by Fort Collins Chamber | Jan 21, 2020 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment, Economy, Talent
As a function of my job, I am a professional talker. Several times a month I speak to local groups about the economy and key trends in the area. A few gems from a recent presentation: 27 percent of our two-county workforce commutes here everyday from the Denver area...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Sep 24, 2019 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment, Economy, Talent
Work in Northern Colorado (aka Talent 2.0) is a major initiative of the Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce. In broad terms, it is focused on three major things: putting tools in the hands of human resource staff and recruiters to help with their talent recruitment...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Sep 3, 2019 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment, Economy, Talent
Finding workers is a big, big challenge for many employers, as you probably already know. It’s a regular point of conversation with our members. In light of that, an interesting story in the July 1 edition of the Wall Street Journal caught my eye. In a story titled...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Jul 16, 2019 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment, Leadership
Last week McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), the business and economics research arm of McKinsey, published a new report titled The future of work in America: People and places, today and tomorrow and Northern Colorado shows well. MGI analyzed more than 3,000 counties...
by Fort Collins Chamber | May 28, 2019 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment
Last week we celebrated small business and honored some of the best in the area at the annual Small Business of the Year Award Breakfast. Small businesspeople make the world go ‘round. Their passion to serve customers everyday means we have access to services and...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Sep 18, 2018 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment, Economy, Talent
Finding workers is a big challenge for many employers in the area. In that regard, we’re not unique as this is a national problem. As you know, to meet this challenge we launched Talent 2.0 in conjunction with other community partners. You can find more at...
