ARCHIVED  August 1, 1997

Education, temp firms offer some alternatives

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In a purely laissez-faire model of a capitalistic economy, there isn’t t a labor problem that would not and should not be solved by supply and demand.And to that extent, what is being called a labor shortage along the Front Range – at least, a skilled-labor shortage -is being addressed in the private sector.
Private training centers have opened, addressing a range of needs identified by manufacturing employers; and temporary-employment agencies are also taking up the slack, continuing their historical trend to encompass more and more of the employment scene.
But public-private partnership, in a fashion that…

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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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