Tag: Workforce
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Colorado gained jobs in April, but workforce participation lowest since August 2020
Colorado added 11,800 jobs in April even as the state’s unemployment rate remained unchanged, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. Private sector payroll jobs increased by 12,000 while government jobs decreased by 200, the department said. The jobless rate remained at 3.9%, below the national rate of 4.3%. Last year, the state…
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Advancing workforce-development bills aim to give learners in-demand skills
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado legislators this month advanced two significant pieces of workforce-development legislation — one bill to create regional talent-development plans and grow an existing grant program, and another to create a system to track student success more closely. Both House Bill 1364 and HB 1365 are…
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Colorado poll finds voters skeptical of college, more supportive of career education
It’s more important for Colorado schools to prepare students for the workforce than to prepare them to attend college. That’s the opinion of more than 60% of respondents in a recent poll of education attitudes among Colorado voters. Magellan Strategies surveyed a representative group of 1,550 Colorado registered voters in September. The survey has a…
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This Colorado city ranks in the top 10 places Black Americans fare best
Colorado Springs locals say there are caveats
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Skills gap, worker shortage, TABOR – takeaways from economic forum
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Business and community leaders gathered Thursday for the 26th annual University of Colorado — Colorado Springs Economic Forum. It was the first in-person forum since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in early 2019. In her main address, Tatiana Bailey, director of the UCCS Economic Forum, discussed the headwinds that could be forcing the economy into…
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More teens working in Colorado, U.S. than before the start of COVID-19 pandemic
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save School is out for summer and that means teens aren’t only looking forward to warmer weather and vacations, but also summer jobs. And they’ll have plenty of company. In 2021, 32% of teens ages 16 to 19 were participating in the nation’s workforce, while 39.6%…
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Colorado Chamber of Commerce celebrates manufacturing industry
Colorado Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Loren Furman said the organization won’t wait for the general election in November and plans to step up policy efforts earlier. “We’re not going to limit ourselves anymore to just our process in the general election,” Furman told the crowd gathered for the chamber’s Colorado Business Day event…
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Labor supply is the ‘biggest challenge’ facing the space industry
Space company executives, educators and industry leaders convened at the Space Symposium Thursday to discuss what Brent Sherwood, senior vice president of Blue Origin, said is the “biggest challenge” facing the space industry: lack of workers. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) jobs are projected…
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Space Symposium kicks off with day focused on the next generation of space leaders
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sights and sounds from the 36th Space Symposium, the world’s largest space show, held at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. (Video by Skyler Ballard) { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “SCENES FROM | 36th Space Symposium”, “description”: “Sights and sounds from the 36th Space Symposium,…