It bodes well for businesses looking for employees and people looking for jobs that Lindsay Bullock brings a passion for service to her new role as director of the Mesa County Workforce Center in Grand Junction.

The center provides an array of resources — everything from hosting job fairs and screening applicants to helping with resumes and preparing for interviews, to name four. It’s a matter, though, of not only what the center provides, but also how. It’s about meeting the unique needs of businesses and individuals. It’s about solving problems. It’s about service.

Bullock brings to her duties experience as a career development supervisor at the center. She’s worked the last three months as manager. She previously worked as an eligibility specialist and then supervisor with the Mesa County Department of Human Services. Before that, she worked with her mother and sister in operating a Grand Junction store selling clothing and furnishings for children and other household goods. It’s always helpful in overseeing programs for businesses to have experience in overseeing businesses.

Along with her passion for service, Bullock also emphasizes her commitment to collaboration — not only in working with staff at the center, but also businesses and other local organizations involved in workforce and economic development. The Mesa County Workforce Center plays a crucial role in that regard. It’s difficult, if not impossible, to expand existing businesses and recruit new ones without the availability of a well-prepared workforce. That’s why efforts connecting students at Colorado Mesa University and Western Colorado Community College with local employers remain so important.

Bullock is especially familiar with one of her collaborators. Her predecessor, Curtis Englehart, left the workforce center in August to become director of the Grand Junction Economic Partnership. Bullock and Englehart join a new generation of Grand Valley leaders that also includes Candace Carnahan at the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce and Dalida Bollig at the Business Incubator Center.

The Mesa County Workforce Center has developed a well-deserved reputation over the years for offering in one place a range of resources — a one-stop shop businesses and jobseekers would be well advised to use. Given her passion for service and commitment to collaboration, Bullock is well-suited to sustain and build on that success. We wish her well.