V I I I D E C E M B E R 9 , 2 0 1 9 4 PUBLISHER Donna Brassard EDITOR Peter Van Allen DIGITAL EDITOR William Hall SENIOR WRITER Renee Cordes SENIOR WRITER Maureen Milliken SENIOR WRITER Laurie Schreiber SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER Ken Hanson SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER Andrea Tetzlaff SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER Betsy VanderPloeg MARKETING/OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Alison Nason CONTRIBUTING WRITER Mark Jeanneret, Jim Milliken RESEARCH DIRECTOR Timothy Doyle RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Zoey A division of New England Business Media LLC C E O Peter Stanton PRESIDENT Joe Zwiebel C F O / C O O Mary Rogers GROUP PUBLISHER Donna Brassard DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder C O N T E N T S Industry of second chances A partnership between HospitalityMaine and Department of Corrections aims at filling workforce gap, changing lives Help wanted In a tight labor market, employers in Maine are working the angles 20 16 22 How To Hire and retain employees (without breaking the bank) 24 Moving parts How one Maine manufacturer is building a talent pipeline WO R K F O R C E D E V E L O P M E N T F O C U S I N D U S T R Y T H U M B N A I L O N PA G E 1 5 ยป We've got qualified candidates. We work with employers to match business needs with screened, motivated and reliable candidates. And Goodwill offers continued job coaching and support services for your new employees to ensure continued success. goodwillnne.org/workforce Let us find your next great employee. YOU'VE GOT JOBS. P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y O F L I V E A N D WO R K I N M A I N E Live and Work in Maine swag, part of a holiday campaign to spread awareness of Maine's career and lifestyle attractions. Irina Erickson, who is a resident of the Women's Re-Entry Center in Windham, works at David's 388 in South Portland. P H O T O / J I M N E U G E R P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY Westbrook-based Westbrook-based Lanco Integrated Lanco Integrated 24 20 16