A growing number of employers are changing their hiring practices to focus on the skill sets a company needs for particular positions rather t…
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The page can’t turn quickly enough on 2020! To say the pandemic put a wrench in the plans of the Pikes Peak small business community is the un…
Mayor John Suthers has a good track record of achieving the goals on his annual to-do list. But one item has moved from list to list for the p…
Pikes Peak-area nonprofits have been busier than ever in recent months as they try to meet a tsunami of need caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pikes Peak Workforce Center has opened a temporary location to serve job seekers in person by appointment only. The new location, at 1049 N. Academy Blvd., launched will stay open through Dec. 11, 2020. This location is large enough to serve 50 job seekers at a time, at computers spaced six feet apart. Appointments are […]
Unemployment in Colorado hit 11.3 percent in April. In El Paso County, the rate was even higher: 12.2 percent. In the Colorado Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area, almost 43,000 people were unemployed in April. Those numbers represent jobs lost to the COVID-19 pandemic as businesses were forced to close. According to the Colorado Department of Labor […]
Numerous resources are available for small businesses as they plan to reopen and work to recover from the COVID-19 crisis. Here is a comprehensive list of organizations that can provide information and funding and help you get back on your feet. Pikes Peak Workforce Center Help for employers: PPWFC helps companies decide how to handle […]
