September 1, 2018

Publisher’s Notebook: Jobs increasing, but so are layoffs

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A new report released in late August by the Business Research Division at the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business revealed some exceptionally good news: Colorado stands to create 15,000 more jobs in 2018 than the division’s economists had earlier predicted. That would put the state at 62,600 new jobs created this year, compared with an earlier prediction of 47,100.

Some of those job openings have been filled through increased workforce participation, with some residents re-entering the workforce, or by those who previously were employed in part-time jobs. (That increase also occurred during a period of…

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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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