Optimistic Job Market Outlook for Colorado

According to a new study by the ManpowerGroup, the hiring trends in Colorado and Denver are expected to exceed national hiring trends over the next three months Link to ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey here SUMMARY OF STATE RESULTS In the state of Colorado, twenty-nine percent of employers plan to hire more employees, while two percent …

Productivity during the Holidays

  Winter is coming! The Holidays are descending upon us, along with all the not-so-nice side effects from over-indulging.  In addition to suffering from food induced comas, people are generally distracted with online shopping and taking time off to spend with family and friends around the Holidays. With all of this going on, productivity tends …

5 Ways to Get More Time Back In Your Day

Read the original post by Emily Moore on www.glassdoor.com If there’s one thing I could take back with me from the Harry Potter universe, it wouldn’t be a magic wand, or a flying broomstick, or even those delicious-sounding chocolate frogs. It would, without a doubt, be Hermione Granger’s time-turner. (For those of you who aren’t as big of …

Colorado Job Market is hot!

Whether you’re looking for a position or hiring candidates, you’ve probably noticed how quickly the job market is moving, here in Colorado. Often times we are seeing candidates with multiple offers out at the same time! The amazing thing is, the unemployment rate has proved sustainable alongside the migration to Colorado. According to an article …

Denver is the place to be!

As many of us have recently noticed, our highways are getting more crowded and our skyline is growing. Becoming a Denverite, is the thing to do these days. Check out a few articles about how job hunting is affecting those adventurous souls making the move to the Mile High City: We ask the question, with …

Economic Growth Expected to Continue in Colorado

Original article posted by the Denver Business Journal: http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/morning_call/2016/07/colorado-business-filings-up-continued-employment.html?ana=e_den_rdup&s=newsletter&ed=2016-07-21&u=l1yD9ZDNcI3E26Q22mcKPcE9ES1&t=1469113923&j=75045392 All signs — including one that says “open for business” — point to continued employment growth in Colorado through the rest of this year. That’s according to an analysis of business filings with the Colorado Secretary of State’s office for the second quarter of 2016, released …

Colorado’s Unemployment Rate Still One of the Lowest in the US at 3.7% for June

Original article posted by the Denver Business Journal: http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/morning_call/2016/07/colorado-unemployment-rate-ticks-up-for-3rd-month.html?ana=e_den_rdup&s=newsletter&ed=2016-07-22&u=l1yD9ZDNcI3E26Q22mcKPcE9ES1&t=1469200359&j=75081792 Colorado’s unemployment rate jumped to 3.7 percent in June, but the state’s economy continues to grow as employers added 5,000 non-farm payroll jobs from May to June. The June jobless rate was up four-tenths of a percentage point from the previous month. That makes it the …

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Does Money Really Buy Employee Happiness?

Tess C. Taylor, CPC, PHR, SHRM-CP, PayScale Senior Blogger Generally, human resource professionals are concerned with retaining and inspiring top performing employees because they provide the greatest return on investment. It can be tempting to offer bigger salaries and over-the-top perks to employees, but does money really buy employee happiness? Turns out, there are other …