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Gov.’s youth job program seeking employers

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 [...] [...]

Workforce Center expanding into Fountain

by Rob Larimer Published: June 7,2011

Tags: Pikes Peak Workforce Center

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 [...] [...]

PPWFC gets $75,000 aerospace grant

by Amy Gillentine Published: March 2,2011

Tags: aerospace grant, Pikes Peak Workforce Center

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 [...] [...]

Veterans lining up to battle for jobs after military life (access required)

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 [...] [...]

Workforce Center offering grants of $15,000 for green training

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 [...] [...]

Grants offered to avoid layoffs (access required)

by Becky Hurley Published: March 22,2010

Tags: Employment, Grants, Pikes Peak Workforce Center

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 [...] [...]

Everest could bring more than 500 jobs (access required)

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. [...] [...]

Counselors answer unemployment insurance questions (access required)

by Amy Gillentine Published: February 10,2010

Tags: Pikes Peak Workforce Center

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 [...] [...]

Counselors offer unemployment advice (access required)

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 [...] [...]

Hire Colorado seeks employers (access required)

by Rebecca Tonn Published: January 18,2010

Tags: employers, Hire Colorado, Pikes Peak Workforce Center

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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