Britta Blodgett, Senior Communications Strategist at Colorado Workforce Development Council, joins us to discuss Workforce Development Month, as well as the Electronic Gateway.
Read moreTalentFOUND: Lives Empowered Through Retail Careers
Stephanie Veck, Director of the Colorado Workforce Development Council, joins us to discuss their retail sector partnerships. Stephanie’s guests are Tony Anderson, Interim Director of Workforce Services at OEDIT and Lynda Campbell, Director of Training and Development at Stonebridge Companies.
Read moreSkills Based Hiring and Work Based Learning
Stephanie Veck, Director of the Colorado Workforce Development Council, joins us to discuss the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. Her guest is the new Executive Director of CDLE, Sam Walker.
Read moreColorado Workforce Development Council, Stephanie Veck
Stephanie Veck, Director of the Colorado Workforce Development Council, joins us to discuss the Colorado Rises Strategic Plan, the "Master Plan:" for higher education in Colorado, with her guest is Dr. Kim Hunter Reed, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education. They will also talk in-depth about career readiness, and respect for multiple paths to career success.
Read moreWorkforce Talent Shortage - Attraction Strategies
Wrapping up our week-long focus is week on Connect & Collaborate our focus is on Colorado’s Workforce Talent Shortage. Stephanie Veck and Wendy Brors from the Colorado Workforce Development Council join us to recap and discuss the incredible solutions that industries are working on to close the skills gap.
Read moreWorkforce Talent Shortage - Healthcare
This week on Connect & Collaborate our focus is on Colorado’s Workforce Talent Shortage. Stephanie Veck and Wendy Brors from the Colorado Workforce Development Council join us all week long.
Join us as we highlight different industries, their workforce challenges and critical issues in developing talent and targeting skilled workers. We hear from Mary Riebe, from Kaiser Permanente speaks on the Greater Metro Denver Healthcare Partnership with CWDC. Alejandra Alino Whited from Children's Colorado Hospital and Melissa Royle from Eating Recovery Center also weigh in on today's discussion.
Read moreTalent Shortage - Information Technology
This week our focus is on Colorado’s Workforce Talent Shortage. Join us as we highlight different industries, their workforce challenges and critical issues in developing talent and targeting skilled workers. Today's focus is on IT, we have Heather Terenzio, Co-founder and CEO of Techtonic Group and Chief of Staff at Zayo Group, Monica Lang to weigh in.
Read moreTalent Shortage - Construction
Join us as we highlight the construction industry in Colorado and how they are impacted by the talent shortage. We'll talk about their specific workforce challenges and critical issues in developing talent and targeting skilled workers.
Read moreWorkforce Talent Shortage - Stephanie Veck
This week on Connect & Collaborate our focus is on Colorado’s Workforce Talent Shortage. Stephanie Veck from the Colorado Workforce Development Council join us all week long, starting with Amy Ford, Communications Director for CDOT. We will discuss the challenges Colorado's Department of Transportation encounters in replacing a retiring workforce, and the many jobs available on an almost daily basis.
Read moreStephanie Veck - CWDC
Stephanie Veck, Director of the Colorado Workforce Development Council, joins us to discuss Colorado Workforce Development month with Bill Thonnes, PIO, Office of Government, Policy and Public Relations. We will also talk with Lauren DeNinno, Policy Advisor, Western Governors' Association about upcoming events and efforts to bridge the gap between prospective workers and employers in the West.
Read moreColorado Workforce Development - Postsecondary Workforce Readiness
We’re checking in with the Colorado Workforce Development and Wendy Brors with a focus on postsecondary workforce readiness. Misti Ruthven, Executive Director Innovation and Pathways at Colorado Department of Education also joins us.
Read moreTalent Found - Colorado Industry Intermediates
Stephanie Veck, Director of the Colorado Workforce Development Council, joins us to discuss the state’s progress in building a sustainable talent pipeline. Together with Wendy Brors, she’ll talk about building Youth Apprentice Ready Communities, based on programs in place in Switzerland. Then we’ll talk with Andrea Young from the Colorado Technology Association, about the Colorado Industry Intermediaries Consortium.
Read moreTalentFOUND - Focus on BioScience
Stephanie Veck, Director of the Colorado Workforce Development Council, introduces us to key partners who help build and sustain Colorado's workforce. Along with Wendy Brors from Colorado Industry Intermediates Coalition and April Giles of Colorado BioScience Association, they'll discuss the many ways that industry associations collaborate, with a focus on bio-science.
Read moreTalentFound - Inventory Talent Development Assets
Stephanie Veck Director of the Colorado Workforce Development Council, and host of Creating the Colorado Talent Pipeline introduces us to Pat Reedy, Senior Advisor to Ellen Golombek, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. They will discuss Pat's special detail to Colorado leading a project to inventory talent development assets, and help create streamlined access to the programs, tools and resources that are available to individuals and businesses to design their own unique path to success.
Read moreTalentFOUND - Talent Pipeline Report
Get the low down on the Talent Pipeline Report from TalentFOUND and the Colorado Workforce Development Council. Co-host Stephanie Veck and guest Dr. Lauren Victor join us to talk about the Colorado Paradox, Top Jobs, and more.
Read moreWorkforce Development Council - CareerWise Colorado
Stephanie Veck from Colorado Workforce Development Council joins us to discuss the incredible momentum that work-based learning is building in Colorado, across the country, and globally. Our guest is Noel Ginsberg, the founder and CEO of Intertech Plastics, and chair of the Business Experiential-Learning Commission. Noel Ginsberg's vision and leadership has led to the creation of CareerWise Colorado, the first statewide Youth Apprenticeship Initiative in the U.S.
Read moreColorado Workforce Development Month
Stephanie Veck joins us to talk about Workforce Development Month in Colorado! Exciting activities and events will happen throughout September in every part of the state. There will be big announcements for innovative initiatives, cool tools for job-seekers and businesses will be launched, job fairs and hiring events will be held, and improved messaging about Colorado's Talent Development System will be rolled out.
Read moreWorkforce Development - Colorado Urban Workforce Alliance
As a COBRT partner agency, Colorado Workforce Development Council joins us once a month to discuss growth and progress of our state's talent pipeline and developing a strong workforce in a program we call, "Creating Colorado's Talent Pipeline", with guest host Stephanie Veck, Director of the CWDC.
Today, Stephanie's guest is Judy Emery, Executive Director for the Colorado Urban Workforce Alliance, a multi-regional workforce collaborative which promotes industry led sector initiatives, regional collaboratives and best practices within the public workforce system. Assists in aligning business services across the workforce regions.
CUWA Supports and promotes development of career pathways and industry focused strategies, directs and coordinates activities identified by the seven Regional Workforce Directors associated with CUWA in relationship to economic development strategies and employer linkages.
We'll discuss collaborating to serve businesses and job-seekers throughout the Front Range. Find your local workforce center on this site: YourWorkforceCenter.com
Reach Judy Emery by email at [email protected]
Listen LIVE today at 4:00 to Connect & Collaborate on Denver's Money Talk 1690 AM.
Workforce Development - Bring Your A Game to Work
No matter what sector or region, employers are increasingly hiring talent based on soft skills like attitude and ambition, with nearly 9 out of 10 saying the most important factor in hiring is the candidate’s work ethic.
The challenge is that less than 1 in 5 candidates have these skills.
While these foundational behaviors are the top traits that hiring managers are looking for in candidates, almost all job training is focused on academic and technical skills. New research shows that not only can these behaviors be learned, they are making a huge difference in employability and retention.
Hear from the CEO of The Center for Work Ethic Development, Josh Davies, about how Colorado is helping to develop work ethic state‐wide.
Read moreColorado STEM Roadmap - Workforce Development Council
As a COBRT partner agency, Colorado Workforce Development Council joins us once a month to discuss growth and progress of our state's talent pipeline and developing a strong workforce in a program we call, "Creating Colorado's Talent Pipeline", with guest host Stephanie Veck, Director of the CWDC.
Today we will discuss the Colorado STEM Roadmap with Elizabeth Kuehl, STEM Manager of Next Generation Learning with The Colorado Education Initiative and Wendy Nkomo, COO of Colorado Technology Association. Colorado STEM Roadmap is a collaborative approach to ensure that every student in Colorado has an opportunity to learn STEM competencies and explore careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math; as well as how these skills apply across all industries and occupations.
Listen LIVE today at 4:00 to Connect & Collaborate on Denver's Money Talk 1690 AM.