WIB News

Business Workshop: Talent Engagement Series is now accepting REGISTRATIONS for “Successful Hiring” Workshop

The Larimer County Workforce Center is offering three (3) workshops for businesses. The workshops are a strong fit for businesses with 5-250 employees. Each workshop has a cost of $49 per person to attend.Register for Business Workshops

  • Successful Hiring – REGISTRATION IS OPEN~
    Wednesday, June 5, 2013
    1 pm – 3 pm
    In this workshop, you will learn to attract a steady flow of more qualified candidates to your organization. And learn how to guide hiring teams.
    Facilitator: Carrie Pinsky, Human Resources Consultant and Career Columnist for the Northern Colorado Business Report.
  • Employee Engagement
    Wednesday, June 19, 2013
    1 pm – 3 pm
    Through this workshop you will develop strategies and action steps to increase engagement of employees. Plus learn to link work tasks directly with the company mission and vision statements.
    Facilitator: Carrie Pinsky, Human Resources Consultant and Career Columnist for the Northern Colorado Business Report.
  • Strengths-Based Performance Management
    Monday, July 1, 2013
    1 pm – 3 pm

    Attend this workshop to learn how to empower employees to work to their unique abilities and have effective performance conversations on continual basis rather an annually.

    Facilitator: Carrie Pinsky, Human Resources Consultant and Career Columnist for the Northern Colorado Business Report.

    Please register in advance and learn more at: www.larimerworkforce.org/business

Apply Now for LCCC Summer Corpsmember Recruitment

The Larimer County Conservation Corps is now accepting applications for Corpsmembers for summer 2013. APPLY to one of the Conservation Corpsmember crews below.

APPLY HERE
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  • Agri Corps Corpsmember
    View Position Description  (Term I: June 6-July 3) (Term II: July 5-August 1)
    The Larimer County Conservation Corps is currently recruiting for summer seasonal applications for Volunteer Agri Corpsmembers ages 14-16 to support the local environment and community. There will be two terms with eight (8) corpsmembers each.
  • Sawyer Corpsmember 
    View Position Description  (Tentative Term is June 6-August 8)
    Larimer County Conservation Corps is currently recruiting for summer seasonal applications for Sawyer Corpsmembers ages of 18-24 to support the local environment and community. 
  • Land Corpsmember
    View Position Description  (Tentative Term June 6-August 2)

    The Larimer County Conservation Corps is currently recruiting for summer seasonal positions for Land Corpsmembers ages of 16-19 to support the local environment and community.

 

 

Colorado Labor Force Statistics for March 2013

Colorado’s Labor Force statistics (Seasonally Adjusted) by County and City for March 2013 are now available HERE

Included in this information you will find:

  • Labor force summary for Colorado, which includes Labor Force Data and Wage and Salary Employment Data 
  • County labor force statistics for (December ’12), the previous month (November ’12) and for one year ago (December ’11). Spreadsheets include non-seasonally adjusted statistics for the Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA’s), including the Fort Collins-Loveland (Larimer County) 
  • Labor force statistics for selected cities, including Fort Collins, Loveland, and Greeley.
  • State News Release on Labor Market Info
You might note that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased in December 2012 to 7.6% compared to the November 2012 seasonally adjusted rate of 7.7%. However, the state’s non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stayed the same at 7.5% for the same period.  
 
Similarly, the Fort Collins/Loveland MSA’s non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady from November 2012 to December 2012, hovering at 5.9%. That said, the non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 0.12% lower than it was in November 2011. 

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