Gov. Hickenlooper proclaims November ‘Hire a Veteran First Month’

Gov. John Hickenlooper celebrated Veterans Day in part by urging employers to hire military veterans, and a Boulder company used the occasion to highlight a program it runs to help vets gain tuition-free computer programming training.

Hickenlooper proclaimed November “Hire A Veteran First Month” in Colorado to help Colorado Department of Labor and Employment officials highlight the services offered at state- and county-run Workforce Centers throughout the state.

There are more than 40 local veteran employment representatives and disabled veterans-outreach program specialists at the Workforce Centers who help veterans find jobs and gain skills. According to state figures, almost 29,000 have received…