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Filling positions hasn’t been easy over the past few years. That’s related to both pressures created by the COVID-19 pandemic and longer-term issues in the healthcare industry.

The city of Worcester and its healthcare providers embraced novel approaches to handle Massachusetts’ other health crisis in a year where the coronavirus pandemic took center stage.

The coronavirus pandemic has opened up a new world, one workers aren’t eager to give up.

In 1994, Dr. Raj Devarajan founded the practice Middlesex Digestive Gastrointestinology, and then spent the next 12 years preparing to open his own outpatient center, Middlesex Digestive Health & Endoscopy Center, fulfilling his prediction of patients seeking out more convenient and lower-cost care.

The steep economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic hit hard and fast. The recovery is proving to be a lot more herky jerky, but signs of progress abound.

As the U.S. Centers for Disease Control loosens mask guidelines for the vaccinated and as Gov. Charlie Baker lifts coronavirus restrictions, residents have begun to rebuild with the aim of helping things “return to normal.” But normal never worked.

People are on the move at Community Healthlink, Northern Bank & Trust, Cornerstone Bank and more.

Growth without scaling can result in miscommunication, too little manufacturing, scarce staff and ultimately, unhappy customers. Here are ways to scale, or build room to grow.

Just 57% of women participated in the workforce in 2020, the lowest number since 1988, according to the National Women’s Law Center.