by Rob Larimer Published: January 10,2012
Tags: Pikes Peak Workforce Center, summer, youth
The Pikes Peak Workforce Center is looking for employers interested in hiring youths ages 16-21 for summer jobs. Companies are invited to attend and set up a booth at the Governor’s Annual Summer Youth Job Hunt Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Thursday, March 8 at Stargazers Theater, 10 S. Parkside Drive. There is no charge for [...] [...]
by Rob Larimer Published: June 7,2011
The Pikes Peak Workforce Center will open a satellite office in Fountain on June 15. The office will operate out of the Lorraine Center, run by the Fountain Fort Carson School District, which also houses a satellite office of the El Paso County Department of Human Services and is located at 301 E. Iowa in Fountain. “In [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: March 2,2011
The Pikes Peak Workforce Center received a $75,000 grant from the Colorado Department of Labor to find out how the system can address workforce needs of the aerospace industry. The grant is part of a statewide initiative and will be used to identify the role the workforce system can play to help aerospace remain a competitive [...] [...]
by Jonathan Easley Published: February 25,2011
Tags: Employment, Military, Pikes Peak Workforce Center, veterans
As bad as the job market is for unemployed professionals in El Paso County, the situation is even worse for military veterans looking to enter the workforce. El Paso County is home to nearly 80,000 veterans, and last year 15,277 of them, or 19 percent, registered with the Pikes Peak Workforce Center for help finding employment. According [...] [...]
by Nathan Rodriguez Published: November 16,2010
Tags: Energy, felicia barbera, grant, green, Pikes Peak Workforce Center
The Pikes Peak Workforce Center is sponsoring a new program that provides up to $15,000 for local companies to train employees in issues related to energy efficiency. The program is offered through a partnership between the PPWFC and the State Energy Sector Partnership. The organizations hope to encourage local companies across a wide range of [...] [...]
by Becky Hurley Published: March 22,2010
Employers in El Paso and Teller counties facing possible layoffs can now take advantage of a new grant program offered through the Pikes Peak Workforce Center. The Incumbent Workers program provides grants for training so that companies can help their employees learn new skills or upgrade existing skills to ensure business competitiveness. Grant funds are [...] [...]
by Becky Hurley Published: March 18,2010
Tags: chamber of commerce, Corporate Ridge Office and Technology Center, Everest College, Jobs, Pikes Peak Workforce Center
Everest College, a private, higher-education company with campuses nationwide, could employ 500 or more people at the former Intel plant in Colorado Springs. News surfaced Wednesday that the college had leased 70,000 square feet on the Corporate Ridge Office and Technology Center campus. Competition for the education provider’s new online division headquarters was intense. [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: February 10,2010
Counselors from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment will be at the Pikes Peak Workforce Center today and tomorrow to address questions people might have about unemployment insurance accounts. Counselors will be available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to help people sort out answers to the unemployment insurance process and specific claims. The sessions [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: February 10,2010
Tags: counselors, Pikes Peak Workforce Center, unemployment insurance
Counselors from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment will be at the Pikes Peak Workforce Center today and tomorrow to address questions people might have about unemployment insurance accounts. Counselors will be available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to help people sort out answers to the unemployment insurance process and specific claims. The sessions [...] [...]
by Rebecca Tonn Published: January 18,2010
The Pikes Peak Workforce Center is looking for employers who can participate in Hire Colorado. This program subsidizes wages or the cost of training for companies in El Paso and Teller counties that pay wages on Internal Revenue Service form W-2. The center is seeking companies for the following positions: construction, management and administrative. Companies with other [...] [...]
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