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N.H. immigrants and refugees help To bolster N.H. workforce

N.H. immigrants and refugees help To bolster N.H. workforce

In a tight labor market, employers have been proposing some novel ways to fill positions. According to Andrew Cullen, career service manager at the International Institute of New England, Manchester, one manufacturing company is considering providing a van on a temporary basis for a group of potential employees that need transportation in order to work.

Immigrants of New Hampshire: A Congolese banker embraces care-giving

Immigrants of New Hampshire: A Congolese banker embraces care-giving

Mentoring developmentally disabled youth in New Hampshire may not seem like a logical career step for a former bank manager from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

But for Bienfait, a Congolese immigrant -- he declines to use his last name for reasons of personal safety -- the job is highly satisfying.