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Applications for the grants are due May 25 and will be reviewed by a committee, based on requirements that the business be in the retail, hospitality, tourism, sports or restaurant food and beverage services industries. The training must be designed to help employers develop and retain skilled workers and help workers develop their careers, get promoted, add more duties to their jobs or increase their wages.
Restaurants to hire on the spot at job fair
Those in the restaurant and hospitality industry are looking for workers!
and last updated 2021-05-12 20:22:58-04
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado â More than 30 local restaurants and businesses have teamed up to hold a hiring event Thursday morning in Colorado Springs. The job fair will be held at the Pinery at the Hill at 775 W. Bijou Street from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Mackenzie Tamayo, the COVID-19 Program Manager for the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) said there s a shortage of employees in Colorado s restaurant and hospitality industries. These businesses have lost roughly 30 percent of their workforce during the pandemic, or about 70,000 positions statewide.
The Pikes Peak Workforce Center is offering up to $50,000 to retail and hospitality businesses to provide employee training opportunities. The deadline to apply for funding is May 25. Courtesy of Pikes Peak Workforce
Business owners operating food and beverage, tourism, or retail businesses in El Paso and Teller counties may be eligible for a new infusion of funding for employee training, courtesy of the Pikes Peak Workforce Center.
The center is offering up to $50,000 to qualifying businesses through a partnership with Walmart s Lives Empowered program and the Colorado Workforce Development Council. The funding must be used to help increase the competitiveness of employees and employers, according to a press release issued May 12, such as creating new training programs for employees.
Frannie Matthews has had her head in the tech sector since Apple was just a snack and the hottest computer was named Commodore.
Her 35 years in the game has taught the current president and CEO of the Colorado Technology Association that change can be as good as it is inevitable.
Her job talent, she figures, is spotting trends and connections that can single out opportunities and anticipate risk.
Matthews spent 18 years with IBM, leading the five-state Rocky Mountain Business Unit, and now works in public policy, economic development and talent growth. She s prioritized diversity and inclusion in the organization s strategic initiatives.