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. As [...]
Continue reading …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 [...]
Continue reading …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 [...]
Continue reading …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 [...]
Continue reading …Unemployment numbers are leveling off after rising to 10 percent nationwide, but area business organizations are still focusing on job recruitment and retention. Local workforce centers and a new program proposed by Gov. Bill Ritter’s office seek to alleviate the pressure from losing a job and searching to find a new one. These days, the [...]
Continue reading …The Pikes Peak Workforce Center will receive $1.4 million from The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for its Summer Work Experience program. Youths, ages 16 to 24, can gain paid work experience, from May 1 to September 30. “We hope to create 300 work experiences this summer,” said Jeanne Cotter, spokeswoman for PPWFC. [...]
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