Unemployment rates in Larimer County and statewide have dropped since August, as Colorado added 13,400 nonfarm jobs during the month of September. Colorado’s labor force has grown by 59,600 since last month.
With over 22 million jobs wiped out so far during the COVID-19 pandemic, WalletHub released its report on the Cities with the Biggest Growth in Unemployment Due to COVID-19.
Nearly a quarter of a million Coloradans have filed unemployment claims in the past four weeks, and one sector of the workforce has been especially hard hit.
The international customer service and call center company Concentrix is closing its Boulder facility, resulting in hundreds of layoffs for Colorado residents.
In a list from Niche.com, 5 cities in Colorado are come of the best cities in the country for millennials.
Here are the cities that made the list, and at what number they ranked:
Denver - #11
Boulder - #26
Fort Collins - #39
Lakewood - #69
Aurora - #92
Denver was ranked at #7 on last year's list of best cities in the country for millennials...
Ever been to a job fair?
Well, there's a good chance that you haven't been to one like this.
San Francisco's unemployment rate is 4.4 percent, the lowest it has been since 2008. Because of that, strip clubs in the city are having a hard time finding people.
To combat that, BSC Management put together a job fair to find bartenders, hosts and entertainers for 10 adult clubs, KPIX reported.
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The Colorado unemployment rate jumped up a bit from 7.8 percent to 7.9 percent for the month of April. This is the first increase in the Colorado unemployment rate in three months.