Phil Castle, The Business Times The administrators of two organizations have agreed to take the next step in efforts to establish a foreign trade zone in Mesa County. Diane Schwenke, president and chief executive officer of the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce, and Kristi Pollard, executive director of the Grand Junction Economic Partnership, will […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Curtis Englehart works as a matchmaker of sorts in bringing together businesses looking for employees with people looking for jobs. Consequently, Englehart says he’s excited about the potential for a new process based on an analysis of the requirements and duties of a given job and knowledge and skills of […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Jack Smalley, a human resources executive known for both his experience and speaking abilities, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at an upcoming conference in Grand Junction. Smalley will discuss the competencies and behaviors of successful HR professionals during his presentation at the Western Colorado Human Resource Association fall […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Ross McDonald summarizes his outlook for investment markets and the economy with three terms: helicopters, cycles and Winston Churchill. Efforts to keep interest rates low and borrowing money inexpensive continue in the United States and throughout the world. The latest business cycle in the U.S. has reached the middle to […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Carey Wheeler goes through the motions of a mime performing his act. He uncurls the fingers of his right hand as if his upturned fist was a flower bud opening into a blossom. He wags an index finger up and down as though he’s clicking a computer […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Although the Mesa County Workforce Center in Grand Junction long has provided a range of services to businesses looking for employees and people looking for jobs, Curtis Englehart continues to look himself for ways to promote even greater awareness of what happens there. “We don’t want to be the best-kept […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Sales and use tax collections constituted something of a mixed bag in July with encouraging gains in some categories, but continued declines in others. “There’s a little bit of positive stuff,” said Eleanor Thomas, Mesa County budget manager. The county reported a year-over-year increase in sales and use tax collections […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The monthly unemployment rate in Mesa County has retreated with an increase in payrolls and decrease in the ranks of those unsuccessfully looking for work. But the overall labor force has declined as well along with a measure of labor demand. Celina Kirnberger, business services supervisor at the Mesa County […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Analii Cunningham considers herself foremost a teacher whether she’s leading classes in yoga or movement or helping clients improve their physical and emotional wellbeing. And for some clients, even the smallest movements or changes in position can make big differences in decreasing pain and strain and increasing mobility, she said. […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Diana Barnett believes a job search — or a decision on what to study in college or what career to pursue, for that matter — should begin at the end. What sounds like paradoxical advice is understandable, Barnett said, when people first consider what it is they want to do […]