What’s Working: People with a felony record are getting more opportunities from Colorado employers – By Tamara Chuang (Colorado Sun) / Nov 12, 2022
Workers with a felony in their past could really use Honest Jobs. Plus: Denver’s slowing inflation rate puts it among “least rising” in U.S., fraud updates and more!
Now that the election is over (well, almost over), new economic data coming in gives us better insight into what was happening last month when politicians were campaigning full steam.
In October, consumer prices were up 7.7% nationwide from a year ago, according to the latest inflation report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Denver-area data, which is used to gauge Colorado’s rate, won’t be out until December. But an analysis by WalletHub has Denver’s inflation trending to be “Rising the Least” out of 22 metro areas tracked by the BLS. There’s a reason for this. But more on that in a bit.
Colorado is still showing about two job openings for every unemployed worker. And one startup that’s trying to help connect employers to job seekers is in Denver. But Honest Jobs is promoting a different kind of worker that employers may not have considered: the formerly incarcerated.
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