Tag: employment
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Springs unemployment rate falls, but jobs still hard to find
The Colorado Springs area job market improved a bit in November as the unemployment rate fell to 7.4 percent, the lowest level of the year. The area’s jobless rate has now declined in three of the past four months. The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment also Friday said it had revised the area’s unemployment rate…
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EDC honors 13 employers that plan to add 2,046 jobs here
Thirteen companies and organizations were honored Thursday by the Colorado Springs Regional Economic Development Corp. for moving to or expanding in Colorado Springs, with plans to hire more than 2,000 people during the next five years. The 2,046 expected jobs pay an average annual salary of $39,345 and will generate an annual economic impact of…
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Area unemployment rate falls to lowest level this year
The Colorado Springs-area unemployment rate fell to 7.4 percent in September, the lowest this year, as job losses appear to have leveled off in recent months, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported today. More than 22,000 people were out of work last month. The September rate is the lowest since December 2008 and…
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PRC plans to hire 260 at Springs call center
PRC LLC plans to hire another 260 employees by year’s end to expand its 2½-year-old Colorado Springs call center as part of a company wide expansion after emerging from U.S. Bankruptcy Court protection two months ago. The Florida-based call center operator is boosting its inbound sales staff to handle a seasonal uptick in demand and…