Tag: Jobs
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Colorado Springs gains high-paying jobs with arrival of Nooks
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Nooks, a company that offers classified workspaces and networks for businesses and governmental partners, will expand to Colorado Springs, opening its third and largest facility in the nation and bringing 35 jobs to the region in the coming years. Officials with Nooks announced their expansion Tuesday during the Space Symposium, the foremost gathering for the…
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Aerospace firm to bring 71 new jobs to Colorado Springs
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Intuitive Research and Technology Corp., an aerospace engineering and analysis firm based in Huntsville, Ala., will expand in Colorado Springs, bringing 71 new jobs to the city. Gov. Jared Polis’ office and the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and…
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Fact check: There really are two jobs for every unemployed person in Colorado
There are, indeed, two jobs available for every unemployed individual in Colorado, as Gov. Jared Polis said in his State of the State address last week — but it’s unclear what level of quality and or what industry these jobs are most likely in. Polis said there are “two available jobs for every unemployed person” in…
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Colorado sees flat unemployment rate, signaling a return to normal
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Colorado’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in September at 3.4%, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. The number of unemployed fell by 2,200 from the month before, but the unemployment rate stayed unchanged due to rounding, according to the report. Colorado Springs hotel lodging sees boost in September Ryan Gedney, a senior economist with…
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Colorado unemployment continues downward slide
Colorado’s unemployment rate continued the downward trend it has been on for all of 2022, sliding a tenth of a percentage point to 3.3% in July, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. That’s the 13th consecutive month of flat or dropping unemployment levels in Colorado. The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 3.5%…
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Spirit Halloween stores opening, hiring in metro Denver
Boo. It’s August, so that can only mean one thing: Halloween season is here again. Popular seasonal retailer Spirit Halloween — known for offering wares like costumes, decorations and gallons of fake blood from pop-up retail stores in vacant retail spaces — has already opened several locations along the Front Range. The company expects to…
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HSS Inc. to lay off 230 security workers at Denver International Airport
Denver-based security company HSS Inc. could lay off up to 230 workers come September after it lost the contract to provide security personnel at Denver International Airport, according to a letter from HSS to Mayor Michael Hancock and a notice filed with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. HSS officials last month filed what’s…
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Metro Moves | Hangar Club coming to Lowry
Welcome to The Denver Gazette’s Metro Moves. You’ll get the latest metro Denver openings, closings, hiring and promotion briefs here. To submit your company’s news, drop an email to dennis.huspeni@gazette.com. Coming soon A group of Denver investors bought an airplane hangar at the former Lowry Air Force Base and plan to turn it into an indoor golf…
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Colorado unemployment rate drops again in May
Colorado’s unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in May, its lowest level since the pandemic began. And the state’s economy has recovered more than twice as quickly as it did during the Great Recession, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment announced Friday. May was the 11th month in a row in which Colorado’s unemployment rate either…