Colorado Jobs and Labor Force Update: July 2021
The CSI has released its latest report about Colorado jobs and labor force. Key Findings: Colorado added 14,800 total nonfarm jobs in July. At this pace, the state would reach pre-pandemic employment levels by Jan. ’22. To recover to pre-pandemic employment levels by January 2023—after adjusting for population growth—Colorado needs add 9,202 jobs each month […]
Colorado Jumpstart Incentive
Unemployed Coloradans Who Return to Work are Eligible for an Incentive On Wednesday, Governor Jared Polis signed an Executive Order creating a new monetary incentive program to support unemployed Coloradans as they return to work full time. Under the Colorado Jumpstart incentive program, unemployed individuals are eligible to receive an incentive of up to $1,600 to support the […]
CSU System economic study shows impact on talent retention, jobs, revenue
The three Colorado State University System campuses – and the out-of-state students they attract – fuel nearly 23,000 Colorado jobs and more than $237.74 million in state income and sales tax revenue annually. In its first-ever Systemwide economic impact study, a team of economists quantified the CSU System’s unique contributions to the Colorado economy in […]
Bloomberg: Hard at Work: Prime-Age Americans in Workforce Hits Decade High
By Virginia Van Natta Labor force participation jumps for women ages 25 to 54 Prime-age participation peaked at 84.6% in January 1999 The percentage of people in the U.S. aged 25 to 54 who are employed or actively looking for work has climbed to the highest in a decade as demand in the health-care and […]
FORBES: The 5 Most Important Job Skills For The Future
Bernard Marr Contributor Enterprise Tech Our workplaces are changing, and the changes are dramatic. Professionals need to pay attention to and prepare for the workplaces of the future. An important aspect of this preparation is to develop the job skills that will help you succeed and thrive in the new reality of the next decade. […]
THRIVE GLOBAL: 10 Ways To Engage A Mature Workforce
With the growth of the multi-generational workforce, it’s essential that leaders ensure all team members are motivated to deliver their best, but how do you motivate the maturer members of your team? By Janice Sutherland, Women’s Leadership Expert at This Woman Can You can’t have escaped the news that people are both living and working longer, […]
Harvard Business Review: The Case for Hiring Older Workers
By: Josh Bersin and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic There’s a lot of talk about gender bias, racial bias, and culture bias at work, and each are important for many reasons. But perhaps one of the biggest and most problematic types of bias we face is the bias of age: we often evaluate people based on their age, […]
CNBC: LinkedIn says these 5 traits pose the biggest skills gap — and it’s a global problem
Karen Gilchrist@_karengilchrist The impact technology is having on our daily lives is undeniable — and it’s being felt as much in the way we work as in how we communicate, shop and even travel. By 2022, technology is expected to have displaced 75 million jobs globally, according to new research from LinkedIn. Yet, within that […]
Harvard Business Review: Helping Stay-at-Home Parents Reenter the Workforce
As part of the Northern Colorado Prospers Goal #2: Align, Attract and Retain Talent, the Chamber and it’s Talent 2.0 partners have made it a goal to “Collectively address structural issues that serve as barriers to a secure talent pipeline.” As employers strategize the best ways to recruit, create employee incentives and provide opportunities, experts […]
How Businesses are Feeling about the Area & Economy
You’ve seen it printed, it was discussed at the Northern Colorado Prospers (NCP) Annual Summit and your support helped with the creation of it. Now, here is your electronic version of the Northern Colorado Business Retention and Expansion (BR&E) Annual Report 2018. The Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with the Business Retention and […]
