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Who's Growing the Fastest?
Last month,
the Milken Institute released the most recent edition of its annual list of
the nation's fastest growing cities--ranking 379 U.S. metropolitan areas based on
their economic performance over the last one to five years based on total
employment growth and growth in specific technology related industry sectors.
To see the entire report, click
here.
Top Company is a Statewide Competition
For the 19th consecutive year, ColoradoBiz will
recognize excellence in the business community by hosting the Top Company
business awards program. Returning sponsors to the event include UMB Bank,
Deloitte, Frontier Airlines, Kaiser Permanente, and 9News KUSA TV, Denver.
Has your company entered this competition?
Companies must ENTER Top Company to win. Three finalists and one winner will be
selected from nine different business categories. Winners and finalists
receive the kind of publicity and recognition that marketing dollars simply
cannot buy - recognition that also promotes the commercial vitality of the
communities where they reside.
Deadline
for entry is June 1, 2006.
If you have any questions, Becky Fenton, bfenton@cobizmag.com. Or, to
view more information on Top Company including a list of past
winners, visit http://www.cobizmag.com/top_company.asp.
PPWFC Annual Career Fair
The date is set -- August
23, 2006 at the Sheraton Hotel for the PPWFC Annual Career
Fair. If you would like to reserve your booth space at the best
job fair in town, send an email to cotter.j@ppwfc.org
and put "booth" in the subject line. We will send you all the
details and the registration packet. Don't miss this opportunity to
interview, accept applications and hire on the spot!
Leading Ideas: Revisiting the Abilene Paradox: Is Management of Agreement
Still an Issue?
In
1974, Professor Jerry Harvey of George
Washington University
developed a parable from a real-life experience to describe the issues
surrounding how individuals reach agreement, or, more specifically, believe
they have reached agreement. Twenty-five years later the lessons and
insights his parable generates are still valid and provocative for
organizations and the individuals who work together in those organizations. To
read more click
here.
Workforce
Development Month
Don’t miss your opportunity to sponsor the Third Annual
Workforce Development month! The Pikes Peak Workforce Center
is seeking underwriters for this event.
Sponsorship includes an advertisement in the Colorado Springs Business Journal. If you are interested in
receiving a sponsorship package, please send an email to Jeanne Cotter at cotter.j@ppwfc.org.
How to Develop and Implement a Policy
You want to have the necessary policies and procedures to ensure a
safe, organized, convivial, empowering, nondiscriminatory work place. Yet,
you do not want to write a policy for every exception to accepted and
expected behavior. Policy development is for the many employees not for the
few exceptions. Learn how to develop and write a policy from Susan M.
Heathfield by clicking
here.
Thrifty Thursday Tip
#2: Time Is Money
It's an old cliche that we all know and understand, but to what extent do you
really apply it in your business? To read more from Scott Allen, click here.
How
to Give Orders
What's the best way for a new manager to
give orders? The best way is to not do it. A good manager gives instructions, not
orders. Read How to Give Orders to learn the difference and how to use it...read more
Upcoming Business Seminars
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May 16th
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OSHA: Compliance Programs Tune-ups
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June
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TBA
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July 13th
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Unemployment Insurance
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August 15th
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OSHA: Ensuring Compliance in Healthcare and
LTC
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September
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Workforce
Development Month --
Hey, What’s Your Type? The Impact of
Personality Type in the Workplace; Employment Outlook: What’s Ahead
for Colorado Springs;
Save Time and Money by Posting Your Open Positions on the Colorado
Department of Labor Website; Performance Management; Getting Your Money’s
Worth Out of Your Ad Dollars. Dates to be
announced.
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October
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TBA
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Nov. 14th
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OSHA: Compliance Programs Tune-ups
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December
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No seminar planned
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All seminars will be from 11:00.a.m. to 1:00 p.m., except for those during
Workforce Development Month. Bringing your own lunch is encouraged. To
register, 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.
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IN THIS ISSUE
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Who's Growing the Fastest
Top Company is a Statewide Competition
PPWFC Annual Career Fair
Leading Ideas: Revisiting the Abilene Paradox: Is Management of
Agreement Still an Issue?
Workforce Development Month
How to Develop and Implement a Policy
Time is Money
How to Give Orders
Upcoming Business Seminars
Unemployment Rates through March 2006
Colorado Springs MSA:
4.9%
Teller County: 4.4%
Colorado: 4.3%
USA: 4.7%
CO Job Growth
Feb '06 to Mar ‘06: 8,600
Mar '05 to Mar '06: 54,800
** click
here for full report.
Pikes Peak Region Job
Vacancy Survey
Click
here.
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