/tags/employment Employment en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Wed, 04 Dec 2024 12:40:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-12-04/how-your-social-media-posts-affect-your-job-prospects-and-what-a-cu-researcher-thinks-you-should-do-about-it Are you hunting for a new job? If so, one thing you might want to give some attention to: your social media accounts. A CU researcher says the things you post on Facebook, X, and BlueSky can influence whether hiring managers return your call. Wed, 04 Dec 2024 12:40:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-12-04/how-your-social-media-posts-affect-your-job-prospects-and-what-a-cu-researcher-thinks-you-should-do-about-it In The NoCo, Ariel Lavery, Brad Turner /news/2024-10-05/how-mountain-town-businesses-are-working-to-defy-colorados-elevated-quit-rates Sat, 05 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-10-05/how-mountain-town-businesses-are-working-to-defy-colorados-elevated-quit-rates Kit Geary, Summit Daily °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ /news/2024-03-26/one-of-the-last-vestiges-of-kodak-in-northern-colorado-is-closing Carestream Health recently announced it will close its Windsor facility and hundreds of workers there will be laid off. Chris Wood with BizWest joins us to break down the story. Tue, 26 Mar 2024 19:14:49 GMT /news/2024-03-26/one-of-the-last-vestiges-of-kodak-in-northern-colorado-is-closing Nikole Robinson Carroll /regional-news/2023-05-10/surveys-of-national-park-service-employees-show-an-agency-thats-fallen-on-hard-times The Partnership for Public Service, a nonpartisan nonprofit, recently released its annual rankings of the best places to work in the federal government. It found that working at a national park is no picnic. Wed, 10 May 2023 21:58:16 GMT /regional-news/2023-05-10/surveys-of-national-park-service-employees-show-an-agency-thats-fallen-on-hard-times Emma VandenEinde /regional-news/2023-02-10/economist-explains-the-implications-of-mountain-wests-national-lead-in-manufacturing-construction-spending New data shows the Mountain West region led the nation with $26.5 billion in manufacturing construction spending in 2022, up from only $4.2 billion in 2017. It's an indicator of the significant economic changes afoot across the region. Fri, 10 Feb 2023 13:23:00 GMT /regional-news/2023-02-10/economist-explains-the-implications-of-mountain-wests-national-lead-in-manufacturing-construction-spending Emma VandenEinde /regional-news/2022-08-12/workforce-projects-in-nevada-new-mexico-and-colorado-win-big-federal-grants A Nevada workforce training initiative focused on rural and Indigenous communities is among a handful of workforce programs in the Mountain West receiving millions of dollars in funding through the Biden administration’s Good Jobs Challenge. Fri, 12 Aug 2022 17:32:54 GMT /regional-news/2022-08-12/workforce-projects-in-nevada-new-mexico-and-colorado-win-big-federal-grants Kaleb Roedel /show/kuncs-colorado-edition/2021-09-07/more-than-100-000-coloradans-lose-federal-unemployment-benefits Enhanced federal unemployment benefits that were put in place during the pandemic came to an end over the weekend. Roughly 107,000 Coloradans will lose their eligibility, according to state labor officials. About 30,000 will no longer receive an extra $300 per week. Tamara Chuang has been reporting on this for the Colorado Sun. She joined Colorado Edition to talk about what the end of these benefits will mean for unemployed people. Tue, 07 Sep 2021 19:52:22 GMT /show/kuncs-colorado-edition/2021-09-07/more-than-100-000-coloradans-lose-federal-unemployment-benefits Tess Novotny /npr-news/npr-news/2019-12-05/despite-job-boom-more-men-are-giving-up-on-work The long economic recovery has brought unemployment to historic lows. But the number of men in the labor force during their prime working age has dropped significantly over the past 50 years. Thu, 05 Dec 2019 12:25:21 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2019-12-05/despite-job-boom-more-men-are-giving-up-on-work Jim Zarroli /npr-news/2019-03-08/u-s-economy-loses-steam-adding-only-20-000-jobs-last-month The economy added far fewer jobs than expected in February, a slowdown from much stronger gains in December and January. But the jobless rate fell to 3.8 percent, and earnings growth picked up. Fri, 08 Mar 2019 13:46:07 GMT /npr-news/2019-03-08/u-s-economy-loses-steam-adding-only-20-000-jobs-last-month Avie Schneider /health/2019-03-04/paid-family-leave-in-colorado-could-benefit-workers-and-employers Six states currently have paid family leave policies on the books. If Colorado passes a similar policy, the average worker would receive an average weekly… Mon, 04 Mar 2019 13:00:00 GMT /health/2019-03-04/paid-family-leave-in-colorado-could-benefit-workers-and-employers Desmond O'Boyle