jobs

One of the big themes at the Western Governors’ Association conference in Santa Fe, NM, this week is artificial intelligence.

Unemployment rates tend to drop in summer months as seasonal jobs in construction, and professional and business services, pick up.

“Forge Your Future” aims to demonstrate that Wyomingites “don’t need to leave home to find meaningful, well-paying work.”

New research shows that job growth in our region has been faster in areas with serious wildfire danger, a trend that raises the prospect of serious economic fallout from major blazes.

The president’s new administration is acting on promises to reduce the size of the federal government. Teton County’s federal workforce is no exception.

A new report shows the nation’s solar workforce grew 6% to nearly 280,000 jobs last year, which is a record high. And a lot of that growth was led by the West.

Conversations around the state’s energy future often focus on opportunities for job development in sectors like wind, coal and nuclear. But what happens when there aren’t enough people to teach skills like construction or welding in the first place?

A group of state investors and business leaders known as Impact 307 are trying to spur innovation in Wyoming, and a brand new competition that took place in Gillette is doing just that. The first Annual Energy Capital Start-Up Challenge chose three unique ideas made by Wyomingites. Jordan Uplinger spoke with Scot Rendall, the head of The Energy Capital Start-Up.

Over the past 37 years, Climb Wyoming has worked to break cycles of generational poverty by supporting single moms throughout the state. The organization’s 12-week programs prepare women for jobs that are tailored to the needs in their own communities.

WYDOT currently has a few hundred vacancies statewide, though some of the WYDOT’s five districts currently have a larger number of unfilled jobs compared to other areas.