/tags/employment Employment en-US Copyright ÂÜŔňÉŮĹ®/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:23:46 GMT /politics/2025-08-22/colorados-overstretched-state-employees-brace-for-further-strain-from-hiring-freeze Gov. Polis implemented a hiring freeze for state agencies in response to the billion-dollar revenue loss for Colorado created by Congressional Republicans’ One Big, Beautiful Bill Act. But workers are concerned the freeze will make their jobs even harder. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:23:46 GMT /politics/2025-08-22/colorados-overstretched-state-employees-brace-for-further-strain-from-hiring-freeze Lucas Brady Woods /news/2025-05-21/the-view-doesnt-pay-the-bills-steamboat-teachers-speak-out Teachers and educators living in Steamboat Springs are struggling to find affordable housing. It's also difficult for many just to keep up with the cost of living. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Steamboat Pilot reporter Julia Coccaro and then read The Steamboat Pilot story at the link below. Wed, 21 May 2025 15:44:53 GMT /news/2025-05-21/the-view-doesnt-pay-the-bills-steamboat-teachers-speak-out Julia Coccaro, Steamboat Pilot /news/2025-01-30/king-soopers-employees-continue-voting-process-to-decide-whether-to-strike Ongoing voting will determine if thousands of grocery store employees will authorize a strike in Colorado. Thu, 30 Jan 2025 20:02:18 GMT /news/2025-01-30/king-soopers-employees-continue-voting-process-to-decide-whether-to-strike Alex Murphy, Emma VandenEinde /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 News /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