The nature of our business is challenging. Caring for and comforting people at the end of life is not always easy. So, what motivates our employees at Hospice & Community Care to continue to deliver quality care and comfort? Having a sense of purpose. Knowing they are making a difference in the lives of people every day at one of the most challenging times in their lives. Here are some ways we create that sense of purpose at our organization:

CAEDC recently hired Jamie Keener as its new CEO. The Business Journal caught up this week with Keener to discuss his early goals.

State unemployment held steady in May at 3.8 percent as nonfarm jobs rose for the sixth straight month.

The PA Drone Association is on a mission. A burgeoning industry is literally taking off nationwide, and members of the nascent Harrisburg-based group want to ensure Pennsylvania doesn’t get left behind.

The strong economy has been making it difficult for businesses that need qualified and skilled technical workers. And while some established workforce initiatives with a long-range focus are paying off, other efforts are underway to match workers’ skills with specific jobs in the shorter term, several observers said in recent interviews.

A proposed bill with the power to alter Pennsylvania’s workers’ compensation law is designed to benefit first responders who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Being absent affects achievement in workplaces at all levels, just as it did for Claudia Williams in her high school math class.

Nestle Purina Pet Care Co.'s Hampden Township, Cumberland County factory has had a mutually beneficial relationship with Thaddeus Stevens College for ten years. The factory provides time and resources to the Lancaster college and many of the school's students have moved on to careers with the factory. As the state's manufacturing companies struggle to find new hires in a a record low unemployment, the benefits of such a relationship have become more apparent.

The Lancaster County Career & Technology Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports the Lancaster County Career & Technology Center, has a new leader.

Highmark this week laid off 239 employees, including 74 at its operation on Center Street in East Pennsboro Township in Cumberland County.

Today, the phrase management succession plan is used almost exclusively in the context of an exit strategy. But, especially in this time of high turnover, management succession at all levels needs to be as critical to an organization as bench strength is to a sports roster.

A year ago, about 75 percent of managers surveyed nationally were struggling to find suitable candidates. Little has changed in the past 12 months.