Pueblo-area talent summit stokes plans to re-interest students in the trades
The question was a complex one: How do you convince more kids in southeast Colorado that careers in construction, manufacturing and other fields that don’t…
Workforce & Education
Ideas from security-clearance classes to cybersecurity hubs emerge from regional talent summit
As the Opportunity Now Regional Talent Summit convened in Arvada Tuesday, Joe Rice acknowledged that if he could accomplish only one thing from the event,…
Employers say they need more skilled talent. Summits are launching this month to achieve that goal.
In less than three weeks, Colorado employers and educators will begin what many feel is a long-overdue process of identifying the greatest shortages in skills…
Colorado lands coveted Tech Hub designation to boost quantum sector
Colorado leaders’ big bet to make the state a focal point for the rapidly growing quantum-computing sector has garnered its first major payout —designation as…
With a final pen stroke, Polis enacts historic workforce-development package
With in-migration of workers to Colorado slowing substantially and more students choosing to end their educational journey with a high-school diploma, state employers are struggling…
Bills battle an overlooked cause of talent shortages — lack of childcare
If getting workers trained with needed skills is the direct solution to addressing Colorado’s labor shortage, providing workers with tools to be able to maintain…
Businesses expected the worst in 2024. They got “the most successful session in years.”
At the start of the 2024 legislative session, Colorado business leaders cringed at the thought of frustrated progressives not just bringing back bills that were…
Polis unveils wide-ranging workforce-development package
Following through on a commitment he’s touted for months to put significant new resources into improving Colorado’s workforce-development system, Gov. Jared Polis and a bipartisan…
Legislators weigh more childcare grants as a form of workforce development
If the connection between childcare and workforce availability was not already evident, it became abundantly clear early in the pandemic when women left the workforce…
Colorado seeking employers to bring teachers into their workplaces
For nearly a decade now, Colorado government leaders have been asking employers to consider bringing students into their companies for apprenticeships and internships. Now they…