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Rock Coast Personnel is an employment agency providing temporary, direct hire and executive placement services for New England companies in the areas of accounting/finance, light industrial and warehouse, sales and marketing, office support, executive recruitment and temporary staffing. With over twenty-five years in the staffing business our reputation for excellence and our commitment to clients and candidates is unparalleled. Call us and let Rock Coast Personnel help you with your staffing or employment needs.

Temporary/Temporary-to-hire

Our thorough candidate screening process alleviates the burden from our corporate clients, and our temporary and temp-to-hire staff are prepared to meet the demands brought about by special projects, vacations, leaves of absences or temporary surges in business.

Direct Hire

We work hard to ensure that our clients are satisfied. Finding the right people for Direct Hire situations is our specialty.

Executive Placement

The Executive Placement Services division of Rock Coast Personnel enables us to assist companies to attract, hire and retain the best executive talent possible.

Corporate Services

Rock Coast Personnel is a Maine owned and operated employment agency. Rock Coast Personnel is located in the heart of Portland, Maine and serves businesses from southern New Hampshire and throughout Maine. Rock Coast Personnel’s mission is to bring the best qualified people and companies together, and our intent is to make those we work with, be they our corporate clients or our placed employees, succeed.

Candidate Services

Looking for great jobs? Rock Coast Personnel is a Maine owned and operated employment agency. Rock Coast Personnel is located in the heart of Portland, Maine and places employees in businesses from southern New Hampshire and throughout Maine. Rock Coast Personnel’s mission is to bring the best qualified people and companies together, and our intent is to make those we work with, be they our placed employees, or our corporate clients, succeed.

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Maine’s unemployment rate drops 0.3% to 3.0% in DEC ’17; but reduction is due to a loss of 3,000 from the workforce, as payroll jobs actually drop more than 2,000 NOV ’17 levels. https://t.co/t2NtpjXcHD

January 25, 2018

Maine's unemployment rate drops 0.3% to 3.0% in DEC '17; but reduction is due to[...]

Summarized projections of BLS’s industry employment projections through 2026. https://t.co/uWMU0RCfSe

January 24, 2018

Summarized projections of BLS's industry employment projections through 2026.https://t.co/uWMU0RCfSe — Rock Coast Personnel (@RockCoastPsnl) January[...]

For 2017, the Average Hours Worked / week increased 0.3% (after 2 years of falling), but even in a period of low unemployment, increased demand for hours did not drive wages up much, only 0.4% for the year. https://t.co/jpLImYsPj3

January 23, 2018

For 2017, the Average Hours Worked / week increased 0.3% (after 2 years of falling),[...]

County Employment & Wage data for 347 largest US counties through 2Q ’17; Cumberland County jobs up 1.9% through 12 month period, wages up 0.9% in same period. https://t.co/lZopSD9iML

December 29, 2017

County Employment & Wage data for 347 largest US counties through 2Q '17; Cumberland County[...]

New England region has highest average hourly pay & 2nd highest total compensation costs across 9 US regions. https://t.co/7eMfJdxwE6

December 29, 2017

New England region has highest average hourly pay & 2nd highest total compensation costs across[...]

And @ 3.3% unemployment, we have a grand total of 23,000 “possible” additional members of our workforce; hard to convince a major business to locate (stay?) in ME with such a dearth of employees. #GrowMELaborForce https://t.co/VyUUiye0f4

December 26, 2017

And @ 3.3% unemployment, we have a grand total of 23,000 "possible" additional members of[...]

With 619,000 employed, Maine is the 9th smallest State economy as measured by employment; and with https://t.co/r544cCYhnC

December 26, 2017

With 619,000 employed, Maine is the 9th smallest State economy as measured by employment; and[...]

This might be a piece of the puzzle as to why in a time of very low unemployment, earnings aren’t increasing…Q2 productivity climbs to a respectable 3% growth rate. https://t.co/xSf435sFGN

November 29, 2017

This might be a piece of the puzzle as to why in a time of[...]

Speaking of low unemployment…ME’s 3 metros all show unemployment rate declines in SEP ’17; Bangor down 0.3 pts to 3.1%, L/A down 0.3 pts to 2.9%, Portland down 0.2 pts to 2.5%; hard to find workers at those levels. https://t.co/k1JGGEynQE

November 29, 2017

Speaking of low unemployment…ME's 3 metros all show unemployment rate declines in SEP '17; Bangor[...]

Real weekly earnings up 0.4% for 12 months ending OCT’17, avg. hours show no change over same period; seems strange with unemployment so low. https://t.co/Qc28z77neu

November 29, 2017

Real weekly earnings up 0.4% for 12 months ending OCT'17, avg. hours show no change[...]

OCT Jobs Rpt. graphs; it came down a lot in OCT, but why are there are so many not in Labor Force who want a job? https://t.co/dq8gAWbdcK

November 3, 2017

OCT Jobs Rpt. graphs; it came down a lot in OCT, but why are there[...]

OCT Jobs Rpt: payrolls up 261k, ~ expectations due to storm recovery; Participation down 0.4%, reversing YTD gains. https://t.co/b8d1F8TP8d

November 3, 2017

OCT Jobs Rpt: payrolls up 261k, ~ expectations due to storm recovery; Participation down 0.4%,[...]

How Can Rock Coast help you?

Contact us today and let Rock Coast Personnel help with your staffing and employment needs. Need a great job? Need help finding great employees? Call us in South Portland, Maine 207-799-6732 or in New Hampshire: 603-554-2839