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New Mexico Dept. of Workforce Solutions launches podcast
KRQE Albuquerque via Yahoo News· 1 month agoALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The agency that focuses on helping New Mexicans connect with jobs has...
New Mexico's workforce participation challenge
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOne of the most important, yet underreported issues in New Mexico is our State’s poor workforce participation rate. Currently, New Mexico has plenty of...
Report: New Mexico needs 40,000 workers to reach national average workforce participation
KRQE Albuquerque via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A new report to New Mexico’s lawmakers says the state needs approximately...
5 New Mexico companies receive over $800k in workforce training funds
KRQE Albuquerque via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Five New Mexico businesses have received funds this month to go towards...
New Mexico has one of largest senior populations among western states
The Daily Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNew Mexico has one of the higher figures in the West for the percentage of its population that is...
The best of two worlds at Southeast New Mexico College
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIn December 2022, the Southeast New Mexico College Board of Trustees created a new executive...
New Mexico unemployment rate drops to 4.5%
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 20—New Mexico's unemployment rate has dropped to the lowest it has been since September 2008. The unemployment rate for the state in July stood at 4.5%, according to a report from the state's ...
First, do no harm
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWith yet another massive budget surplus awaiting the New Mexico Legislature as they convene in Santa Fe for the 2024 30-day legislative session, this...
New Mexico's January unemployment rate increases from a year ago
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMar. 12—New Mexico's unemployment rate remained unchanged from December but added thousands of jobs from the same time last year. According to the state Department of Workforce Solutions, the ...
EDITORIAL: Vo-tech, welfare reform can fix our dismal worker participation rate
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 14—New Mexico is in an economic rut. It's not due to a shortage of jobs. More than 31,000 jobs were available for nonfarm employment, according to the most recent report from the state ...