The number of people employed in Pitkin County has finally recovered to pre-pandemic levels, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
The number of people employed in Pitkin County has finally recovered to pre-pandemic levels, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
Employers struggle to hire after height of pandemic
Businesses in Pueblo and across the state are struggling to find employees.
and last updated 2021-05-05 07:41:28-04
CAÃON CITY â There is no shortage of job openings in southern Colorado, rather a shortage of interested applicants.
âUsually when we put an ad out that weâre hiring, we tend to just get a lot of responses. This time around, this year, not so much, said Jeremy Ketchie, the Supervisor with Mission Ready Tree Service.
The company has had a job listing up for roughly two months but says they have only received two applications so far.
Garfield County’s number of unemployed decreased by 80 people from February to 1,952 unemployed people in March, according to the latest report from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
However, Garfield County’s labor force dropped by 566 workers from February to March, the report states.
Monicque Aragon, an economist with the Colorado Department of Labor and Unemployment, said the drop in labor force at this time of year is not atypical for Garfield County.
Aragon also noted that the county data in the report is not seasonally adjusted, so the labor force estimates can be somewhat volatile from month to month.