By Tamara Chuang | The Colorado Sun
Colorado received some notable mentions in the latest national job-openings report. The state had the largest one-month increases in both workers who quit jobs or left involuntarily.
That helped the state rank as the second highest in the nation for workers who quit jobs and third highest for those who lost them in April, according to the latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary, or JOLTS. The last time the state hit a 3.5% quit rate was in the summer of 2021, when the Great Resignation took hold and employers faced the worst labor shortage in years.
But the frustrations employers felt with getting ghosted by new hires back then doesn’t appear to be happening today, at least from what Tony Gagliardi is hearing. As state director of NFIB, which advocates for 6,000 small business members, there are other concerns, like taxes, inflation or the uncertainty of operating as new state policies go into effect. Finding enough workers is still a concern but for different reasons compared to two years ago when he would hear about members getting zero applications for a job posting.