I just returned from a two day trip to the big city of Denver for a conference on developing strategies for Colorado’s talent across regions. Much discussion was made about the recession, about re-tooling many of the state’s construction workers and how best employers can equip themselves for the next wave of lower unemployment numbers and baby boomer retirement numbers that are still to come.

Yes, our state unemployment numbers have hit 6.1% and are forecasted to hit over 8% and our recruiters are receiving 10-20 resumes a day from applicants outside of the resort area looking for work of any kind…but employers still need to focus their strategic efforts on retention and recruitment.

We will still see 79 million baby boomers retire in the next 12 years and now is the time to work on succession planning, generational differences training, recruitment strategies and retention efforts. In order for resort employers to be successful, now is the time to find the time to work on these efforts–no excuses.

Moving forward we have created some training programs for resort employers. Check out some of our featured programs at http://www.resortrecruiters.com/events.php as well as learning about our upcoming webinars for job seekers in resort environments. Let us know if you feel you need any other additional training that we may not have listed and we would be happy to work with our resort trainers and consultants to create a program for your specific needs.

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