ARCHIVED  August 1, 1997

Lack of labor slows economy

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Companies alter business practices to compensate

Every company, it seems, is affected one way or another by the broad shortage of labor along the northern Front Range.
From manufacturing companies in need of employees with basic blue-collar skills to those seeking highly trained engineers, the hunt to fill jobs can be a headache.
Indeed, Joni Friedman, employment and training services director for Larimer County, says the supply-and-demand problems of labor are the worst she’s seen.
“I’ve been with the county 20 years, and I’ve never seen it like this,” she said.
While no one can really predict what sort of long-term…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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