Workforce Training

Colorado has a workforce problem: thousands of manufacturing jobs are unfilled. For years, employers have struggled to find people who want this work and have the right skills. The first installment of KUNC’s two part series, ‘Factory Work,’ examines one fix: getting teenagers interested in manufacturing.

A college degree goes a long way in Colorado. That's a takeaway from a new report that examined how higher education impacts income.

Most of the cuts have barely made a dent in the state’s $1.2 billion budget gap. But every dollar saved is a dollar they won’t have to cut this week from the big programs — Medicaid providers, education and the state workforce.

Organized workers across Colorado are forming a climate-jobs coalition to address economic and racial inequality by creating high quality, good paying union jobs in the state's growing clean energy sector.

Aims Community College’s Board of Regents has unanimously approved a plan for a $21.8 million aviation-technology center. BizWest reported earlier this month the facility will be built near Northern Colorado Regional Airport and house the Greeley school’s planned training program for aircraft mechanics.

Colorado restaurants are struggling with steep inflation and a shrinking workforce. Today on In The NoCo we learn how that’s affecting your favorite eateries and how one program is connecting hungry restaurants with new workers.

The Coloradoan Executive Editor Eric Larsen joined us to discuss the influx of new principals in Fort Collins-area schools and a new state program that funds career training in high-demand fields.