Helping Businesses Solve their Workforce-related Business Problems!  March 2006
Provide Motivational Employee Recognition Have you ever been the employee of the month? Do you have the best website according to a peer vote? Did you get that great parking spot next to the company door for a week or more? Did you win the teamwork award for the quarter, but you’re not quite sure why? You’re a victim of employee recognition – most likely done wrong. To learn more from Susan Heathfield and About.com, click here. Looking to Hire Summer Staff? Don't miss the kick off of the Summer Job Hunt with the Youth Summer Opportunity Fair, March 8, Noon – 4:00 p.m., at the Doubletree World Arena Hotel. Youth, 14 to 21, will be prepared with resumes and dressed to impress.  Let us take the work out of your summer hiring process!  To reserve your booth space, at no charge, call Paula at 667-3833. The 7 Flaws of Useful People Look around your organization and depending on how lucky, or unlucky you are, you’ll find them hiding in nearly every department. You’ll have to look carefully, because they don’t always seek the limelight, sometimes with good reason. They’re the fickle, lazy, opinionated, uncertain, pessimistic, simple minded, clock watching employees! Before you go searching for them with the intent of firing them, keep in mind they could be the keystones of your organization. Remove them, and you might be removing the glue holding your organization together. These are the useful people upon which every organization knowingly or unknowingly depends. Treat them well, they’re the unsung heroes of your success. Read more from Peter de Jager by clicking here. Teller County Businesses Mark this Date on Your Calendar 6^th Annual Teller County Job Fair will be held on March 23, 2006, 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Ute Pass Cultural Center, Woodland Park. For more information contact:   EhvaLynn Graham – Business Consultant, Teller County office, 719-491-5075 or Graham.e@ppwfc.org Five Keys to Radio Advertising Success Radio is an affordable ad medium that can reach a mass audience. These five keys help increase your chances of having a successful radio ad campaign. Click here to read entire article from About.com   Understand the Inner Life of Workplace Introverts When my editor asked me to write a piece to help people understand introverts in the workplace, I knew I'd have a lot to say, especially when she told me to discuss misperceptions people tend to have about introverts and the often invisible strengths they bring to the work environment. Want to get along better with us workplace introverts? Click here to learn more from Peter Vogt, MonsterTRAK Career Coach. Que The latest Quarterly Updates and Estimates is available from the UCCS, College of Business and Administration. If you would like an email copy of this economy update from Fred Crowely, Senior Economist, just reply to this message with QUE in the subject line. Upcoming Business Seminars March 15^th      Americans with Disabilities Act April 26^th        HIPAA May 16^th        OSHA: Compliance Programs Tune-ups June             TBA July 13^th        Unemployment Insurance August 15^th   OSHA: Ensuring Compliance in Healthcare and LTC September    Workforce Development Month October        TBA Nov. 14th     OSHA: Compliance Programs Tune-ups December    Off All seminars will be from 11:00.a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  Bring your own lunch is encouraged. To register, click here. Focus on the Individual As employers move through the next 10-15 years, they will discover that concentrating on individuals will be considerably more productive than pushing any one-size-fits-all concept. Employees seek, expect, even demand the personal attention. Their attitudes will drive employers, and then others, to correct their deficiencies. We will see this shift from groups, teams, and classes of people in practically all aspects of corporate life. To read more from the Herman Trend Alert, click here. The Pikes Peak Workforce Center does not endorse, assumes no responsibility for, and exercises no degree of control over any organization or its views, or content, nor does it validate the accuracy of the information contained on the destination server.	IN THIS ISSUE Provide Motivational Employee Recognition Need Summer Help? The 7 Flaws of Useful People Teller County Job Fair Five Keys to Radio Advertising Success Understand the Inner Life of Workplace Introverts Quarterly Updates and Estimates  Upcoming Business Seminars Focus on the Individual Unemployment Rates through December 2005 Colorado Springs MSA: 4.7% Teller County:4.3% Colorado: 4.6% USA: 4.9% CO Job Growth Nov '05 to Dec ‘05: 7,100 Dec '04 to Dec '05:  40,200 ** click here for full report. Pikes Peak Region Job Vacancy Survey Click here.
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