Category: Employment
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Larimer County’s Job Market Stagnant
Economic indicators are notoriously cryptic, and today’s volatile environment makes them even more so. Because of this, it is a bit tricky to determine how this “Great Recession” is affecting Northern Colorado.Advertisement Let’s try to figure it out. According to the Colorado Department of Labor, Larimer County’s February seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 6.1…
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What jobs news do you follow?
Two news items came out today. One was news about a slight job growth of 0.1% in Larimer County through the third quarter of 2008. The second had to do with Wolf Robotics laying off around 30 employees. I’m not sure what kind of news job growth in the third quarter of 2008 is, but…
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Fort Collins #2 on Forbes List
Fort Collins makes the number 2 spot on Forbes best places for business. And Colorado was one of the dominant states represented on the list. Here is how they stack up: Forbes’ Top 10 Forbes.com’s top 10 metro areas for business and careers: 1. Raleigh, N.C.2. Fort Collins, CO3. Durham, N.C.4. Fayetteville, Ark.5. Lincoln, Neb.6.…
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Vestas breaks ground on Weld County site
BRIGHTON – A 175-acre site, soon to be annexed into the city of Brighton, will be home to wind turbine blade and nacelle factories slated to begin operation in 2010. The 205,000-square-foot nacelle site will employ 700 and produce 1,400 units per year at full capacity. A nacelle is a school bus-sized pod to which…
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Kodak to close two divisions in Windsor Plant
Kodak announced plans to shut down two manufacturing divisions in its Windsor, CO plant by the end of the year. This will effect 300 employees working in those divisions.
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Coloradoan moving printing and cutting 48 jobs
Fort Collins’ newspaper, Coloradoan, has moved its printing operations to the Denver Newspaper Agency facilities in Denver. With this move the publication will let go of 48 employees.You can read more at NCBR
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Northern Colorado Unemployment Better than State and Country
While the news is not all “blue sky”, the unemployment rate in Northern Colorado is still relatively low considering numbers in the state and especially the country. The latest report from the Department of Labor shows the following rates across Colorado: Pueblo: 7.8 percent Colorado Springs: 7.7 percent Denver/Aurora/Broomfield: 6.9 percent Fort Collins/Loveland: 5.6 percent…
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Strong Greeley job market expected
MILWAUKEE – Greeley area employers expect to hire at a “respectable pace” during the second quarter of 2009 with a healthy jump in hiring expected over the first quarter, according to a report released Tuesday by Milwaukee-based Manpower Inc. The quarterly Manpower Employment Outlook Survey showed 18 percent of Greeley area companies planned to hire…
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Comparisons to Great Depression Are Pure Babble, Says Economist
There is a great article about the lack of good news in the media these days. They point out that not everything is “doom and gloom” and we have to balance our outlook based on a level playing field. If investors look in the right places, they can find more comfort in the economy and…
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DBM Technologies moving to Loveland
March 3, 2009. In order to better fit the needs of their growing company, DBM Technologies will be moving into a larger facility in South Loveland. Since most of the employees lived in or around Loveland, the move north from Longmont made the most sense. Read more in the Loveland Reporter Herald. More…