Employment

State's jobless rate climbs (Denver Post)

20 Jul 2008

Colorado's unemployment rate rose to a seasonally adjusted 5.1 percent in June, an increase from May's 4.9 percent rate and the highest level since September 2005, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.

Local company honored for veteran employment (Montrose Daily Press)

20 Jul 2008

MONTROSE — In the western region of Colorado, about 1,000 veterans are in the process of finding jobs or are “upgrading� their skills through the state, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE).

'It is hard for kids ' (Boston Globe)

20 Jul 2008

Sixty Gloucester teenagers signed up for First Jobs, a private-sector youth employment program, hoping to land a summer job. But only three employers stepped forward, offering a total of eight jobs.