Updated labor stats reflect a downward adjustment to Metro Denver’s job data
The annual benchmark revision for the Current Employment Statistics series resulted in a significant downward adjustment to Metro Denver job data. The region’s 2009 annual percentage job loss widened from 3.8 percent in the preliminary data to 4.4 percent in the benchmarked series. Total jobs lost in Metro Denver through all 12 months of 2009 [...]
Even bell-ringer jobs in high demand
This weekend, nursing student Shawn Graham will start working weekends as a bell ringer for the Salvation Army in Broomfield. The competition for the job was fierce.
U.S. unemployment rate hits 10.2%
The unemployment rate hit its grimmest milestone yet, soaring above 10 percent for only the second time since the Great Depression.
Colorado unemployment drops to 7%; ‘Worst is behind us,’ Mares says
Unemployment in Colorado fell for a second month in September, to 7.0 percent, the state’s Department of Labor and Employment reported Wednesday.
U.S. job seekers exceed openings by record ratio
Despite signs that the economy has resumed growing, unemployed Americans now confront a job market that is bleaker than ever in the current recession, and employment prospects are still getting worse.
Fort Collins call center hiring for 500 more positions
Since August, Fort Collins-based Center Partners has hired 200 employees and now it’s looking to hire 500 more.
Rep. Cantor: No jobs, rising deficits mean stimulus failed
With the economy apparently well on the road to recovery, many economists and the White House are giving credit to the $787 billion stimulus package passed last February. But House Republican Whip Eric Cantor is steadfast in his view the package was a failure.
Graduation rates show colleges more like ‘failure factories’
At its top levels, the American system of higher education may be the best in the world. Yet in terms of its core mission — turning teenagers into educated college graduates — much of the system is simply failing.
