The Denver area has BankWork$, which provides free training in the financial services and who want a career in the banking industry. At the end, students can leave with an A+ certification to help land a job as help-desk technician or in other entry-level technical roles (starting salaries are $38,000, according to Medcerts).Ĭlasses and certifications are free for participants, Hafer added. While classes are currently virtual, it’s usually an in-person experience so students must be nearby. In the Pikes Peak region, Goodwill partners with a company called Medcerts to offer IT training through an 18-week program. But options are different by region, said Bradd Hafer, a company spokesman. Some suggestions? Goodwill of Colorado, which considers its thrift stores “a means to an end,” has a vast number of job-training opportunities statewide. Here’s more details on approved activities. “Participating in job-related skills development activities” also counts, CDLE says. 1 of work-search activity as a requirement for unemployment benefits, doesn’t mean one must apply for jobs each week. “This is also the reason for our high retention rates - we are serving in a customized manner that bridges the gap between job seeker and employer.” “As a result of the strong partnerships we have made, which specifically fit our participants’ professional goals, we’ve been able to continue to place participants in meaningful roles despite economic challenges and higher unemployment rates throughout the pandemic,” she said in an email. Whitney Wise, Focus Point’s education and economic opportunity workforce manager, credits the success stories to a personal approach and the right partners. That included stories of a janitor getting an IT certificate and getting a job at a tech company to Venezualan asylum seekers returning to their career field in the labs at Colorado Serum Company. Its Workforce program coordinates with employers to train and place immigrants and refugees and had its biggest placement year in 2020, placing 75% of candidates. They’re the same nonprofit organization behind Comal, a restaurant/food incubator offering training in culinary arts and business management to immigrants and refugees. (Anyone have experience with these? Let me know.)īut if you don’t have needed skills or even a resume, consider an organization like Focus Points Family Resource Center in Denver. And they literally are working for people because job-placement agencies place skilled workers with employers, who end up paying the agency. I guess that means they’re working for people. Staffing agencies like Kelly Services have been around forever. And if you’re a job seeker, share your job-hunting experience by emailing Job placement with a twist So, who really is hiring out there? If you’re an employer, share some hiring insight. A new job at Oracle for a remote “Content Designer,” for example, was posted on the state job board 116 times on Friday. (She has since found a job, which started with an post.) “It’s easy to boast (thousands of) jobs if you never remove old jobs, or list the same job 15 times,” said one woman who didn’t want to be named. But when I asked for feedback from readers back in January, I heard the numbers and jobs don’t add up. I don’t doubt there are job openings in Colorado. Many listings are for companies based out of state and hunting for workers who live anywhere. Nearly half are “location-neutral,” which means one can work from home. There were 82,225 openings posted on the state’s official job board Friday, up from around 70,000 in January. “I don’t know what people are supposed to say and do because we’re all trying to get jobs and none of us are even getting interviewed.” Don’t miss the free weekly newsletter on Colorado jobs and unemployment. “Honestly, I don’t know what I’m going to return to because all these companies say they’re hiring, and they’re actually not and that’s really frustrating,” Ashlock said. But are they real? - The Colorado Sun Close What’s Working: Colorado's job board has 82,000 openings.
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